[meteorite-list] Information and Behavior Consensus

[Greg Hupe]

Dear Walter and List Members,

Walter asks if anyone is interested in reading about these "exchanges" in 
which List members sometimes get in heated, educated, informational or 
passionate debates publicly. I for one feel it is an important part and duty 
of any List member to bring to light anything that is questionable, 
unethical or in poor business tactics to light, publicly. Would you rather 
have informed members keep their heads in the sand if they see something 
wrong happening?

Walter asks members to email him  privately if anyone actually reads these 
posts "...other than the parties directly involved..." in order to ask if 
you want to be left in the dark and consider self-paired or partially 
classified material.

I, too, am very interested in hearing all of your thoughts and would 
appreciate your emails to me privately as well. Like I stated in one of my 
recent emails, I am in Morocco and surrounding areas all of the time so I 
know what is going on. I am in constant contact, usually by phone, with the 
scientists I work with (and many of you). I see wrong doings at the shows 
and inform the parties of what I know for fact. Some appreciate this and 
others do not care, typically a Moroccan dealer and continue to openly make 
their own self pairings from what has recently been released or will put $$$ 
in their pockets no matter who it hurts. This goes for some other dealers as 
well.

I am not trying to police anything, only point out what I have gone through 
in order to properly classify material that I offer to the meteorite 
community.

So, please send me your thoughts as well. If you want us to stay silent and 
let the wrong-doers do what they do, fine, I will do as you wish unless it 
is a blatant wrongful act. I would also like to know why I go the lengths I 
go through in order to have what I offer exhaustively analyzed, sometimes up 
to three years, and travel to the places where the material is collected by 
nomads.

I , like Walter, will keep all of your emails completely private and will 
post the collective findings to the List in a single post. Your thoughts are 
needed, no matter how constructive or hateful, will be helpful to get a 
proper consensus. Email me even if you and I have never spoken, emailed or 
met before. It is a time for change in the behaviors of the coat-tailers or 
for those of us who expose them. If you do not speak now, you will not be 
heard and positive change will not happen.

I respect your time and will greatly appreciate your input. Please email me 
at gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days


> Hello Everyone,
>
> Does anyone, other than the parties directly involved actually read and 
> careabout these periodic postings to the list.
>
> If so, please email me in private.  I do not forward private email.  I 
> will report aggregated data to the list.  Not meaning to slight the 
> parties involved, I would just like to get a sense of how important these 
> exchanges are to list members.
>
> -Walter Branch
>
>
>
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