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Index of Subjects --_000_MN2PR08MB643079BDE37754A6305B962EF6AF0MN2PR08MB6430namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, Don, your action of probing eBird data to track my whereabouts, and perhaps= the whereabouts of other NSBS Executive members, is unsettling, to say the= least. It hadn=92t occurred to me that anyone would use eBird data to tra= ck people and to do so violates one=92s sense of safety, especially when on= e is often alone in the field. To publicly accuse me or other NSBS Executi= ve members of not following public health and emergency measure orders thre= atens to harm NSBS Executive member reputations, including my own. I ackno= wledge that you did not identify anyone by name, but the very short list of= NSHA Executive is publicly available, as is eBird data. In addition, I am= aware that the information that was =91pointed out=92 to you was related t= o my own eBird reports. As the president of the NSBS, I felt it was important for me to monitor thi= s listserv and get to know you all. I have rarely contributed because I am= relatively new to this community and I wanted to make sure I learned and r= espected group norms. However, I felt that it was important that I communi= cate to you now, to set the record straight and to make a couple requests. First, Don, I ask that you simply stop targeting me and other members of th= e NSBS Executive. We are answerable to the authorities, not to you. Second, to all, I acknowledge that it is not the content you signed up for = and I ask that you kindly tolerate this email. It is my sincere hope that we are able to let this thread fade away so that= we can get back to sharing stories about nature. Sincerely, Diane LeBlanc From: "naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on be= half of Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net> Reply-To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Date: Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 5:28 PM To: NaturenNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Retraction I had made a comment that even some members of the NSBS executive appeared = to be not heeding the instructions and staying home. It has been pointed= out to me that the people I was talking about were actually birding within= walking distance of their homes. The executive are heeding the health ins= tructions and not driving to birding spots. I have been rightly chastised = and I apologize to all. Don -- Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net<mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net> --_000_MN2PR08MB643079BDE37754A6305B962EF6AF0MN2PR08MB6430namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:sc= hemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/of= fice/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph {mso-style-priority:34; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1773281726; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:-1912061408 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 6769= 8713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level2 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level3 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} @list l0:level4 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level5 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level6 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} @list l0:level7 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level8 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level9 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} ol {margin-bottom:0cm;} ul {margin-bottom:0cm;} --></style> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hello all, <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Don, your action of probing eBird data to track my w= hereabouts, and perhaps the whereabouts of other NSBS Executive members, is= unsettling, to say the least. It hadn=92t occurred to me that anyone= would use eBird data to track <i>people</i> and to do so violates one=92s sense of safety, especially whe= n one is often alone in the field. To publicly accuse me or other NSB= S Executive members of not following public health and emergency measure or= ders threatens to harm NSBS Executive member reputations, including my own. I acknowledge that you did not identi= fy anyone by name, but the very short list of NSHA Executive is publicly av= ailable, as is eBird data. In addition, I am aware that the informati= on that was =91pointed out=92 to you was related to my own eBird reports. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">As the president