Taxacom: Avian common names

[Dennis During]

Why didn't they have a membership vote on such a controversial matter,
rather than just accept the petition as if it were the outcome of a
democratic process? Were the board and administration afraid that the full
membership disagreed?

On Thu, May 16, 2024, 1:31 PM David Campbell via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> If anyone wishes to express opinions on the American Ornithological
> Society's plans to change eponyms and certain other names,
>
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanornithology.org%2Fenglish-bird-names%2Faos-pilot-project-to-change-harmful-english-common-bird-names%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cc9ed44a4ec7d40d26c3108dc75dced18%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638514840631169300%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=newkmYeBDCZPREiEiJKWcemGeOW4C0i0EsFV4L23jFY%3D&reserved=0
> has a recent statement from them, including a link to a form for either
> submitting comments or volunteering to join in the process of considering
> next steps (copied below).
>
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