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  A Vision for The Society for Ornithology

  By Susan Haig (chair), Bonnie Bowen, Jed Burtt, John Fitzpatrick, Frank Gill, Dylan Kesler, Thomas Martin, Brian Olsen, Amanda Rodewald, Stan Senner, and Jeffrey Walters
  Posted Mar 12 2012 02:30 PM by Sue Haig in Community
  The SFO Vision Statement below represents the initial efforts to plan the Society for Ornithology. The document was prepared over the past year by senior ornithologists from across North America. It will now be used by a new committee comprised of 4 representatives from each of the ornithological societies in the Americas interested in helping further plan SFO.
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  Strategic Planning for the Proposed Society for Ornithology

  By John Faaborg, Scott Johnson, Kim Sullivan , Jorge Perez-Eman, Erica Nol, and Bob Beason
  Posted Feb 24 2012 02:20 PM by Sue Haig in Community
  At a meeting held in Dallas, TX, 10-11 February 2012, the SFO Committee met with the AOU Council and presidents of the AFO, SCO/SOC, COS, NOS, and WOS to explore avenues to re-vitalize ornithology and its professional organization. After two days of discussion, the group elected to move forward by developing a structure for a Society for Ornithology that will result in dissolving the original Committee to make way for a new committee with equal representation from all interested ornithological societies.
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  Follow the ongoing Society for Ornithology discussions

  Posted Feb 09 2012 05:06 PM by Chris Merkord in Community
  As the number of articles, discussions, and files related to the prospective Society for Ornithology grows, we wanted to provide a single location to access everything about the subject. Last edited: March 14, 2012.
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News & Announcements

• New editor, Wilson Journal of Ornithology 01 April 2012
• New APHIS inspection guide 30 March 2012
• Partners in Flight website - new section links to all bird conservation plans 29 March 2012
• Article calling for end to bird banding rebutted by Ornithological Council and North American Banding Council 26 March 2012
• Int'l Ornithological Congress 2014: invitation, call for symposia, plenary speakers 24 March 2012
• International Ornithological Congress 2014 announced; call for plenaries and symposia 24 March 2012
• USGS seeks comments on Breeding Bird Survey 20 March 2012
• January 2012 issue of The Auk is now available 19 March 2012
• Waterbird Society Research Grants announced for 2012 16 March 2012
• President's message regarding SFO 13 March 2012

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