[meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

From: James Balister <balisterjames_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:09:56 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <513237.45102.qm_at_web180101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

These sob's already have too much controll over our lives!? But telling us that we can't pick up a rock !? Are we dealing with a king here?? I object to ANY loss of freedom in inyway.?? I am a free man and not a slave.? I do not have a master!? Except God.? We should just tell them NO!
PS Every rock I ever found I wrote up a report took measurments and pictures, to no avail.? Always turned out to be a rock.? So why worry about the very few that are real?? Oh wait, it's about the money!!!!!!!



----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
> To: Pel? Pierre-Marie <pierremariepele at yahoo.fr>; Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 7:07:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....
>
> Oops, sorry, I replied to the wrong thread.? This message was meant to go
> on the "sad day" thread.

Jeff

> Once everybody gets all the
> anger out of their systems, the time comes for all interested parties to work
> within the existing framework of laws, regulations, and precedents and help
> develop a permitting process that allows meteorite hunting under certain
> conditions.? If I were drafting this, it would at least include provisions
> requiring environmentally responsible collection methods, accurate documentation
> (photography, gps, mass), registration of find info within some time period, the
> right of first refusal for up to half of each object by the Smithsonian, and
> mandatory deposition of 20 g/20% in an institutional collection (including any
> material accepted by the SI).
>
> I think reasonable people
> recognize that these meteorites belong to the people of the US, but that
> specimens would mostly not be found without the efforts of private
> citizens.? A good policy would continue to reward those who find these
> objects on behalf of the people, but also prevent the loss of scientific
> information and significant specimens.
>
> The question becomes,
> how can a reasonable regulation and permitting process be created?? I'll
> discuss this with my colleagues in DOI and the SI, and perhaps groups like the
> IMCA can help lobby for this as well.? I think it is quite
> achievable.
>
> Jeff

On 2010-03-09 7:39 AM, Pel?
> Pierre-Marie wrote:
> My question was not about the laws? ;-)
>
>
> Just searching for the Glorieta Mountain strewnfield map.? I'm
> sure many of you have it.
>
> I just need some help as I plan to go
> there one or two days in the following weeks.
>
> Best
> regards
>
> Pierre
>
>
>
>
>
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