[meteorite-list] Meteoritical Society Membership

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:52:55 -0400
Message-ID: <00f901c8a23d$d0f87df0$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

What Norbert said.

-Walter
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbert Classen" <riffraff at timewarp.de>
To: "'Mike Miller'" <meteoritefinder at gmail.com>; "'tett'" <tett at rogers.com>
Cc: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoritical Society Membership


Hi Mike M., Hi Mike T., and All,

Oups, now I hope that you didn't get my email wrong - I actually enjoy M&PS
(Meteorites and Planetary Science) more than any other publication, and I'm
sure Bernd and Walter are feeling the same. Each and every issue is like a
high-class book on meteorites, and related subjects. Sure, these are
scientific articles, and I don't get everything what is written in there.
But it's the very best publication out there, and it's just a bit sad that
M&PS is some issues behind, right now (and that's not allways the case!).
Now imagine, 12 great books on meteorites and planetary science each year,
plus some specials - that's not that bad for their modest annual dues, if
you ask me!

Mike T.: you will have to wait one full year until the most recent M&PS
articles are freely accessible online. If you think that this is a
reasonable timeframe you're surely not as impatient as I am ,-))

Mike M.: Besides the subscription of M&PS which is included in the annual
dues for Meteoritical Society membership there are quite a few other reasons
why you might want to join. The MetSoc is responsible for naming meteorites,
and for publishing the Meteoritical Bulletin, for example, something we
really all should be supporting if it's within our budgets. Actually, what
would our hobby be without the very existence of the Meteoritical Society?
It's the science which makes meteorites interesting - without that science
they would be just, ehm, ordinary rocks that have fallen from the sky, and
we hardly couldn't tell a lunar from a HED, or a chondrite from a desert
varnished wrong...

Some good reasons to consider joining and supporting the Meteoritical
Society, right?

All the best,
Norbert (Member of the Meteoritical Society since 2006)

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----

Hi everyone, I guess I have completely missed this organization. What are
the benefits of joining? I am guessing they don't have a representative here
on the list?

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:54 AM, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:
> Well, I was just saying to myself the other day that I should
> investigate joining. Now I am not so sure ;>(
>
> Why join if you can't get quick access to their online journals and
> get their publications in a reasonable time frame. To add someone to
> a mailing list and grant access to the online journals should not be a
> monumental task.
>
> I will wait and see what others have to say about joining the
> Meteoritical Society
>
> Mike Tettenborn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norbert Classen"
>
> Hi Bernd, Walter, and All,
>
> The same here Bernd - but's that's probably just because they want to
> raise our appetite for the first 4 issues of 2008 ,-)
>
> Joking aside: being in the publishing business since many years I know
> how hard it is to complete such volumoneous issues in a timely manner,
> and I'm sure all the people at the MetSoc and at M&PS are doing their
> very best to provide us with their publications. Personally, I'm not
> concerned as all the best things often take a while...
>
> So, just be patient; I'm sure that the December issue 2007 will be on
> its way, soon.
>
> And some of you thought Meteorite Magazine, Meteorite-Times or IMCA
> Insights were slow ,-?
>
> Patiently Yours,
> Norbert
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>
>
> Walter writes:
>
> "when I sent my check a few years back, it was nearly a year and only
> after several emails did I my membership actually become official."
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> .. and while we are at it, my latest issue of MAPS is November 2007 !!!
>
>
> :-( :-( :-(
>
> Bernd
>
>
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