Waxbill Finch Society

[laurab]

Hi Matthew

It's official, Roger and I are now paid up members :razz:

What an interesting magazine, and a lovely picture on the front cover ;-)

[Waxbillman]

hello Laura,

great news, the weaver and whydah co-ordinating scheme can now take the next step up.
John would have put some information with the magazine on co-ordinating but he had already sent it off by the time i rung him.

did you e-mail him yet?

i will Pm you.

Matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello Roger and Laura,

That's great news, I will get my finger out soon and join up too.
Honest Matthew.:roll:

Paul.:grin:

[Waxbillman]

:grin: you better Paul


other wise i'll set my whippets on you!!

Matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

:lol: Good one Matthew,

Please give me a few days before you set your skinny Dogs on me though.

Paul.:grin:

[chris]

Hi Matthew,

my membership fee and details are now in the post so hopefully i'll be a member at some point in the week.

Chris:wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Matthew,

My subscription for the WFS will be in the post to John tomorrow morning.

Paul.:grin:

[Waxbillman]

:grin: well done Paul


Matthew

[chris]

Hi Matthew,

will i be sent any confirmation from the WFS when they recieve my membership fee and details? something like an e-mail or letter in the post?

just wondering as the letter i sent should have arrived yesterday, if not today

Chris:wink:

[Waxbillman]

hello Chris

yes you should get a letter,

with your membership card, and magazine. in the next few days to a week, it is normally sent by 2nd class post.

Matthew

[chris]

Cheers matt,

i reckon it should arrive towards the begining of next week then.

Chris:grin:

[Waxbillman]

hello Chris, Paul and Laura

i have spoken to John today,

and he has confirmed that you 3 are now all official members of the society, you are all now co-oridinators for the species that you have volunteered for.
your names and contact numbers will be printed in the magazine, and put in the co-ordinater page on our website.
John has e-mailed all three of you to confirm it, so you should recieve the e-mail soon.
the stage in our plan now can be undertaken, the publicity.
so Chris, Laura and Paul, tweak up that article abit send it to our editor, and cage & aviary birds etc.

if i can find all your e-mail addies i will send you, the basic co-ordinated breeding scheme forms.

Matthew

[chris]

Hi Matthew,

great stuff! i'll copy and paste the article/letter i wrote up previously here. Laura & Paul, if you would like to go over it with any suggestions/ improvements:-) . i think it would be best if we all wrote a bit, post it here and then bring it together into the one article. Or we can do this Via e-mail to keep it private?

anyway, letter (as it is now anyway):

.................................................. .................................................. .......
Proposed Weaver and Whydah Society

this is not so much a society in a sense, but rather a new branch to an existing Society, the WFS (Waxbill Finch Society). It is known that many Whydah species are parasitic on certain waxbill species, for this reason the WFS has always had the intention to cover Whydah species at some point, and Weavers as they are the same family of birds. In aviculture hardly anyone successfully breeds these 2 types of birds due to the difficulty involved and the reliance on imports, however with the Avian Influenza scare and a possible iminent import ban many of these species will be lost to aviculture for good unless we act fast and act now.

Over the past few weeks, a handfull of us with an interest in Weaver and Whydah species and who are connected to the WFS have been contemplating the idea of a new branch of the WFS to deal with Weavers and Whydah and to start a breeding program for the species we can to ensure there survival in the hobby. There is still much to be discussed within the formation of this new branch and were not intending to go public for at least few days or weeks at most. However due to recent news on the proposed Import ban we think it is important to put this idea forward to the members of various forums while there is still time to buy breeding stock of the various Whydah and Weaver species, as a ban would almost certainly see them disappear overnight.

Those of you who keep weavers and whydahs, or have the odd cock or hen in your aviary, now is possibly our last chance to pair up such birds and launch a breeding program that will see these birds around in the hobby for generations to come. If we miss this opportunity very few, if any weavers and whydahs will be present for future generations.

anyone who keeps Weavers and Whydahs and wishes to be involved in the new society and/or breeding programs, please get in touch with any of the following people:

Matthew Guest

Laura Bryant

Paul Hearn

Chris Dunn

this letter is breif as we were unprepared to go public as of yet, so please forgive us for missing out any information and details about the new society/branch

Chris Dunn

.................................................. ...

Chris:wink:

[Waxbillman]

Laura

now theres a suggestion, got you are carl creat a section for moderaters, than all these great idea can be kept private, and announced when they have all been talked over and confirmed, etc.

i have now e-mailed all three of you :)

Matthew

[laurab]

Hi Matthew

please see new forum at the bottom of the forum area entitled 'The Management' - The Meeting Room :razz:

[Waxbillman]

:) cheers boss


Matthew

[chris]

i haven't had any e-mail off John yet, has anyone else or is it just me?

Chris

[Waxbillman]

hello Chris

he did say he had e-mailed you, but may be it did not work, or his user is slow

may be you could e-mailed confirming that you accept being the co-ordinater for the species that i have told him.

Matthew

[chris]

Hi Matt,

i have recieved a letter in the post today containing my membership card, a list of members and the Waxbill magazine, still no E-mail from John though:-?

Laura/Paul have you recieved the E-mail off John yet or is it just me that hasn't got it?

Chris:wink:

[laurab]

Hi Chris, no email yet.

Matthew did tell me a while ago that John is in his 'later years', therefore he tends to be a little bit slower than the rest of us. ;-)

[Waxbillman]

nicely put Laura,,

Paul

i hear you have have joined the WFS forum, run by WA

...... well you have have been warned :wink: :lol:

Matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello Matthew,

Yes you are correct mate, I don't know what I'm getting myself involved in, I will let you know how things progress.

Paul.:grin:

[Waxbillman]

well, if a question on thier gets posted everyone gets emailed it,

there been alsorts of weird and not so wonderful questions done by.....................:wink:

and then there the Pm's :)

Matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Matthew,

I've still yet to check out the WFS Forum, but I will do so as soon as I get the time.

Paul.:wink: