Date: 11/23/25 6:47 am From: Debra Babin via groups.io <Debra.b...> Subject: Re: [labird] Kenn Kaufman “The Birds that Audubon Missed: Louisiana Edition”
Mark,
I think it's a nice gesture to let people attend a portion of the winter meeting, at a reduced price.
A friend of mine attended a single talk at a meeting several years ago and I think he paid $10. The speaker was an ornithology student.
---Debra
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From: <labird...> <labird...> on behalf of William Brown via groups.io <joanhbrown47...>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2025 7:50 AM
To: Mark Pethke <mdpethke...>
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Subject: Re: [labird] Kenn Kaufman “The Birds that Audubon Missed: Louisiana Edition”
Mark,
The $10 fee doesn't bother me. I'm paying to attend this meeting.....more
than $10. I pay to attend other meetings where books are sometimes sold. I
agree that free tickets could overload the capacity of the room. Anyone who
wants to hear Ken Kaufmann shouldn't mind paying a small fee, especially
since it is going to the Dittman/Cardiff scholorship fund. Just my thoughts.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 2:45 PM mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> 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:
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> > 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.
> >
> > 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
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> > Paul
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> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm=
> > <gmail.com...> wrote:
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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.
> > >
> > > Mac, admitted cormudgeon
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> > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke=
> > > <gmail.com...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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