RFC re. Web / moratium announcement
Hi, This topic was brought up in discuss list and I am bringing it over here for focus. With all due respect to the person who was concerned that people will think that we are going out of business when they read the notice about our moratorium, I cannot imagine how any literate and rational person who reads that could infer that we are going out of business. The notice talks about our desire for long term success. It says that we are "temporarily suspending intake" and "not closing our doors forever" and that we are focused on building infrastructure. It talks about all of the birds that we currently have in our system. In fact, I think that the current version is pretty good and that, if we specifically said that we are NOT going out of business, it would cause more concern! It's possible that a few people misread it or misunderstood it, and perhaps adding a few more points for emphasis would help. Of course, if people don't read it or are just not all there we can only do so much about it! On that basis, I am recommending some nuanced changes, mostly additions to the current version; please see attached. In the recommended version I add a sentence about how many birds we have and say that we continue to care for them. I also added a few sentences about our "doing our best" to triage in the most needy birds, and added a plug for donations at the end. Word count on the proposed version is 346 compared to 196 for the original, which might be a concern. Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks. Vincent J. Hrovat
Per Michelle's post to discuss list of 10 Aug, Mickaboo's moratorium is "sort of" over, but the verbiage on our main outfacing web page ("Mickaboo: Restoring Balance To The Force") hasn't been updated to reflect this yet. I'll be glad to take a stab at updating this if I can get a few talking points to work with. For reference, Michelle's email is quoted below. Please let me know if you'd like me to work on this. Thanks. "The good news is that we are declaring an end to the Mickaboo moratorium. The generosity of all of you, and all of our supporters all over the world, have replenished our resources for the time being. Additionally, our species coordinator teams -- and all of you who have contributed so generously with your time and efforts doing phone screen and home visits and bird deliveries -- have moved many of our birds into new forever homes. "There are still some problems within our larger population. We have far too many macaws for our current supply of foster homes, for example. We are also having difficulties finding permanent homes for Amazons and Wild Flock cherryhead conures. All of these big, wonderful birds need very special homes with very special families. If you are interested in learning more about working with the very largest of our big birds, or if you think you know someone that could become a forever home for a big bird, please let us know of your interest. You can contact me, or one of the teams that work with these species. "What we learned from this experience is more of what we already knew -- there are way too many birds out there living in homes that could disappear with very little notice. Even Mickaboo homes. "If you are interested in perhaps working a few more hours a week or each month with Mickaboo, please let me know about your interests. "Thank you -- all of you -- for pulling together once more to help us help all of the birds that need us." --VH
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