Hi Canie and Fellow Board Members,

I feel like I am beating a dead horse on this issue, but beat it to death I will because I have a very strong belief in right and wrong and when something seems wrong to me, then I'm not one to hold back on the commentary.

This is outright complaint about our fellow occasional poster EDG. He has repeated told us that he does and then doesn't have an interest in ear tones. Then from time to time he has told us that he intends to use the data posted on the ear tone log for his own research. Now he's saying he's going to take that data and post it on his site and spread the word around on this news group or that.

It has been my understanding from the onset of the posting of ear tones that those who wished to supply their information it was in the hope that a serious researcher, ie: a scientist might want to use that data for pure research. I have no problem with that at all.

However, EDG does not wish to be known as to whom he is and thus it is impossible to verify that he is a scientist of any order and has constantly demonstrated that he has very little knowledge of the process of matching ear tones to anticipated epicenters. I am quite glad that I removed myself from posting my ear tones in advance just for this reason alone.

Therefore, I would like to ask for a formal ruling from Canie and commentary from the other board members as to whether or not EDG should be allowed to "borrow" the ear tone data for his own use, despite our knowledge of what that use might encompass. The last thing I want to hear about is that he has taken that data and sent a message to some foreign government or scientific organization and predicted an earthquake, without fully understanding how to measure the distance from an ear tone recipient to an anticipated epicenter.

I hope you will understand I am presenting this because I have worked so diligently in trying to define ear tones in a very precise theory and I would prefer that anyone who wants to see that ear tones receive their rightful place in the annuls of earthquake precursors, let them do no harm in the process.

Respectfully,

Petra Challus