In article , Captain Infinity
says...
>
>Once Upon A Time,
>Amy Guskin wrote:
>
>>http://collection.movingimage.us/index.php?g=detail&object_id=99056 
>>http://movingimage.us/press/pdf/2008/babylon5_mask_062008.pdf
>>
>>Hi, all,
>>
>>I have a bit of exciting news to share with you all.
>>
>>Some of you might remember the last time Marc Zicree (writer of B5 first 
>>season episode "Survivors") put up the G'Kar mask he
owned on eBay -- this is 
>>the one he had in a display case, mounted on a lifemask of Andreas, which 
>>really distinguished it from the many other such items that come up for 
>>auction from time to time.  That was nearly two years ago, in fall of 2006, 
>>and at the time, I asked for help from the fandom to group-purchase the mask 
>>in order to eventually donate it to a museum, to keep it out of some private 
>>collector's basement.  It was soon after Andreas died, and it seemed more 
>>important than ever to get that piece (this was about the fourth time it had 
>>been offered for auction).
>>
>>An astonishing ten of you stepped up to help.  Most of the names you'll 
>>recognize from the newsgroup in one form or other (some lurk, some use other 
>>names here), one is Blair's wife, and one is a very dear, very old friend of 
>>mine who has been in sf fandom and book publishing (as an editor and an 
>>author) for many years.  They are:
>>
>>Amy Guskin (me!)
>>Neil Burton
>>Jan Schroeder
>>Blair (and Judy Emick-) Leatherwood
>>Iva Ferris
>>Caryn Dunkel
>>Hilary Weston
>>Dennis Weldy
>>George Brickner
>>Janna Silverstein
>
>You're missing someone from your list.
>
>>We concluded the purchase in December 2006,
>
>And you never contacted me for my 25 bucks.  Quite unlike what I would
>expect from a true Babylon 5 fan, to shun another fan.
>
>>I think that what makes it an unusual 
>>acquisition is the nature of the donors -- a group of fans who wanted to 
>>treat a piece of the show's history with the respect it deserves.
>
>Except the ones you couldn't be bothered to associate with.
>
>
>** 
>Captain Infinity
>

'Scuse me but it would seem apparant that you must not have read the original
post properly or your nose wouldn't be so obviously out of joint.  Thanks to
Google, it wasn't hard to find:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated/browse_frm/thread/6b68bd0a2660840/301603418b14323f?lnk=st&q=#301603418b14323f

Where you'll note that she asked for: 

>I'm looking for as many fans as are willing to contribute $125 each. 

and

>The only people I 
>want to hear from are people who definitely can and will be able to 
>immediately put $125 towards this effort. 

Which isn't to say that your willingness wasn't a good thing, it simply didn't
fit the parameters that she'd set and it was her call to make as the initiator
of the effort.

So there's obviously no shunning involved so I think you owe Amy an apology. Are
you big enough to admit that you were wrong or were you just trying to throw a
wet blanket on happy news?

Jan


-- 
I try never to get involved in my own life. Too much trouble.
--- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32