[meteorite-list] Re: Eagle Butte - "Dr." Schimpf and the Royal Tyrell Museum

From: colin wade <ceweed_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:10 2004
Message-ID: <032c01c1bc69$d0c5daa0$02000003_at_colinwad>

Hi listees

so the mystery deepens

my 2 dhirams worth
PhD Phallus Deficiency syndrome
T L Turrets? emaiL syndrome
as she seems to enjoy the odd misspell ( kettle calling ! )
Iwonder if the trustee is in fact a trusty at another kind of more closed
institution.

and the worst of all for mankind
the beastrix has already spawned !

save yourselves & take cover :`)

Col

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To: <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Eagle Butte - "Dr." Schimpf and the Royal
Tyrell Museum


>
> In regard to the rather astonishingly crude and unprofessional emails
Matteo
> has been receiving from the self-styled member of the Board of Trustees of
> the Royal Tyrell Museum in Alberta, I sent a polite email to the Museum,
> explaining the situation in nonaccusatory terms, and asking about Dr.
> Schimpf's relationship, if any, to the institution. They have very kindly
> emailed me back, as follows. The response is not surprising, but
gratifying
> to know. Hmmm, I just might have a few spare moments to write a little
> colorful email today....Matteo, what was that email address for "Dr."
> Schimpf, again?!
> (Anyone else?)
>
> Gregory
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
__
>
> _____
>
> Dear Mr. Wilson,
> In response to your recent email, the Royal Tyrrell Museum is not governed
by
> a board of trustees. Our Cooperating Society, which is a non-profit
> organization which supports the operation of the Museum, is made up of a
> 10-member board. However, T.L. Schimpf is not one of its members - nor
have
> we heard of this individual.
>
> The Royal Tyrrell Museum focuses on Alberta's palaeontological history and
is
> not directly involved in the study or exhibition of meteorites.
>
> I hope this clears up any misunderstandings.
>
> Sincerely,
> Marty Eberth
> Media and Community Relations
> Royal Tyrrell Museum
> PO Box 7500 Drumheller, Alberta, Canada T0J 0Y0
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
__
>
> ____
>
> Dear good Museum folks,
>
> A person by the name of T.L. Schimpf has been defending the sale of an
> alleged Canadian "meteorite" on ebay, named "Eagle Butte". This meteorite
> name is not recognized by the Meteoritical Society, and potential buyers
have
> been emailing this person accordingly, questioning the "meteorite's"
> authenticity. There have alledgedly been email responses from this Dr.
> Schimpf, who claims to be on your Museum's Board of Trustees, which have
been
> threatening, obscene and astonishingly unprofessional.
>
> If this person is not associated with your Museum, and is merely
dishonestly
> claiming to be, I think it's important that you know that someone is
> fraudulently representing you. And if this person does represent your
> Museum (and is doing such a poor job of it) and is knowingly endorsing the
> sale of a fraudulent meteorite, I would think you would want to know that,
> too.
>
> Either way, it appears your good Museum may have a problem. Those of us
> concerned are only interested in establishing the truth, so I welcome your
> comments. Thank you very much.
>
> Gregory Wilson
> I.M.C.A. #5877
> 2118 Wilshire Blvd #918
> Santa Monica, CA 90403
>
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Received on Sat 23 Feb 2002 05:36:10 AM PST