[meteorite-list] Grandstanding?

From: Rob Wesel <rob_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:43:44 -0700
Message-ID: <01b801c7c0be$63b78800$b7201418_at_windows9bb74fe>

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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Received on Sat 07 Jul 2007 01:43:44 PM PDT