Personally, I'd put the memorial in the Firefly thread, (because I'd want my own in the Buffy thread), but yes to No Lightbulb discussion/vote, regardless.
Laura is wise.
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Topic!Cindy - Jan 01, 2007 6:47:02 am PST #7425 of 10001
What is even happening?
Trudy Booth - Jan 01, 2007 8:08:03 am PST #7426 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I was just coming in to suggest a wake thread!
I think if we opened it for the wake and then left it open for... a few days? a week? the idea wouldn't be to not discuss it everywhere, but to gather together as best we can and honor him specifically in one place.
I'm thinking the wake could begin on the 17th (that's one month after his death) at 5:00 pm board time. We could toast and talk and cry for a few hours. And people who couldn't make it could add theirs later. And after a set time we could close it and our discussions of Gus could return to our every day conversation.
I'd like to organize a donation. I'm thinking Oxfam would be good unless Kimi indicates otherwise or someone else can think of something perfect. I can put something in Beep Me and, depending what the donations come to, pick a critter and take donations until the wake.
Trudy Booth - Jan 01, 2007 8:14:22 am PST #7427 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oh, and I absolutely agree on just doing this by concensus. It seems so stilted to vote about mourning rituals.
Kat - Jan 01, 2007 8:39:54 am PST #7428 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'd like to make a donation. Does anyone know if his family designated a charity? Usually there's info in an obit (or at least there was for my endo who passed away in November). I'm not even sure how to look for an obit for him.
Atropa - Jan 01, 2007 8:41:30 am PST #7429 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yes to the thread, yes to doing it by consensus.
JZ - Jan 01, 2007 8:47:09 am PST #7430 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Kat, I started looking through the online editions of some Wisconsin papers for an obit, but it looks like most of them only archive a week's worth of notices; since he passed on the 17th, we may be out of luck (unless someone knows exactly where he lived and what the local paper is). I'm sure kimi knows where he'd want donations to go, and hopefully she'll check back in again.
Kat - Jan 01, 2007 8:51:10 am PST #7431 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Thanks, JZ.
Scrappy - Jan 01, 2007 8:54:04 am PST #7432 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What college did he teach at? I think that would be the place to look.
Scrappy - Jan 01, 2007 8:54:10 am PST #7433 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Trudy Booth - Jan 01, 2007 9:03:13 am PST #7434 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I asked Kimi if she had a suggestion and she (understandably) didn't answer.
For a group gift, let's look for something and have Oxfam as a back up. I like the idea of some family somewhere far away having their lives enriched by Gus who they never actually met.