Date: 11/22/25 12:45 pm From: mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke...> Subject: Re: [labird] Kenn Kaufman “The Birds that Audubon Missed: Louisiana Edition”
Charging a nominal fee is, among other things, a matter of managing demand,
as the theater has a capacity of 438 persons, and I have spent the morning
sending notices to birding organizations all across Arkansas and Texas. We
have discovered in BRAS that free tickets tend to be too easy to not use,
which means that you think people will attend who opt out, meaning other
people who would have attended are disappointed. There is no perfect
solution, but I think it's a stretch to label this one in the manner
described.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 2:19 PM Rosemary Seidler <rseidler...>
wrote:
> Charging $10 for the event is not a great recruiting tool. Having the
> event free and open to the public is a great idea. Charging for it lacks
> class.
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> Rosemary Seidler
> Shreveport
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> *Subject:* Re: [labird] Kenn Kaufman “The Birds that Audubon Missed:
> Louisiana Edition”
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> On the other hand, Mac, allowing a wider audience to come to the talk is
> likely to bring in new LOS members
>
> Paul
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm=
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> > I have to say that I am thoroughly repulsed by this. I have nothing
> > against Kenn Kaufmann, but the LOS should not be involved in, dare I say,
> > "pimping" for his books, to the extent of selling tickets to his
> > presentation. I realize I may be a dinosaur, but this is simply
> disgusting.
> > We have plenty of interesting and knowledgeable people who are willing to
> > present to LOS meetings, and we should pay their costs at least, and if
> > they have books, certainly they can mention/promote them. That is a far
> cry
> > from this blatant commercialism.
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> > Mac, admitted cormudgeon
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> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke=
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> > > Kenn Kaufman will speak at the Louisiana Ornithological Society Winter
> > > Meeting on the evening of Saturday ,January 24, 2026, at the
> > LSU-Shreveport
> > > University Center Theater. Kenn will talk about his recent book, The
> > Birds
> > > that Audubon Missed, with a particular emphasis on his time in
> Louisiana.
> > > Members of the general public are invited to purchase tickets for the
> > event
> > > beginning tomorrow for $10.00 plus taxes and fees at Eventbrite.
> > >
> > > This link is for the general public only.
> > >
> > > LOS members who have registered for the Winter Meeting DO NOT have to
> > also
> > > register at Eventbrite to hear Kaufman.
> > >
> > > There will be a book signing from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm, followed by the
> > > presentation in the University Center Theater at 7:00 pm.
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