[meteorite-list] Grandstanding?

[Rob Wesel]

I see both sides of the coin now as Geoff mentions the benefit of 
publicity/media versus the self righteousness of "big check" donation 
brought up by Darren.

Interesting

Rob Wesel
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Grandstanding?


> Darren Garrison posted:
>
> > Wanting to present it in public in the form of a giant check is
> just tacky.
>
>
> Darren:
>
> Despite a serious hand injury, Maria Haas sent out over one hundred 
> emails last night to ensure everyone who has contributed to, or  helped, 
> the raffle in some way knows that (thanks to D. Stimpson) we  will not be 
> present at the Haviland Festival today. I note that your  name is absent 
> from the list of contributors, and yet you're very  quick to jump in and 
> let us know what we're doing wrong.
>
> May I suggest that you contact Maria Haas and offer her some  assistance? 
> She could certainly use help from someone -- such as  yourself -- who 
> evidently has plenty of spare time.
>
> Regarding Stimpson's comments in Mr. Anderson's article: We as a  group 
> (the Greensburg volunteers) do not require any publicity for  ourselves, 
> and have no "agenda" other than raising funds for our  friends and 
> colleagues in Kiowa County. I find it ironic that Mr.  Stimpson accused us 
> of staging publicity stunts and furthering an  agenda when he, himself, 
> has staged one publicity stunt after another  in an embarrassing attempt 
> to ride on the coattails of Steve Arnold's  success at Brenham. Remember 
> last year when he found a pile of broken  Brenham fragments in a hole, and 
> claimed he'd discovered a bigger  pallasite than Steve? It would all be 
> quite funny if it weren't for  the fact that Stimpson's pettiness has 
> interfered with an  international charity effort.
>
> Darren, what you fail to realize is that presenting an oversize check  to 
> the Haviland State Bank is something which interests local media.  Such an 
> event makes for a good photo op in a small town, and our  local stories in 
> Kansas have, several times, been picked up by  national media. It's a very 
> simple premise: Media attention = more  income generated for the 
> fundraiser. What Stimpson has achieved is to  limit media exposure for our 
> event, thereby reducing the amount of  cash we could have raised for his 
> neighbors. I'm guessing he's not  the most popular guy in Greensburg 
> today.
>
> You can reach Maria at:   dragonsoup at msn.com
>
> Finally, we'd like to -- once again -- thank the many List members  who 
> chose to do something positive and participate in the Greensburg  Charity 
> Raffle.
>
>
> http://www.aerolite.org/events/greensburg-fundraiser.htm
>
>
> Geoff N.
> Greensburg Charity Volunteer
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