[meteorite-list] IMCA and the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website

From: John.L.Cabassi <John_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:04:56 -0800
Message-ID: <006501c98675$602dce00$4564fea9_at_TITAN>

G'Day Bob and List
Be patient. Time will tell. There's alot going on at the moment with the
Tucson show.

Cheers
John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob WALKER" <qwalkra at mailbox.ezadsl.net.au>
To: "Meteorite" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] IMCA and the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website


> Listoids
>
> I'm curious when and if IMCA will make any public statement about their
> now ownership of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website
>
> I'd like to know if it will remain a publically available resource and
> whether our logons/passwords remain or whether it will revert to IMCA
> members only or become a pay per view or commercial website to recover
> costs
>
> Undoubtedly there are many of us who have found this resource extremely
> useful and the search engine facility is awesome
>
> Many of us have thanked Pierre in the past by allowing him to use images
> from our websites - particularly if we have unique images that are
> otherwise un-obtainable but this permission does not necessarily extend to
> IMCA
>
> I for one may rethink this permission if the Encyclopedia of Meteorites
> website becomes commercially orientated or publicly limited and as above
> would wish some public statement about the future aims and objectives
>
> I think we always understood the immense time and effort that made it all
> happen and also wonder if that energy will be renewed with a new focus and
> upgrade particularly with the available images
>
> Cheers
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