Yes to the thread, yes to doing it by consensus.
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.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
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.
Thanks, JZ.
What college did he teach at? I think that would be the place to look.
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.
I can't find any Guy Straley in Wisconsin. So far, I've had no luck finding a Guy Straley Ph.D., either.
Is "Guy" short for something?
He said once that his Mother loved Gustav Klimt and that's how he got his name. He may have meant his board name, but maybe "Guy" came from "Gustav".
What sort of things did Gus teach? I've found a number of "Professor Straley"s and many of them are scientists with many publications.