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Index of Subjects --=_87a5e234f3344b0948ed579d1ba805b4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi John; I've received the same request and am just as confused with the stated objectives. Billy On 03 Aug 2017 09:50, John Kearney wrote: > Hi all, > > This morning I received a request to complete a survey about birdwatching from the University of Alberta and was informed that I was chosen due to my participation in eBird. > > While in retrospect, there are some indications in the introductory email, it became more obvious as the survey proceeded that there are hunting interests behind the survey methodology and objectives. If true, this should be stated upfront in the ethics statement in the introductory email. I don't doubt the validity of the conservation goals of the survey but I wish to send out a word of caution to the members of this list. > > The survey also refers to a number of specific conservation organizations like Bird Studies Canada which might imply, correctly or falsely, that they support the objectives of the survey. > > I would also like to know how my participation in eBird gets me on the sampling list for a university questionnaire. Is eBird selling or distributing names and email address of participants? > > John --=_87a5e234f3344b0948ed579d1ba805b4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><body> <p>Hi John;</p> <p>I've received the same request and am just as confused with the sta= ted objectives. </p> <p>Billy</p> <p>On 03 Aug 2017 09:50, John Kearney wrote:</p> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding-left:5px; border-left:#1010ff 2p= x solid; margin-left:5px; width:100%"><!-- html ignored --><!-- head ignore= d --><!-- meta ignored --><!-- meta ignored --> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cali= bri',sans-serif;">Hi all,<!-- o ignored --></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cali= bri',sans-serif;">This morning I received a request to complete a survey ab= out birdwatching from the University of Alberta and was informed that I was= chosen due to my participation in eBird.<!-- o ignored --></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cali= bri',sans-serif;">While in retrospect, there are some indications in the in= troductory email, it became more obvious as the survey proceeded that there= are hunting interests behind the survey methodology and objectives. If tru= e, this should be stated upfront in the ethics statement in the introductor= y email. I don’t doubt the validity of the conservation goals of the = survey but I wish to send out a word of caution to the members of this list= =2E <!-- o ignored --></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cali= bri',sans-serif;">The survey also refers to a number of specific conservati= on organizations like Bird Studies Canada which might imply, correctly or f= alsely, that they support the objectives of the survey.<!-- o ignored --></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cali= bri',sans-serif;">I would also like to know how my participation in eBird g= ets me on the sampling list for a university questionnaire. Is eBird sellin= g or distributing names and email address of participants?<!-- o ignored --= ></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cali= bri',sans-serif;">John</span><!-- o ignored --></p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <div> </div> </body></html> --=_87a5e234f3344b0948ed579d1ba805b4--
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