[meteorite-list] Recent E-mails

[Gary K. Foote]

Mark,

You will find this list to be many of the following;

Informative
Knowledgable
Generous

But you will also find it to be;

Fractious
Backbiting
Competitive
Ugly at times

I for one apologize to you for the latter negatives and hope you can ignore them 
and focus on the former positives.  There ARE moments of sanity here and they at 
least balance the crazy stuff evenly.

The metorite world is nothing if not 'colorful'.  lol

Gary
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com

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Just a note from a new member. Since I am fairly new to the meteorite field, I 
have been mainly watching the postings and learning what I can. I've posted a 
couple of questions andpurchased a few items from some of the members, and I can 
say without a doubt thatthe members have been very, very helpful with the 
responses. Thanks to all of you who have helped me out. 

With that said, I have found many of therecent e-mails that I have seen to 
besomewhat disheartening, and based on the subject lines, I am starting to delete 
more and moree-mails without reading them,which is unfortunate, because I joined 
the list to read e-mails and learn what I can. 

I know I am new, and many, many of you know each other for many years, and I don't 
mean to interfere orsay anything inappropriate. I just wanted to let you know 
that some of the back and forth does not present the meteorite list in the best 
light to new members, and certainly does notreflect the vast wealth, knowledge and 
experience thatalmost everyone (except for me!) on thelist has. 

In addition to providing a means of communication between members who know each 
other, the listhas an enormous potential to inform, educate and promote the hobby 
and the profession tomembers, new and old, as well as the public, and I just hope 
the latter doesn't get lost in all the recent back and forth between members. 

So having told the list the impression that is being left with at least one new 
member, I will go back to watching the postings. 

Thanks for hearing me out. 

Mark