Date: 1/24/26 1:43 pm From: Gmail <butchchq8...> Subject: Re: James Society for Arkansas Birds
Personally, I like the idea conceptually. However, it's one thing to come up with a new name, but it's something else to make it happen.
Off the top of my head, I assume the name change would have to be filed with:
- the state (tax id among other reasons)
- the fed (tax id)
- all banks
- credit card companies
- changed on any endowment and investment funds
- Dept of Workforce Services
- any insurance policy(s)
- utility companies
- all website functionality
- accounting services
- Post Office
- leases
- titles on owned property (both real and personal)
- filed with all vendors
- change letterhead and other print media
- logo design change
- letters sent to all donors to have them change any forthcoming bequests
I'm sure I've left a few out...
Butch Tetzlaff
Bella Vista
> On Jan 24, 2026, at 14:41, Elizabeth Shores <efshores...> wrote:
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> I like this idea.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jan 24, 2026, at 2:12 PM, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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>> I think this is a great idea worthy of consideration. We can be JSAB.
>>
>> On Saturday, 24 January 2026 at 01:26:00 pm GMT-6, Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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>> A snowy, bitterly cold day in Northwest Arkansas City has given me some time to think about the proposal to rebrand ARKANSAS AUDUBON SOCIETY (AAS).
>> I think it’s OK to fix the confusion in over-use of the name Audubon. It’s probably long past time we recognize that our great artist was also a slave holder, who bought and sold enslaved people.
>> But how do we do make name changes and “keep the faith” with our history and membership?
>> The key figure in AAS from beginning was Dr Douglas A. James. He was a founder. He was the one whose love and scientific interest in birds steered the society for his entire professional life.
>> I know he would never agree to this while he was still among us. But maybe the time has come. Why not honor him?
>> We could become Douglas Arthur James Society for Arkansas Birds. Doug’s name is not all over the place, so that change would end confusion. He was an ornithologist with a distinguished professional career. Leader in every important conservation effort in Arkansas that benefitted birds.
>> James Society for short.
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