[meteorite-list] ONE AD PER WEEK I have an idea!

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Tom and List!

I am one of those people who has, on occasion, stuck my foot into my
considerable mouth here on this list.  In some way, I have contributed
to the negative atmosphere at times.  I have sincerely apologized for
those couple of rants I posted and I have tried to maintain a sense of
positive decorum since then.  Recently I poked fun at Michael
Cottingham and his ads with my own parody ad - which I hope was taken
in good spirit because there was no hostile intent behind it.

But I have to agree here with Tom on the point of group moderation.
Whether the venue is a email list or a message board/forum, the
moderating should be left to the moderators and/or administrator.
Unlike most forum scripts which have a "notify moderator" button on
each post, this list does not have that function.  In the future, I
suggest that those with complaints about other users should direct
those complaints off-list to the offending person in question, or to
the list administrator.

As for Tom's idea of praising our favorite dealers, I will chime in here ....

I have a lot of favored trading partners, but some have really stood
out above the rest in recent weeks -

John Humphries (Arizona Johnny)

Eric Twelker of Meteorite Market

Derik Bower

Noah Daleo

Greg Catterton

Roman Jirasek

Rob Wesel

Mike Jensen

And yes, Dean Bessey - I look forward to opening my latest package
from down under. :)

There are others I am forgetting, so my apologies to those I have overlooked.

Best regards,

MikeG




On 4/30/09, STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com> wrote:
> I agree with Dean, the negative vibe on this  list has been high.  I can
> think of several people whom I respect in the  meteorite world (some who
> work
> in teaching and or research) that will not use  the list because of this
> atmosphere.
>
> Let's face it, the list is about  communication of information on
> meteorites.  That might be scientific  information or sales information.
> Were all
> collectors so it's "ALL  GOOD"!  Abuse of advertising should be addressed by
> the list administrator  ONLY!   All sounding off from anyone about anything
> related to  advertising does harm to the list and it's reputation (right now
> it has earned a  very hostile reputation).
>
> My idea?  Let's start a new thread on your  favorite dealers.
>
> I'll start and I'll start with Dean Bessey.  Dean  was one of the first
> dealers to offer beautiful unclassified NWA's for (at the  time) unheard of
> low
> prices.  No where could you get large beautiful  meteorites for the price
> he was asking.  It is because of Dean I got hooked  on meteorites.  Over
> many
> years I have purchased over 200 Kg (no kidding)  from him and have loved
> every one.
>
> Dean has launched many new meteorite  collectors.
>
> Thanks Dean,  Tom Phillips
>
> In a message dated  4/30/2009 7:06:45 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> deanbessey at yahoo.com  writes:
>
> How about we make a new rule.
> "Only one bitching about it  posting allowed per ad posting"
> Cheers
> DEAN
>
> --- On Thu, 4/30/09,  bill kies <parkforestmet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: bill kies  <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] ONE AD PER  WEEK
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Thursday,  April 30, 2009, 5:32 PM
>> Fair play for all.
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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