[meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:21:00 -0400
Message-ID: <DAD7632469D4464AB97293AA9D226D1C_at_meteorroom>

Bill & All,

A couple of notes have come in expressing trouble with the link, yours being
the second, so go to www.fallingrocks.com, hit Links & Resources on the home
page, then hit "Temporary Custodians" under the Media header.

Interesting to see insight from you re: concern over negative things, but,
to keep this positive, perhaps you might spend two minutes giving it a read
before posting said assumptions? I doubt the notion is one that might drive
readers to a monastery or Zoloft. Pretty simple stuff, and a real shame when
such an easy thing to do is overlooked until it is too late.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: bill kies [mailto:parkforestmet at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:07 AM
To: dave at fallingrocks.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning


Are we temporary custodians? That implies we owe the collective in a Jungian
way. If you consider all the negative things that could happen to our
meteorites/belongings, you'll either become a monk or a nervous wreck.
 
Everything should be recorded in case of an accident but life comes before
the provenance of any collection. Time is so short for us.
 
This comment is based on an assumption of what your article was about as the
link didn't work for me.
 
Thanks,
Bill
 

> From: dave at fallingrocks.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:19:01 -0400
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning
>
> Hi All,
>
> I recently wrote a brief article that Larry ran in the August 2009
> issue of Meteorite Magazine entitled "Temporary Custodians," and the
> response has been a bit surprising. Somewhere around a couple dozen
> readers have taken the time to drop me an email saying things like
> "thanks for the heads-up article...[it] made for uneasy reading."
> Surely there are collectors on this list who do not yet subscribe to
> Meteorite Magazine (and everyone on this list really should!), so,
> given the topic, I'm posting a transcript below.
>
> The content is by no means comprehensive, but I'd really encourage
> those of you with meteorite collections to give it a quick read. Most
> of us have been guilty at one time or another -- or at all times -- of
> leaving loose ends such as those described in the writing. Anyway, a
> web version of it can be found here:
http://www.fallingrocks.com/FRarticle-082009.htm.
>
> Larry, I hope you don't mind my posting it here, and thank you again
> for giving the topic coverage in Meteorite!
>
> All the best,
>
> Dave
>
> Dave Gheesling
> IMCA #5967
> www.fallingrocks.com
>
> ______________________________________________
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

_________________________________________________________________
Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more.
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLM
TAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009
Received on Thu 29 Oct 2009 07:21:00 AM PDT