[meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: Meteorite List actual "age"

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:03:39 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <418860.19691.qm_at_web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

--- drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:53:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List actual
> "age"
> To: Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net>,
> Art
> <meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com>,
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
> Michael and Art,
> Thank you for the long forgotten history of the
> list. I also was one of the first (late 1996-1997)
> to
> join the list and I really want to thank Art Jones
> for
> his kindness and insight in creating this list.
> THANK
> YOU, Art Jones! Best Always in Life, Dirk
> Ross...Tokyo
>
> Happy ten years and many more to come. drs
>
>
> --- Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Bob,
> > Here is A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIST:
> > --
> > Art, who was then the purchasing agent for
> > the store at the
> > Planetarium, across from the Natural History
> Museum
> > in Balboa
> > Park had been offering meteorites for sale, which
> > for several years
> > Had been purchased from me. However, Art's real
> > passion was
> > Web design and he thought it would be cool to have
> a
> > weekly
> > Meteorite Forum and asked me to host it. This
> format
> > later became
> > Known as "chat rooms" - but Art envisioned it more
> > as a "radio
> > Show" with me as the host. I was confident even
> > before the first
> > Send off that once people started "talking" a host
> > would not be
> > Relevant, but I certainly felt honored and wanted
> to
> > support
> > Art in this endeavor and bolster his confidence in
> > initiating this
> > Forum, so, happily agreed.
> > Our first Meteorite Forum was held just
> days
> > after the
> > ALH 84001 announcement on August 6, 1996. As I
> > recall, there
> > Were only 5 or 6 of us on the first chat which
> > included Paul Harris
> > And Jim Tobin of Meteorite Exchange and current
> > editors of
> > METEORITE TIMES, Rick Kujawa, me and a few others
> > who escape
> > My memory for now. Please do forgive me for my
> > feeble memory -
> > and do feel free to chime in and announce your
> > having been there.
> > Of course, that first session was filled
> > with the excitement
> > of Martian life revealed in a meteorite - it
> wasn't
> > until later the
> > Findings came under question.
> > In any event, within weeks or a few months
> > at most Art decided a
> > Live list would be a better forum and I agreed
> (not
> > that I had a real
> > Say in it, though he did bounce ideas off of me
> when
> > it came to
> > meteorites). So, that was the birth of the list.
> My
> > guess would be
> > October (perhaps November) of 1996 saw the
> launching
> > of the list
> > as it is known today. Other than increased numbers
> > of participants,
> > the list has remained the same since day one.
> > Over the years there have been periodic
> > complaints about the
> > Lack of use of suspensions and expulsions from the
> > list on the part
> > Of Art. In fact, Art has been very consistent in
> > being slow to suspend
> > Participants and slow in allowing them back on.
> > Various list members
> > Have been barred and most have eventually been
> > allowed to return.
> > I won't go into names as some of them are still on
> > the list. However,
> > Even this limited control has been sabotaged by
> > Matteo who, when
> > Ejected, created false identities and blatantly
> > taunted list members
> > and Art about his clever manipulations of the
> > internet and thumbed
> > His nose at everyone.
> > The point is, Art has done a spectacular
> job
> > in monitoring the
> > List and has ejected a good number of people -
> > mostly when their
> > Language became obscene and they were blatantly
> and
> > relentlessly
> > attacking other List members or ripping people
> off.
> > With the exception
> > of Matteo, Art's patient guidance has served the
> > list well.
> > Thanks to Art, we have this magnificent
> > forum with which we
> > Can keep abreast of meteoritic events such as the
> > adventures of
> > Mike, Bob & Robert in recovering the Cali
> Meteorite,
> > etc. We get
> > THE strait poop AS IT IS HAPPENING.
> > We be a lucky group.
> > Best wishes, Michael
> >
> > on 8/1/07 6:10 PM, bcmeteorites at
> > bcmeteorites at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello List
> > > I would also like to thank Art for everything he
> > does to keep this list up
> > > and running!! I have only been reading the list
> > for a few months and find
> > > the information provided by the list members
> > outstanding. Everything from
> > > following members on their trips to shows that
> > many of us can not attend,
> > > the tips,information, ads, etc, and following
> the
> > travels of the meteorite
> > > hunters that take the time and post their
> > adventures as they unfold on the
> > > list. Thanks to everyone for their positive
> > contributions and sharing of
> > > information!!!
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Bob Falls
> > > Colorado
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:
> meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > >
> >
>
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]On
> > Behalf Of Robert
> > > Woolard
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:51 AM
> > > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List 10th or
> > 11th Anniversary-
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > Art, Alex, and List,
> > >
> > > Alex just posted in part:
> > >
> > > "..on this good old list [...which must have had
> > it?s
> > > 10th or 11th anniversary recently without any
> > applause
> > > or notice...]"
> > >
> > > Regardless of what the EXACT anniversary date
> (
> > or
> > > number) is, I just wanted to thank Alex for
> > bringing
> > > this fact to our attention, and Art for making
> the
> > > List available to us for all this time. Though
> > there
> > > have been some "ups and downs" along the way,
> the
> > > "ups" WAY out number the "downs" in my opinion.
> > The
> > > List is something I enjoy visiting almost every
> > single
> > > day, and it has provided many, many interesting
> > and
> > > invaluable bits of info, etc. to us all.
> > >
> > > I'm sure the overwhelming vast majority of the
> > > members share my feelings. I wanted to be sure
> and
> > let
> > > you know, Art, just how much we appreciate you
> and
> > > your work.
> > >
> > > Very sincerely,
> > > Robert Woolard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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