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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mb1848" data-source="post: 3311764" data-attributes="member: 31036">This thread is very interesting but confusing without a scorecard.  I thought the sub-committee was only in existence for a short while.  I found out that the British List Sub-Committee responsible for the Check-List was dissolved in December 1952, and was replaced a year later by two new B . O . U . Sub-Committees with limited terms of reference. The first was a British Records Sub-Committee to advise on the authenticity of records of species or races proposed for inclusion in the British List, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. W . Boyd. The second was a Taxonomic Sub-Committee, to advise on taxonomic questions.. (Ibis 1956) In 1999 members went up from 3 to 6 and 2002 started publishing reports.   So what, the question becomes is there anything to do?  I think suing is a dead end.  But! BOU rules: <a href="http://www.bou.org.uk/BOU-Rules-2010.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bou.org.uk/BOU-Rules-2010.pdf</a> .10.  2. The notice must specify the date, time and place of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted.14. Procedures and Voting at General Meetings (1) Only the business for which a meeting has been convened, as detailed on the notice, will be discussed.  If the deletion of the TSC was not on the Notice? 9.  General Meetings.  5.  The Trustees (trustees are elected council members) must call a special general meeting if asked for by at least 50  members in writing.   So a lister and 49 of his/her friends should join the BOU and ask for a meeting on reconstituting the TSC. If that seems unlikely.   I wonder if bird forumers could put themselves in the place of 12 Phd’s who just voted to terminate the TSC and are being made fun of by people who do not have even a masters degree on the internets.  What list should the BOU pick?  And please show your work, and give reasons why.   Armchair ticks is a good reason I think. Here is a list of lists from the IOC website: <a href="http://www.internationalornithology.org/birdlist.html" target="_blank">http://www.internationalornithology.org/birdlist.html</a> .</blockquote>

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