Date: 7/6/26 8:52 am From: Haynes Miller <hrm...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Congratulations on 30 years of Massbird!
An opportune date for the return to life! Today marks the THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY of the birth of Massbird!
Ten years ago the encomium below appeared on Massbird. I think we have seen in the past ten years as many changes in technology as in the previous twenty, but thanks to Barbara's endless energy and expertise, it's still a key part of Massachusetts birding today. Thanks to the community and especially to Barbara Volkle!
Haynes Miller Newton
> On Jul 6, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Haynes Miller <hrm...> wrote: > > Twenty years ago, less than 15% of Americans had internet access, and those > that did used their phone lines. RBAs were recorded Audubon telephone > messages, or informal phone trees. There was a national bird discussion > forum called BirdChat, and regional email lists onto which the Audubon > messages were transcribed. > > Twenty years ago today the following letter appeared in my inbox. > > > ------------------------------- > > Subject: Welcome to massbird > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 10:43:30 -0400 (EDT) > From: <Majordomo...> > Reply-To: <Majordomo...> > To: <hrm...> > > > -- > > Welcome to the massbird mailing list! > > If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, > send the following command in email to > "<massbird-request...>": > > unsubscribe > > Or you can send mail to "<Majordomo...>" with the following command > in the body of your email message: > > unsubscribe massbird Haynes Miller <hrm...> > > -------------------------------- > > > Barbara Volkle was the visionary behind this, and through the intervening > two decades - a human generation! - she has stood in the wheelhouse, dodging > squalls, putting out deck fires, repairing the engine, and steering the ship > according to the guide star of the community's common passion. > > Congratulations, Barbara, and thank you! MassBird has been the success you > thought it would be, and more. It has made us all better birders, and > created a much broader birding community in the Boston area. You have truly > been our majordomo! > > > Haynes Miller > Newton
On 7/6/26 11:27 AM, massbird-digest wrote: > massbird-digest Monday, July 6 2026 Volume 18 : Number 852 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 20:39:33 -0400 > From: Barbara Volkle<barb620...> > Subject: [MASSBIRD] MASSBIRD is back! > > Massbird is back! > > After a hiatus, we are back to running on the same software as before.I > hope for a soon transition to newer software. > > The list of subscribers has been reconstructed.I’ll be spending time in > the next week or so going through the logs and checking that requests > have been made are reflected here. > If you find your subscription is not right, contact me directly and I > will take care of it.Be specific in your request. > > The list charter, guidelines, and administrative commands are at > > https://massbird.org/massbird-charter/ . > > Thanks for your patience.Looking forward to your birding news! > > > Barbara Volkle > Northborough, MA > <Barb620...>
