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re: no ABA list entry for Bob Holmes



On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Fuller wrote:
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> Maybe someday us "B" teamers will make it.

Boy Wade, if *you* are a B teamer, I'd hate to see the letters the rest of
us would end up with! Good thing the ABA doesn't print those...

It should be noted that the last Big Day and List Report was a mess from
day one. The ABA apparently was somehow displeased with the work of Blake
Maybank, who had been editor for several years, and showed him the door.
Then the first person they hired to take his place had to step down, as
did another, until finally David Simpson - a Florida Big Day madman -
finally took the job and kept it. But by that time things were well
behind, and they apparently had to rush that issue to print. I notice that
this year, while I don't see the obvious errors as in last year's version,
still has a few holes in it; a new December mark appeared with no
attribution or explanation, and I've heard from at least one person who
submitted a Big Day that was a new record for one month but has not yet
been acknowledged. I think a significant amount of paperwork was lost in
the transition from Blake through the other two people to David. Hopefully
by next year things will have stabilized...

Good birding,

Josh


Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)

jsr6@duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/