Dave,
I enjoyed reading your article again, despite having read it in Met Mag
already.
I'm in the midst of updating the "recent" acquisitions and sales in my
humble collection. I'm living on borrowed time already, as we all are
really, so it is important to me that my wife is left with more than a pile
of rocks to sort through. Your article gives me some ideas on how I can
improve my system. And don't worry, I'll enjoy life while doing so. ;^)
Thank you.
Linton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Gheesling" <[email protected]>
To: "'bill kies'" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning
Bill & All,
A couple of notes have come in expressing trouble with the link, yours
being
the second, so go to www.fallingrocks.com, hit Links & Resources on the
home
page, then hit "Temporary Custodians" under the Media header.
Interesting to see insight from you re: concern over negative things, but,
to keep this positive, perhaps you might spend two minutes giving it a
read
before posting said assumptions? I doubt the notion is one that might
drive
readers to a monastery or Zoloft. Pretty simple stuff, and a real shame
when
such an easy thing to do is overlooked until it is too late.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: bill kies [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning
Are we temporary custodians? That implies we owe the collective in a
Jungian
way. If you consider all the negative things that could happen to our
meteorites/belongings, you'll either become a monk or a nervous wreck.
Everything should be recorded in case of an accident but life comes before
the provenance of any collection. Time is so short for us.
This comment is based on an assumption of what your article was about as
the
link didn't work for me.
Thanks,
Bill
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:19:01 -0400
Subject: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning
Hi All,
I recently wrote a brief article that Larry ran in the August 2009
issue of Meteorite Magazine entitled "Temporary Custodians," and the
response has been a bit surprising. Somewhere around a couple dozen
readers have taken the time to drop me an email saying things like
"thanks for the heads-up article...[it] made for uneasy reading."
Surely there are collectors on this list who do not yet subscribe to
Meteorite Magazine (and everyone on this list really should!), so,
given the topic, I'm posting a transcript below.
The content is by no means comprehensive, but I'd really encourage
those of you with meteorite collections to give it a quick read. Most
of us have been guilty at one time or another -- or at all times -- of
leaving loose ends such as those described in the writing. Anyway, a
web version of it can be found here:
http://www.fallingrocks.com/FRarticle-082009.htm.
Larry, I hope you don't mind my posting it here, and thank you again
for giving the topic coverage in Meteorite!
All the best,
Dave
Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com
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