[meteorite-list] Meterotie Contest

[Tettenborn]

List,   Below is a message I sent to a friend about 5 months ago detailing an idea for a contest.  Would like to know if the list is interested and if people would participate.  If there is some interest is there anyone out there that would like to design and host the web page?   Cheers,   Mike Tettenborn   Juris, I had a thought last night and want to pass it by you. How about organizing a contest for guessing the place of the next official meteorite fall. People could e-mail in a vote of the nearest town or land mark and these could be posted on a web site which includes the person's name.  All entrants must pledge a meteorite slice or fragment (say worth ~$10 or so) and those meteorites will go into a pool.  Dealers may want to pledge a little more.  When a fall happens then the person with the closest town or land mark (could be thousands of mile away) gets all the meteorites.  We could have an impartial judge or panel decide who won.  We would also need some guide line as to what constitutes a fall.  Say at least 1 kg. and many witnesses.  Other rules would have to be carefully thought out.  Tagish Lake and Bilanga and Ourique would all qualify. As well, the people who pledged the meteorites would be asked to mail their specimens to the winner. The web site could even post pictures of the pledge meteorites. This contest could go on for a year or two and be lots of fun if many people signed up. What do you think? tett