[meteorite-list] IMCA and the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website

[John.L.Cabassi]

G'Day Bob and List
Be patient. Time will tell. There's alot going on at the moment with the 
Tucson show.

Cheers
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob WALKER" <qwalkra at mailbox.ezadsl.net.au>
To: "Meteorite" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] IMCA and the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website



> Listoids

>

> I'm curious when and if IMCA will make any public statement about their 

> now ownership of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website

>

> I'd like to know if it will remain a publically available resource and 

> whether our logons/passwords remain or whether it will revert to IMCA 

> members only or become a pay per view or commercial website to recover 

> costs

>

> Undoubtedly there are many of us who have found this resource extremely 

> useful and the search engine facility is awesome

>

> Many of us have thanked Pierre in the past by allowing him to use images 

> from our websites - particularly if we have unique images that are 

> otherwise un-obtainable but this permission does not necessarily extend to 

> IMCA

>

> I for one may rethink this permission if the Encyclopedia of  Meteorites 

> website becomes commercially orientated or publicly limited and as above 

> would wish some public statement about the future aims and objectives

>

> I think we always understood the immense time and effort that made it all 

> happen and also wonder if that energy will be renewed with a new focus and 

> upgrade particularly with the available images

>

> Cheers

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