I have dropped Knud Rasmussen (Birdingpal developer and convenor, based in Toronto) a note asking him what the official position is. I’ll convey his response to the list when I receive it. Richard —–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Dave Torr Sent: Friday, 30 August 2013 4:26 PM To: Russ Lamb Cc: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] birdingpals changes Very poor – although it does cost money to run a site. I have used it a lot in the past and have just had an email from a US birder – he did not mention the fee though. On 30 August 2013 15:52, Russ Lamb < jayasphere@skymesh.com.au> jayasphere@skymesh.com.au> wrote: > It appears that birders wanting to access fellow birders via the > birdingpals website now have to pay a fee. I tested this by attempting > to contact myself to see if I could take myself birding and ,yes > indeed, it now seems that a fee is payable before access is granted to > a registered birdingpal. > So whereas in the past I could freely communicate with myself about > birding activity, I now have to pay someone $10 for this privelege (it > would appear to be a yearly fee). > I would have thought that the birdingpals administrator(s) would > have informed registered birdingpals of this significant change. > Although not very regular, previous communications from the birdingpal > administrator have at least notified of significant changes in the > operation of the scheme. > Does anyone know what’s the go with this? > Russ Lamb, Maleny > —– Original Message —– From: “Iris Scott” < iris9@yahoo.com> iris9@yahoo.com> > To: <birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.**au > < birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au> birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au>> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 7:09 AM > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Any birders available to show us your birds? > > > My husband and I will be arriving in Brisbane next Monday, 2 Sept. We > will travel by small campervan up to Daintree and return to Brisbane by Nov. 1. > We would like to meet some resident birders and bird with you if you > are available. We had tried to contact some birdingpals but found that > it is now a business charging fees to make connections. Are there any > clubs or groups that have outings planned in the next 2 months? > > We will try to get internet whenever we can as we will not have a > phone probably. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, Iris & Glenn Scott > ==============================**= =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
