Rhett, Dave, and Listees, Who says lightning doesn't strike twice? What really great ideas! I'll support both in any way I can. Rhett you can sign me up! Dave, you wrote: > I spent forty-five minutes and have > a better looking and more functional display > than the traveling NASA display presently at the same library. Perhaps you could share your display design with us? I would want to feel safe about my meteorites... Thanks Guys, Ken Newton http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/mepage.html Meteor-Wrong Central
Rhett Bourland wrote: > Hello Dave and everyone else, > I find it interesting that you should bring something like this up tonight > Dave. Normally, when I get a new idea for the IMCA I usually run it by the > directors before throwing it out to the membership but I have a feeling that > they won't mind on this one. When I got home from work tonighting I had a > letter from the museum in Evansville, IN (my old hometown from a month or so > ago) thanking me for letting them borrow some meteorites for a display and > an email from a reporter from Financial Times asking about meteorites. I > know many of us are involved in educating the public and/or will loan out > pieces of our collection from time to time and I think such actions are > absolutely wonderful!!! An idea that I thought of tonight is creating a new > section on the IMCA website that will basically list members that would be > happy to talk to the public about meteorites (whether it be a school, group, > or possibly even news media) or loan pieces from your collection to > libraries or museums. Included with that would be the corner of the world > that you would be willing to visit to speak or deliver your precious rocks. > Such an idea, if it works the way I'm envisioning, could be invaluable in > educating the public about meteorites. Imagine how meteorites Ninninger > could have found if he was part of a team of people working together around > the world talking to non-meteorite enthusiasts about the wonders that > occasionaly fall from the sky! Also, this could serve as a way to help > distribute information to the public by local residents. > What do you all think? Would you like to be a part of this? Please, if you > have any thoughts or ideas about this then let's discuss them among us all > and if you would like to sign up then let me know. > Thanks and best wishes, > Rhett Bourland > www.asteroidmodels.com > www.asteroidmodels.com/personal > www.meteoritecollectors.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:57 PM > To: meteorite collectors association; meteorite-list > Subject: [meteoritecollectorsassociation] Meteorite or Meteorwrong > Display > > Dear Listees; > As you have recently seen on the list, there is always someone needing > more information on meteorwrong and meteorite identification. I have > just taken some of my meteorites (meager small things that they are) and > some of my beautifully classic meteorwrongs (massive magnetite, 3 pound > steam locomotive clinkers, ironized sandstone nodules) and some neat > books, Cosmos by Sagan, Rocks From Space, O. Richard Norton, Bob Haag's > Catalogue of Meteorites and put them in a very nice display case at the > local library. Of the 30 or so rocks in the case, 8 are meteorites, the > rest are great examples of close-to-be examples of meteorites. The > small contest is to guess the correct number of real meteorites. Prize > is a small slice of Gibeon. > I will be speaking this coming Tuesday evening at the library about > meteorites and even identifying samples that are brought in. > The two local newspapers will be running feature articles and even a > photo or two. > For all of you out there in meteorite land, there is a great deal of > inter satisfaction related to giving back to one's community by doing > things like this little show and tell display and public meeting. I > encourage all who are looking for something to do this winter to get > involved...and maybe get a shot at brokering a new meteorite find, or > helping out with a new strewnfield documentation...or just letting > adults act like kids when they get to hold a real meteorite. > It is great fun, and kids have eyes as big as grapefruits when they hold > a real meteorite in their hands. Try your favorite library. I spent > forty-five minutes and have a better looking and more functional display > than the traveling NASA display presently at the same library. > Their flier says "Meteorites are magnetic" So, I have a nice piece of > lodestone with some paper clips on it to confuse those lucky meteorite > guessers, lots of fun for all. > Very best, 71 degrees presently, and clear in Tucson > Dave Freeman > > "Apply your mind to at least one problem which has never been solved, > which in general is considered impossible of solution, but which, being > solved, would help humanity. Do with your life something that has never > been done, but which you feel needs doing"...Harvey Harlow Nininger > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
