Farnboro John
Well-known member
Quoting Steve Preddy on the other side: "That's a big relief. It was a close-run thing however: there were two tied votes between IOC and Birdlife, and IOC was only adopted because Andrew Harrop gave it his casting vote. That four members of BOURC think that the Birdlife list could have been a serious contender for adoption, given all that is wrong with its approach to taxonomic decision-making is incredible, and casts serious doubt in my mind on their credentials for membership of the body that maintains our national list. Now, if only they had a subcommittee of expert taxonomists who could help them understand why the Birdlife list is so flawed..."
and "It's not really about preferences, it's about whether the system meets the fundamental requirement of being scientifically defensible."
Andrew Harrop (Rutland & Shetland), Chairman
Chris McInerny (University of Glasgow), Secretary
Dawn Balmer (BTO)
Andy Brown (Natural England)
Steve Dudley (ex officio, BOU Senior Administrator)*
Paul French (ex officio, BBRC Chairman)
James Gilroy (Norfolk)
Andy Musgrove (BTO)
Jimmy Steele (Northumberland)
Andrew Stoddart (Norfolk)
* does not vote on files
Would it be helpful to identify the post-truth four? Two words Richard Klim.
Perhaps we could start with which lists each of them uses to maintain their own world lists? That information might even be in the public domain.
John