Dear all,

This is a very early Call for Papers/Expressions of Interest for
participation in a proposed Ethnoornithology session at the 12th Pan
African Ornithological Congress to be held near Cape Town in South
Africa from 7 to 12 September 2008. The conference theme is "Birds and
Man" - which should offer ERSG members lots of scope for discussion
and consideration.

I have received a preliminary invitation for the ERSG and its members
to be involved in the proposed session and have very limited
information at present. The congress website (http://www.paoc12.org)
has very limited (no) information at present though more is expected soon.

As in all of these things it is best to be prepared as early as
possible so I'd appreciate your ideas or expression of interest in
your participation in this session as soon as possible. I'd also
propose that a member or members from the African continent take on
the organisation of the session - this strikes me as a better
arrangement that me trying to organise it from Australia.

I trust that this will be of interest to members and I look forward to
hearing further from you. Sounds like a great idea and I for one am
looking forward to my first trip to the African continent!


Robert Gosford
ERSG founder and moderator