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Re: AGA memorial fund for Vicki Costley (fwd)
At 05:49 PM 12/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Of course we don't mind! Always glad to have your input. I don't think I
>knew that Gasser had died, though I knew he had been in poor shape for quite
>a while. But you are right, it is too bad that no one wrote something up.
>I think we have to depend on the individuals that hear of news like this to
>let us know. No one asked for a memorium for Merrill, I decided to do that
>myself. But I knew (and missed) him personally, where I neither knew Robert
>Gasser, nor was I contacted directly about his death.
Gassers passing was discussed some on the net. I believe on the Crypt list.
i cant remember how I learned, but think it was in early 2003... some 4-5
months afterwards. At the time it didnt occur to me that a writeup in TAG
would have been appropriate. I believe that an obit was prepared by Brad
McClane for publication in FAMA, but I have not seen it in print.
>
>I couldn't tell from your last bit whether you thought we should be doin
>something differently (or better or more) or not. Do you think we should?
For this discussion, i agree with what everyone else says. I dont want to
see an obit section in TAG and dont see the need to mention the untimely
passing of a non-member. Certainly not if we dont do this for our own. If
we had a way to find out that our members have died, I would be supportive
of a once per year memorial page where we list these members. However, i
suspect that it will not be easy nor practical to get such a list together
at this time. Of course, we would have to let the membership know that the
organization has an interest, or it will not be passed on. I suppose I am
guilty of not passing info on myself.
I didnt know about Al Castrow. I would have liked to have known, member or
not. Did you all know that Peter Lewis died? i think it was last year.
Neil
>
>Karen
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <nfrank@mindspring.com>
>To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:23 PM
>Subject: Re: AGA memorial fund for Vicki Costley (fwd)
>
>
>> Hope you dont mind me adding to this discussion.
>> Another point worth noting is that there are other members who have died
>in the past 1- 2 years, and some that are well known and have made
>contributions to the hobby. The one that now comes to mind is Robert Gasser.
>(as you know, he died Aug 2002) . I dont recall if he was mentioned in TAG,
>etc. I suspect that there are others.
>> Also worth noting for historical purposes is that Jare in addition to the
>TAG acknowledgment was also given the special honor of becoming the first
>and only "fellow" of the AGA. THis position is analagous to that provided by
>the American Cichlid Association. I thought it worth mentioning because I
>wasnt sure that the newer boad members are aware of the situation.
>> On the subject of obits, i dont read them either. But it is a shame that
>our members might pass away and noone notices.
>> --Neil
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
>> Sent: Dec 2, 2003 2:05 PM
>> To: aga-sc@thekrib.com
>> Subject: Re: AGA memorial fund for Vicki Costley (fwd)
>>
>> I think when it comes to our attention that a MEMBER with a really
>> outstanding record in the hobby has passed away, it is right to honor them
>> the way we did both Jare and Merrill. But these are the only two people we
>> have included in TAG in the whole history of the AGA. Jare was important
>to
>> this organization, and Merrill was important enough to the entire hobby
>that
>> his death was reported in every major aquarium magazine.
>>
>> But I personally would NOT want to see quarterly obits. I don't read them
>> in the newspaper either.
>>
>> Karen
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
>> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: AGA memorial fund for Vicki Costley (fwd)
>>
>>
>> > All I know about this person is that she was a moderator on
>> > AB and several people commented when she was killed earlier
>> > this year. Their comments were that she was very helpful.
>> >
>> > She had some avid fans.
>> >
>> > Yes,m it seems odd to print her up in a mag she didn't
>> > subscribe to.
>> >
>> > Do we want to do an obit box as a general thing? Each
>> > quarter listing those recently deceased? If not, why this
>> > one? I don't think we have a reason for this particular
>> > person.
>> >
>> > So for me it seems to come down to, do we want an obit box
>> > each issue.
>> >
>> > SH
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
>> > > I would have no problem at all including a text box in
>> > > TAG, but did the
>> > > African Violet Society do that for people who weren't
>> > > even members? That's
>> > > what kind of makes me feel funny about this one.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > =====
>> > S. Hieber
>> >
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