This is exactly what some of my fears are. It's all important stuff and I think that some of us just don't even think about it.
I am definitely making it a priority to get every single username and password and instructions down in a book that gets put with the will. The groups idea is interesting...also ... How come some sort of business hasn't spawned somewhere .... A division of a funeral home or something. Let our experts put your loved one's computer to rest. Clean it out. Look for things that needed doing. Online memberships, online orders, etc. By the way ... Glad to see you're still here. It's been awhile since your last post, you lurker, you. ;) Erika ------------------------------------------------ >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Al Musella, DPM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 3:41 PM >>| To: CF-Community >>| Subject: What happens if you can't post? >>| >>| >>| >>| >What happens if a person dies, and they are members of a >>| gazillion lists >like I am. Now most of the lists wouldn't >>| even notice if I fell of the >face of the earth ... But >>| obviously people around here would notice. >>| >>| Notifying them of your death is the least of the >>| problems. What happens >>| when you die and you are the only person who knows how to >>| run an online >>| business? >>| This happened to a friend of mine recently. He was a doctor >>| who ran a few >>| websites, mailing lists, and an online cancer registry. >>| When he died >>| unexpectedly at the age of 55, nobody knew how to run the >>| list or the >>| registry. Nobody knows the passwords, how to access it, or >>| even where in >>| the world the data is located. Nobody can even change his >>| website - where >>| patients still fill out long forms requesting opinions from >>| him - and wait >>| - not knowing that there won't be any responses. The lists >>| are running on >>| auto-pilot - but with nobody administering them. People >>| who had problems >>| signing off are stuck. Nobody is around to help them. >>| Nobody can be >>| banned, nobody is stopping off-topic stuff. >>| >>| My point is that maybe we should all write down the >>| important things like >>| URLs, passwords, names, phone numbers and arrangements of >>| advertisers, and >>| how to do certain things, along with instructions of what >>| to do when we >>| die. Give it to the spouse and a friend. >>| Maybe even those of us who work solo should form loose >>| groups that help tie >>| up loose ends and help the spouse run or sell the business >>| in the event of >>| a death.. I know that if I died right now, my wife would >>| have no idea how >>| to continue or sell my on-line business stuff. She doesn't >>| even know my >>| password to log onto my computer. >>| >>| Scary stuff.. but glad you bought it up. I will work on it:) Al >>| >>| >>| Archives: >>| http://www.mail-archive.com/cf->>| [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >>| >>| Unsubscribe: >>| http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists >>| ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
