[meteorite-list] Anne Black & IMCA (was NWA 6292 2.110 gram)
From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:22:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20100821002217.112980_at_gmx.net> That was very well stated, Charley! All of the people on the IMCA board are very honorable persons, without any doubt, and I am glad I happen to know some of them in person. Hats off to that folks, who have done and do a lot for the collector and dealer community, in a most positive sense! No one should forget: they volunteer for that, and they are elected on a regular, annual basis, by quite a lot of members, so there is absolutely nothing wrong about that, as some recent posts to the list unfortunately may have suggested... Alex Berlin/Germany "Old hound" as a collector, IMCA #0042 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:16:38 -0400 > Von: "Charley" <cmb62 at columbus.rr.com> > An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > Betreff: [meteorite-list] Anne Black & IMCA (was NWA 6292 2.110 gram) > Hi Martin, > > Thank you for expressing so well what I beleive many of us (IMCA and > non-IMCA members alike) feel about Anne and IMCA. > > I have known Anne (via email and phone) for several years and feel we have > become good friends. She has always been very helpful to me, > answering questions and connecting me with people that could offer > assistance in a project I am researching. She and I (and Norbert Classen > as > well) > have had a number of email exchanges about meteorites and also > non-meteorite > related issues. When I happened to mention to Anne that I was going > to do a meteorite presentation at the local middle school, she immediately > offerered to donate a book to the class! > > For reasons unknown to me, the list occasionally sees someone go off about > IMCA and how corrupt it is. I've been a member for several years and have > never > seen any evidence of anything that was dishonest on the part of any IMCA > board person or member. I have seen several occasions where people made > accusations > against IMCA that are unfounded (and often shown to be unfounded by Anne) > but , oddly enough, the accusers never apologize (at least publically) > when > shown that > their comments are simply not true . > > I am proud to consider Anne & Norbert my friends and I am proud to be a > member of IMCA. If people choose not to join, that is their right. They > do > not have the right > to slander or libel good people based on "stories" they are told off list. > > Best regards, > > Charley Butterfield > IMCA 6123 > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:42:01 +0200 > > From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 6292 2.110 gram > > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > > Message-ID: <000901cb404b$f0f36940$d2da3bc0$_at_de> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Carl, > > > > yes, probably you better shouldn't have pressed the "send" button. > > > > Neither you, Barry. > > > > Of course everyone is free to express his opinion, > > but the form it happened in, is not acceptable. > > > > Here you have the list archives: > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > > > There you will find not a single posting by Anne, where she would have > > insulted any person. > > And certainly Dr.Jambon feels not insulted by her. > > > > On contrary, in a silly brawl about possible pairings of stones, silly, > > because they still are in the totally normal process of classification - > > caused by the impatience of some list-members, > > she called on the list-members to do that, what one could expect from > any > > mature meteorite collector, > > to demonstrate the patience necessary and to wait until the results of > > the analyses will be ready. > > And furthermore she got committed to exchange samples of the questioned > > stones, between the scientists involved in the classification processes, > > which in the end now seems to work, so that the matter can be solved by > > scientific criteria to the full satisfaction of all interested in that > > question. > > > >> Ann Black has made of a chance for a legitimate > > > > I tell you Barry, what Anne has made. > > > > As co-founder of the IMCA she made the meteoritic world a safer place > for > > everyone, also for you, introducing new standards into the meteorite > > trade, which got more and more widely accepted. > > And she created with IMCA a contact point for conflict resolution for > > participants in meteoritics > > and a place for advice in meteoritic questions and a source of > > information about meteorites. > > > > And that open to everyone and that free of charge for everyone. > > > > And like the other founders of IMCA, she did this in thousands of > > working-hours absolutely unpaid. > > > > > > That is certainly more, than to type an imprudent mail in the head of a > > moment - lock, stock and barrel condemning everything, what one even > > doesn't know, > > and to attack with inacceptable wordings a person, to whom the meteorite > > community owes respect and gratitude > > for that, what she has achieved for that community. > > > > Everyone is free to dislike and to criticize IMCA, > > but I think if that's done in public, one should try to stick to facts > > and should abstain from personal decrials. > > > > I'm sure, that when you'll have slept on it, > > you'll think similarly about that. > > > > Martin > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 20 Aug 2010 08:22:17 PM PDT |
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