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Andrew Chick · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:31 am

Members of the Forum will notice that 'ranking' images are appearing on the LBC Forum site.

For Administrators

For LBC Members

AND

for NON LBC Members

I hope non members of the Lincolnshire Bird Club who use the Forum can see a theme.......

Andrew

Andy Sims · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:23 pm

This does not appear to be happening?

Andrew Chick · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:59 pm

Over then next few weeks this will be happening!

Andy, yours has been updated now!

Andrew

Stuart Britton · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:47 pm

Well done, Andy. I hope it helps to increase the number of people who financially support the LBC by their membership subscription.

Katherine Birkett · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:08 pm

Will I have to join now, to save myself from deletion from this forum?

trevormlee · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:16 pm

It could almost be called blackmail !

Trev

John Clarkson · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:28 pm

Blackmail? You've had all the benefits of this site for free for a couple of years. What's Â£12 a year? A laughable sum for the entertainment provided by this site. Just join and stop moaning.

John

Dave Bradbeer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:38 pm

There's no almost about it, i was always under the impression that the 'Lincolnshire Bird Club' and this site were seperate entities, as i understand it 'they' donate a few quid for web space but do elected officials of the said club play an active part in running what i thought was Andrew's site, i have asked the question before but nobody seemed to have a coherent answer, is it a legal/constitution thing?, having said that i will probably rejoin at some point but not without a fuss and under extreme protest, i find the whole episode pathetic.

John Clarkson · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:50 pm

This site says very clearly at the top of evry page - Lincolshire Bird Club. There can be no confusion about that surely? Andrew is an ex-officio committee member of the LBC along with the others listed below.

John

EX OFFICIO COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

COUNTY RECORDER:
Steve Keightley, Redclyffe, Swineshead Rd, Frampton Fen,
Boston, Lincs, PE20 1SG. e-mail: steve.keightley@btinternet.com

GIBRALTAR POINT BO REPRESENTATIVE: Kevin Wilson

LINCOLNSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION REPRESENTATIVE: Ian Macalpine-Leny

RSPB REPRESENTATIVE: John Badley

WEBMASTER (including Forum and Photo Album):
Andrew Chick
e-mail: webmaster@lincsbirdclub.co.uk

Katherine Birkett · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:24 am

John Clarkson wrote:

What's Â£12 a year?

Quite a lot for someone like me who is on Income Support and long-term unemployed.... is there not a discount rate for 'concessions'?

Stuart Britton · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:17 am

I thoroughly endorse John Clarkson's comments. This is a Lincolnshire Bird Club Website and membership is not expensive. I think everyone should be able to save up 3.5p a day to raise Â£12!!

trevormlee · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:36 am

John,
I'm not moaning, I just feel that this is a very underhand way of getting people to join the club, particularly with the banner exposing you as Members and Non Members, I know Andy very well and know that this is not his intention, but surely there has to be a better way to encourage birders to join the LBC ?

Over my 30 years of birding I have tended to join clubs that I have wanted to, not ones that I have been forced to join, I agree that the Â£12 per year is very reasonable, this is not the issue here , there just seems to be something very uncomfortable about it all .

You can PM me if you wish as I dont want this to become another one of those subjects that gets out of hand and usually ends up with a Black Kite or a Goshawk mentioned !

keep up the good work

Trev :wink:

John Clarkson · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:04 pm

Trev

To some extent I agree with you. The member v non-member banner may not be necessary but it's exasperating that people use this site to air their views, publicise their photos, blogspots, websites, sell their unwanted gear and then, as non-paying contributors, have the gall to criticise others, slag off their sightings, bad mouth individuals and organisations etc. I'd have preferred a simple statement that after a certain date only paid up members would be able to post on the site. To answer Katherine's point she can still visit the site and view its wit and wisdom, articles and pics without paying but not be able to post stuff so it's still available and you get to save Â£12 pa.

Enough said. I also agree Trev that it would be tragic for this to become another Black Goshawk style debate!

Cheers

John

Andy Sims · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:26 pm

Black Goshawk!! Can I have more info?

John Clarkson · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:38 pm

Accipiter melanoleucus. Don't worry Andy it's already on your list

John

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