Date: 1/24/26 8:40 pm From: Barry Haas <bhaas...> Subject: Re: James Society for Arkansas Birds
Dear ARBIRDers,
Every member of the Arkansas Audubon Society should have received an e-mail from AAS President Lynn Foster on January 15. It explains in detail why an ad hoc Insight Committee recommended AAS change its publicly facing name, the name AAS would be generally known by to the general public. In a legal sense AAS would still be the same- same IRS tax number, same Bylaws, same “Arkansas Birds” newsletter, Halberg Ecology Camp, Iola Rea Fund and Ruth Thomas Scholarship Fund. No change to any of that.
Lynn’s e-mail includes the following snip which some seem to have overlooked:
"The Insight Committee seemed to suggest that AAS retain its legal name but adopt a fictitious or "doing business as" name for branding purposes. This is easily done by filling out a form for the Arkansas Secretary of State and a form for the IRS [emphasis added].”
