<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space;-khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> Chase noted:  ” Let me remind you of what we are doing here. We are collecting scientific data to be used for use in future studies.”<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> No.  It is the webcam that is collecting the data.  Some of us are reporting, 2nd hand, what the internet provides to us in the comfort of our office (er… home).  It is the NPS that is giving the world these images, and I understand they ultimately wish to save every daylight webcam capture for future use.  Do you propose they delete these images, or never acknowledge what is on them?  I don’t, and a simple declaration about potential time problems associated with webcam images should suffice.  Whether they belong in the logbook is up to them.  IMO, I really don’t care if the frequent geyser eruptions get in or not.  But pinning down the start of Giantess to +/- a few minutes is pretty good to me.  Just note that it was webcammed. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please be aware that this listserv is not official GOSA property, and the GOSA directors have not once made any statements about the obligations of posters not gave any instructions to the listmasters.  The two listserv bosses have their own expectations and desires for the content of this list.  To bring GOSA’s purpose into a statement of obligation of individuals posting to a forum that is independent of GOSA is irrelevant.  We all have our own reasons for posting, and few of mine pertain to collecting scientific data.  And I am not going to change.  Lee W has consistently commented that the historical information in the listserv posts is almost certainly going to be of great interest to future <st1:place w:st="on">Yellowstone</st1:place> enthusiasts.  Our rants about the crumminess of Delaware North’s menu or the new paving job are possibly of equal – if not more – interest to many than an argument over whether Anenome was at 112521 or 112534.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chase’s argument should be directed at the NPS and the naturalists in the visitor center, and not at people reporting a cool eruption of a geyser at 1055 on the webcam to this listserv.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> By the way, to somebody reading this in 2068, howdy.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Paul Strasser  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>