[meteorite-list] GIVEAWAY FREEBIE! - First Responder Gets It...!!

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:29:14 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550907071429nd21a13ap7689e4af2d706c93_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bernd and List,

That is very generous of you Bernd - of course the prize is your's to
dispose of as you see fit. So if you want me to donate it on your
behalf, then I will certainly do so.

Also, my wife and I recently moved from Louisiana to sunny Florida.
My wife's older sister took over our caregiving duties and we have
moved to Florida to be near my stepkids (and new grandchild) who both
live in Tampa. Holding my first grandchild has given me a new
positive perspective on many things. :)

I have plans to donate a sizeable type collection to a local school in
the near future - probably a middle school or junior high school - old
enough to better appreciate the subject, but not too old that they
have already chosen their college path. So I am open to donating this
prize to any worthy school that you suggest - it doesn't have to be
local in Florida or even the US.

Also, if you end up donating the prize, I will add some meteorites and
other specimens to it to make the prize more substantial and useful
for outreach.

Best regards and clear skies,

MikeG




On 07 Jul 2009 20:58:09 UT, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
<bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> wrote:
> MikeG. kindly wrote: "Hi Bernd! You are the winner!"
>
> Hello Mike and List,
>
> How about either donating this wonderful prize to one of your local schools,
> or, maybe even better, having teachers of one of your local schools organize
> a kind of contest - difficulty depending on schoolchildren's age and grade.
>
> The winner(s) might be tomorrow's meteoriticist(s) and my reward would be
> to see a photo of the winner(s) with his/her/their celestial booty and a
> happy
> smile on their face(s).
>
> The contest can but doesn't necessarily have to do with meteorites. It might
> also be something geography-related, or rocks and/or minerals in general, it
> might be about nature or natural phenomena, it might be about (local)
> geography
> or history. Example: You live in Louisiana and that name is, of course,
> derived
> from Louis XIV, Le Roi Soleil, the French absolute sovereign under whose
> reign
> French and British colonial interests clashed in the "New World".
>
> Just an idea, so, folks and MikeG. what do you think?
>
> Best from Germany,
>
> Bernd
>
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
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