[meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: Meteorite List actual "age"

[drtanuki]

--- drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:53:05 -0700 (PDT)

> From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List actual

> "age"

> To: Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net>, 

>     Art

> <meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com>, 

>     meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> 

> Michael and Art,

>   Thank you for the long forgotten history of the

> list.  I also was one of the first (late 1996-1997)

> to

> join the list and I really want to thank Art Jones

> for

> his kindness and insight in creating this list. 

> THANK

> YOU, Art Jones!  Best Always in Life, Dirk

> Ross...Tokyo

> 

>   Happy ten years and many more to come.  drs

> 

> 

> --- Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net> wrote:

> 

> > Hi Bob,

> >         Here is A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIST:

> > --

> >         Art, who was then the purchasing agent for

> > the store at the

> > Planetarium, across from the Natural History

> Museum

> > in Balboa

> > Park had been offering meteorites for sale, which

> > for several years

> > Had been purchased from me. However, Art's real

> > passion was

> > Web design and he thought it would be cool to have

> a

> > weekly

> > Meteorite Forum and asked me to host it. This

> format

> > later became

> > Known as "chat rooms" - but Art envisioned it more

> > as a "radio

> > Show" with me as the host. I was confident even

> > before the first

> > Send off that once people started "talking" a host

> > would not be

> > Relevant, but I certainly felt honored and wanted

> to

> > support

> > Art in this endeavor and bolster his confidence in

> > initiating this

> > Forum, so, happily agreed.

> >         Our first Meteorite Forum was held just

> days

> > after the

> > ALH 84001 announcement on August 6, 1996. As I

> > recall, there

> > Were only 5 or 6 of us on the first chat which

> > included Paul Harris

> > And Jim Tobin of Meteorite Exchange and current

> > editors of

> > METEORITE TIMES, Rick Kujawa, me and a few others

> > who escape

> > My memory for now. Please do forgive me for my

> > feeble memory -

> > and do feel free to chime in and announce your

> > having been there.

> >         Of course, that first session was filled

> > with the excitement

> > of Martian life revealed in a meteorite - it

> wasn't

> > until later the

> > Findings came under question.

> >         In any event, within weeks or a few months

> > at most Art decided a

> > Live list would be a better forum and I agreed

> (not

> > that I had a real

> > Say in it, though he did bounce ideas off of me

> when

> > it came to

> > meteorites). So, that was the birth of the list.

> My

> > guess would be

> > October (perhaps November) of 1996 saw the

> launching

> > of the list

> > as it is known today. Other than increased numbers

> > of participants,

> > the list has remained the same since day one.

> >         Over the years there have been periodic

> > complaints about the

> > Lack of use of suspensions and expulsions from the

> > list on the part

> > Of Art. In fact, Art has been very consistent in

> > being slow to suspend

> > Participants and slow in allowing them back on.

> > Various list members

> > Have been barred and most have eventually been

> > allowed to return.

> > I won't go into names as some of them are still on

> > the list. However,

> > Even this limited control has been sabotaged by

> > Matteo who, when

> > Ejected, created false identities and blatantly

> > taunted list members

> > and Art about his clever manipulations of the

> > internet and thumbed

> > His nose at everyone.

> >         The point is, Art has done a spectacular

> job

> > in monitoring the

> > List and has ejected a good number of people - 

> > mostly when their

> > Language became obscene and they were blatantly

> and

> > relentlessly

> > attacking other List members or ripping people

> off.

> > With the exception

> > of Matteo, Art's patient guidance has served the

> > list well.

> >         Thanks to Art, we have this magnificent

> > forum with which we

> > Can keep abreast of meteoritic events such as the

> > adventures of

> > Mike, Bob & Robert in recovering the Cali

> Meteorite,

> > etc. We get

> > THE strait poop AS IT IS HAPPENING.

> >         We be a lucky group.

> >         Best wishes, Michael

> > 

> > on 8/1/07 6:10 PM, bcmeteorites at

> > bcmeteorites at gmail.com wrote:

> > 

> > > Hello List

> > > I would also like to thank Art for everything he

> > does to keep this list up

> > > and running!!  I have only been reading the list

> > for a few months and find

> > > the information provided by the list members

> > outstanding.  Everything from

> > > following members on their trips to shows that

> > many of us can not attend,

> > > the tips,information, ads, etc, and following

> the

> > travels of the meteorite

> > > hunters that take the time and post their

> > adventures as they unfold on the

> > > list.  Thanks to everyone for their positive

> > contributions and sharing of

> > > information!!!

> > > Sincerely,

> > > Bob Falls

> > > Colorado

> > > 

> > > -----Original Message-----

> > > From:

> meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com

> > >

> >

>

[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]On

> > Behalf Of Robert

> > > Woolard

> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:51 AM

> > > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List 10th or

> > 11th Anniversary-

> > > Thanks

> > > 

> > > 

> > > Art, Alex, and List,

> > > 

> > >   Alex just posted in part:

> > > 

> > > "..on this good old list [...which must have had

> > it´s

> > > 10th or 11th anniversary recently without any

> > applause

> > > or notice...]"

> > > 

> > >   Regardless of what the EXACT anniversary date

> (

> > or

> > > number) is, I just wanted to thank Alex for

> > bringing

> > > this fact to our attention, and Art for making

> the

> > > List available to us for all this time. Though

> > there

> > > have been some "ups and downs" along the way,

> the

> > > "ups" WAY out number the "downs" in my opinion.

> > The

> > > List is something I enjoy visiting almost every

> > single

> > > day, and it has provided many, many interesting

> > and

> > > invaluable bits of info, etc. to us all.

> > > 

> > >   I'm sure the overwhelming vast majority of the

> > > members share my feelings. I wanted to be sure

> and

> > let

> > > you know, Art, just how much we appreciate you

> and

> > > your work.

> > > 

> > >   Very sincerely,

> > >   Robert Woolard

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > >      

> >

>

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