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needed to be added. More importantly, there was a lot more that had to be done before it could be filed. There were four-page personal property returns that needed to be produced and filed for each year form 2004 through 2008 before new Articles of Revival could be accepted. I cannot express the level of accomplishment I felt the day I received the certified copy of new Articles which had finally been accepted and filed the day before Thanksgiving. In summary, our organization has spent the past two and a half years progressing from the precipice of bankruptcy to a bright picture of solvency, from organizational chaos toward a paradigm of reasonably good order, from a contentious assembly of competing personalities to an effective team working toward the advancement of common goals and principles. I want to assure you that I hold the officers who stood before where I stand now with nothing but respect, affection and appreciation. There is not a one of them I know who was any less committed to the society or honorable in their intentions. All of them I know are far more important bluebirders than I am. In that capacity they make me feel like a dwarf. At the time I was chosen there was more need for a manager than for a scientist, an environmentalist, or a teacher. It was just my good fortune and that of NABS that I was a good fit at a particular time. There was so much that needed to be done when we started and now there seems to be even more. Most of what was necessary when I was asked to step up to my position of leadership was structural, organizational, administrative and financial. With the improvements in those areas and the growth in our membership as well as the number of our Affiliate organizations, now our needs have more to do with actual bluebirding, education, conservation, and citizen science. Our next general election will be in September but there is no need to wait if you or someone you know might be willing to serve of the Board. Getting started before the term begins would permit a candidate to try it out before making so much of a commitment. If you want to help with our nestbox approval process, our review of grants and award nominations, the preparation of any of our educational materials, membership, fund raising, convention planning, our journal, or our website, you may be assured that you will be a welcome participant on our team. The same goes if there is any other contribution you feel you are able to provide. We would particularly welcome back any NABS volunteers of the past who left some time ago and now feel that they have something more to offer. Reading our journal demonstrates a certain level of interest in what we stand for and what we do. Please consider whether you might be willing to take an active role. Yours in peace, Jonathan Ridgeway NABS President Bluebird 4 Winter 2008-09
From the Managing Editor Scott Gillihan My goal as editor of Bluebird is to present you with an attractive and informative publication that gets better with each issue. I strive to include a mix of NABS news, science, general interest stories, and how-to/technical articles. Please let me know how I’m doing—I’m pretty thickskinned about criticism, so don’t be afraid to toss some bricks through my window. I’m always interested in hearing new ideas for articles, etc, so please pass those along, too. The Fall issue was delayed at nearly every step of its journey from concept to final product; my apologies for getting it to you so late. Please send your thoughts, articles, and photos to me at nabseditor@gmail.com or 5405 Villa View Drive, Farmington NM 87402. Warm regards from my winter perch, Executive Committee Jonathan Ridgeway - President Brian Swanson - First Vice President (Affiliate Relations) Phil Berry - Second Vice President (Community Relations) Greg Beavers - Treasurer Lynne Ridgeway - Secretary Board of Directors Bob Benson Tom Comfort Bernie Daniel Jimmy Dodson Sherry Linn Walter Mugdan Terry Neumyer David Rutherford John Schuster Dan Sparks Anne Sturm Dick Tuttle Bet Zimmerman Awards Committee Anne Sturm - Chair Greg Beavers David Smith Maynard Sumner Officials of North American Bluebird Society, Inc. Bylaws Committee Brian Swanson - Chair Bernie Daniel Walter Mugdan Lynne Ridgeway Education Committee Terry Neumyer - Chair Susan Balenger, PhD Tom Barber Kevin Berner Bernie Daniel, PhD Chris Desjardins, PhD Jimmy Dodson Donna Harris Christine Hill Howard Hill Rhitoban “Ray” Raychoudhury John Schuster Lynn Siefferman, PhD Julie Zickefoose Bet Zimmerman Finance Committee Greg Beavers - Chair Bernie Daniel Jimmy Dodson Dan Sparks Hotline Committee Bob Benson - Chair Barbara Chambers Bernie Daniel John Schuster Dan Sparks Journal Advisory Committee Bernie Daniel Benjamin Leese Lynne Ridgeway Dick Tuttle Law Committee Walter Mugdan - Chair Membership Committee Sherry Linn - Chair Phil Berry Nancy Crawford Tena Taylor Nestbox Approval Committee Bob Benson - Chair Tom Comfort Steve Eno Dan Sparks Nominating Committee Bob Benson - Chair Bernie Daniel Maynard Sumner Brian Swanson Photography Committee Maynard Sumner - Chair Marjorie Sumner Grants Committee Anne Sturm - Chair Bernie Daniel Sherry Linn Speakers Bureau Committee Jimmy Dodson - Chair Technical Advisory Committee Bernie Daniel Jimmy Dodson Website Committee Jim McLochlin - Chair Dan Sparks Webmaster Jim McLochlin Bluebird Managing Editor Scott Gillihan Winter 2008-09 5 Bluebird
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