[AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas

I agree.  Drew was also listed as "one of the giants of AccessD" in Martin's book.
 
Not sure his family knows that...but I think this is a good representation of how he was viewed and appreciated by the list as a whole.
 
Mark A. Matte
 

 

> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:32:09 -0400
> From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas
> 
> I think they should be forwarded to the family. They might not know he was "published".
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> 
> On 10/5/2011 8:25 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> > I was trying to think if his mom would like my copies of the articles we wrote -- some of them were
> > in print, in IMA and a few others. I thought about sending her the actual journals. It seems kind of
> > silly, they won't really want to read them, but... do you think she'd want them? He probably got a
> > copy, but if they find them, they probably won't realize what they're dealing with -- will most
> > likely think they're just old technical journals and throw them out. On the other hand, they might
> > not care -- I just don't know -- it's not like they're great literature or anything, but I think...
> > if it were my son, I'd want them. I just don't know what to do.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> >
> >> One of the things that is especially helpful to children struggling with
> >> grief is a memory book. Since our memories of Drew are "virtual", we
> >> couldn't contribute photos or such, but the archives must have many threads
> >> that include the outrageous exchanges we had over the years with Drew in
> >> there fanning the flames. I wonder if it would be possible to put something
> >> together with snippets of his humor and insight and some typical teasing
> >> that might serve to remind her as the years pass of the kind of person her
> >> father was. Those could be put together in a scrapbook of sorts using
> >> online services and sent to Drew's family. We could even collaborate with
> >> them in creating something like that that included photos and such they
> >> would like to use to remember him and to preserve his memory. I we covered
> >> the cost, that would be a great memorial, and we could provide copies for
> >> each member of his family.
> >
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