Date: 1/24/26 2:26 pm From: Warbling Vireo <0000001d24760ffa-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: James Society for Arkansas Birds
I was glad when I saw the committee’s report that they recommended that the legal name remain Arkansas Audubon Society. I have ingrained personal reasons for that, having to do with a long memory and probably carrying a vestige of a resentment regarding an organization we are not affiliated with threatening to take that name from us.
I think it would be wonderful to honor Doug James. However, if the goal in using a different name is to make it easier for the public to quickly recognize our vision and purpose, I’m not sure using any person’s name is the way to do that.
DeLynn Hearn
317 West K Ave.
N. Little Rock, AR 72116
(501)472-8769
> On Jan 24, 2026, at 3:43 PM, Gmail <butchchq8...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> I'm sure I've left a few out...
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> Butch Tetzlaff
> Bella Vista
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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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