[meteorite-list] Grandstanding?

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:54:31 -0700
Message-ID: <C2B52F77.374E5%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Dear Geoff,
        We in the meteorite community are so lucky to have
you and your voice of sanity.
        Bless you, Michael



on 7/7/07 10:40 AM, Notkin at geoking at notkin.net wrote:

> Darren Garrison posted:
>
>> Wanting to present it in public in the form of a giant check is
> just tacky.
>
>
> Darren:
>
> Despite a serious hand injury, Maria Haas sent out over one hundred
> emails last night to ensure everyone who has contributed to, or
> helped, the raffle in some way knows that (thanks to D. Stimpson) we
> will not be present at the Haviland Festival today. I note that your
> name is absent from the list of contributors, and yet you're very
> quick to jump in and let us know what we're doing wrong.
>
> May I suggest that you contact Maria Haas and offer her some
> assistance? She could certainly use help from someone -- such as
> yourself -- who evidently has plenty of spare time.
>
> Regarding Stimpson's comments in Mr. Anderson's article: We as a
> group (the Greensburg volunteers) do not require any publicity for
> ourselves, and have no "agenda" other than raising funds for our
> friends and colleagues in Kiowa County. I find it ironic that Mr.
> Stimpson accused us of staging publicity stunts and furthering an
> agenda when he, himself, has staged one publicity stunt after another
> in an embarrassing attempt to ride on the coattails of Steve Arnold's
> success at Brenham. Remember last year when he found a pile of broken
> Brenham fragments in a hole, and claimed he'd discovered a bigger
> pallasite than Steve? It would all be quite funny if it weren't for
> the fact that Stimpson's pettiness has interfered with an
> international charity effort.
>
> Darren, what you fail to realize is that presenting an oversize check
> to the Haviland State Bank is something which interests local media.
> Such an event makes for a good photo op in a small town, and our
> local stories in Kansas have, several times, been picked up by
> national media. It's a very simple premise: Media attention = more
> income generated for the fundraiser. What Stimpson has achieved is to
> limit media exposure for our event, thereby reducing the amount of
> cash we could have raised for his neighbors. I'm guessing he's not
> the most popular guy in Greensburg today.
>
> You can reach Maria at: dragonsoup at msn.com
>
> Finally, we'd like to -- once again -- thank the many List members
> who chose to do something positive and participate in the Greensburg
> Charity Raffle.
>
>
> http://www.aerolite.org/events/greensburg-fundraiser.htm
>
>
> Geoff N.
> Greensburg Charity Volunteer
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Received on Sat 07 Jul 2007 02:54:31 PM PDT