Re: The place of amateurs?

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I, too, am not a professional paleontologist.  I am an amateur, quite content
to collect and research only what I find myself, not simply buying 
Morrocan trilobites from the local mall.  

While I sympathize with those who want to keep the list small, tight, serious
and almost private, I know you can't.  If anything, be thankful that a mailing
list is more intimate and private than the newsgroups.  The "I found a clam
fossil, what is it?" posts will go there.  Anyone smart enough to find the
paleo mailing list is least likely to be a potential crank.

John Foust