[AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas

He taught me most of the stuff I know. I can't figure out why I am 10 years
older and still alive. He was a very very very smart person.

A.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Mark A Matte <markamatte at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> 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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