Hallo,
gerade vorhin ist von Zelimir die letzte Info für die Börse eingegangen.
Ich häng sie mal unten an.
Viele Grüße - bis Freitag dann....................
Hanno
Dear List,
Here are some brief news regarding our current early Summer unanimously expected event "Ensisheim-2009".
The best is that you have a look at the web site :
http://meteorite.ensisheim.free.fr/ (don't write "www")
end select your preferred language.
You will find all details in the corresponding flyer:
http://meteorite.ensisheim.free.fr/site/en/PDF/depliant_2009.pdf as well as other links including the other city web site.
Some fresh news:
* All tables are rented if I include traditional (last year) attendees. However, so far, 6 tables remain unclaimed so that, from tomorrow Wednesday morning on (Ensi time), I will consider they are free and will allocate them to those who are on my waiting list (2, perhaps 3 persons) and then to the first 3 who will ask for (please send mail).
* Remember, the show opens on Friday 9:00 for dealers AND for ("professional") public (6 euro entrance for 3 days, 4 euro for Sat & Sun only). Only registered dealers and accompanying persons (with nominative badges!) have a permanent free entrance.
* Dealers are urgently requested to provide me the names of their partners if they wish their badges to be ready in time (roughly max. one person per table - slightly flexible though....).
* Friday-party: I have about 80 (plus or minus 5) reservations. There is still room enough for a few more and we are always flexible for the very "late birds". Reservation is seriously recommended and I'll accept them for one more day time.
It is also advisable to specify the menu, thus poultry or game (wild animals), though not fully required.
* Friday end-afternoon (tight) schedule:
- 18:00 closure of the Regency Palace
- 18:15 opening remarks (This 10th edition is dedicated to the memory of our regretted friend Richard Norton) and enthroning ceremonies (new brothers: M. Altmann (D), P. Davidson (UK), E. Dransart (F), H. Stehlik (A) and R. Vataj (Kosovë) while Alain Carion will receive the prestigious "golden meteorite award"), general picture of the assembly, followed by the selected 10th anniversary memory group photo of all the old end new "brothers" present.
Please DO NOT FORGET your enthroning commemorative PLATE ("porcelaine confrère-plate" as pertinently recalled by Alex Seidel) (hm! I almost did!).
Be there, it is for a report for "Meteorite" (I guess Larry will be pleased to hear that....)
- 18:45: probably a short visit and look inside the Palace halls by the officials could be planned. Dealers who wish, can uncover and enlighten their booths. Covered tables will stay untouched.
- 19:15 Friendly drink (badly needed after talks in a hot atmosphere - yes, so far, the weather should (?) stay fair, mild to hot (tomorrow 28°C or 82F predicted and normally about the same 2 days later...).
In case of (very local) thunder-rain, tents are already set up for everybody.
- From 20:00 on: dinner-party and....much, much more ! (here YOU ALL are organizing or improvising....)
* Among new dealers: Andrei Barakshin (Ru), while Alain Carion, Fabien Kunz, Sigi Haberer and....our old good Serge Afanasiev (yes, him!) are back! (Serge's come-back is expected to be duly celebrated by some specific "Russian Tea", eh?...)
* Main attractions:
- 3 dinosaurs around a giant meteorite, not from Argentina but from the French Department of Sarthe. Warms thanks Alain Carion!!!! Yes, kids are allowed to touch it.
- 3 very interesting lectures, see flyer. Good opportunity to improve your French, although Peter Davidson will speak (slowly) in English. Expect superb self-understanding slide-shows!
- Many, many weird and splendid beauties from the skies will be offered for sale, including most of the recent famous falls...yep, also "those you have in mind"!
- Consignment rooms: meteorites offered for "very interesting" prices by lot less than 13 different "shy dealers", either local (organizing committee) or from far, far away (Oscar Turone, the "best italian sput-driver in Argentina"...)
- Don't miss some incredible meteorites displayed in the museum as our thematic "Beautiful Meteorites".
Let me cite just two of them, "almost French":
§§- A 591 g crusted MAROMANDIA (from Madagascar!!!) -probably the only piece of this elusive meteorite existing in a private collection (anonymous)
§§- and that 197 g of MAURITIUS (guess where from), the largest known fragment, brought by Peter Davidson from the Edinburgh meteorite museum collection.
I stay at everyone's disposal for any kind of other odd or wise comment, suggestion or advice.
But hurry up, as I might well not be anymore available on mail from about Thursday afternoon, Ensi time ....(still flexible, so always also try late night hours...)
"Ensi '09" looks bright and announces great! June 21: the longest day, the shortest night! A blast!
My warmest welcome to all of you, amigos!!!!!
Zelimir
Prof. Zelimir Gabelica
Université de Haute Alsace
ENSCMu, Lab. GSEC,
3, Rue A. Werner,
F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94
Fax: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 15
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