[meteorite-list] [IMCA] Elections and my status

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:24:27 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <584419.75764.qm_at_web46403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I love the Meteorite Men TV show, its a great way to get meteorites out into the public attention on a mainstream level. I actually even tried to help promote it with one of my websites. Its a great thing and I never would make it seem like a bad thing.

The museum will be very interactive and not like anything else out there.
I want people to have fun and learn while they have fun... the type of learning that you dont know your doing until its too late.

Its not that I am seeking an endorsement or even funding from the IMCA, but for the group to have more of an active role in something like this. Even if members posted to the IMCA list and shared ideas and we tossed thoughts and opinions around, it would be better then the silence that the IMCA list is.

I will go back to my original statement about the BBB. Its old, outdated and not what it was many years ago. Thats not the way I would like to see the IMCA turn out.
Sure the IMCA may have its original goals, but as times change so should the goals. Otherwise, what you end up having is an out of touch group that is stagnant and lacking vision. The world of meteorites is changing, the IMCA needs to keep up with it.

If the IMCA as an international group of meteorite collectors will not stand up to fill a role that is needed, then who should?
We can all sit and complain about how bad new laws are (or new enforcement of old ones) and it will only get worse.
One voice will be washed out in a group of people, but if the group of people take up the call of the one voice, it will be heard loudly.

Im not expecting the IMCA to become the voice of all, but I do hope they will step up and at least become a voice.



Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
IMCA member 4682
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--- On Sat, 8/28/10, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:

> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA] Elections and my status
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 2:09 PM
> Hey Greg, I agree with you on the
> museum idea, however, the comment about the museum and the
> Meteorite Men, is not entirely accurate.
>
> The Meteorite Men is a show about meteorite hunting,
> collecting and value, the science, and of course centers
> around the adventure. You're assuming in your statement
> people want to be educated. They don't! People want to be
> entertained. If people want to be educated they'd go to
> school. The Science Channel has a very good formula. Over
> the years, Discovery has honed their recipe for a show down
> to a few key components, which mix the ingredients in a way
> that appeals to a much wider audience. If it were just about
> the science, it would be boring as hell and nobody would
> watch. Either you make it FUN, or you make it dramatic. My
> advice for your museum is not to focus your marketing on the
> educational part. Make it fun, make it interactive, keep it
> exciting, the science and education comes naturally.
>
> Also, Don't fault the IMCA for not jumping on the
> bandwagon. Count Deiro's point about the IMCA being like the
> BBB is a good analogy. The IMCA is not about endorsement,
> it's about "Authenticity", and in a word, trust. If the IMCA
> jumped out there and started promoting the Meteorite Museum,
> or other causes it might be seen as an endorsement of sorts.
> They are not a lobbyist group, nor do they promote activism
> of any kind. If the IMCA somehow endorsed your museum, what
> would happen? I don't know...
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Greg Catterton<star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Aug 28, 2010 11:47 AM
> > To:imca at imcamail.de
> > Subject: [IMCA] Elections and my status
>
> > This is a chance to really break meteorites into a
> greater public awareness. Sure it wont be on the level of
> "meteorite men" but its more real then the TV show and
> something that has the ability to educate the public rather
> then entertain - far more then the TV show does.
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