On 10:25 AM 4/12/00 -0700, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
>I just had another one of these today, and I'm wondering how other list
>managers deal with it.
Yeah, thats a toughy, for sure. I suppose if the member was active (not
just a lurker) and/or if others on the list knew him, it would be nice to
post a message to the list announcing the death, and a simple message to
the "next of kin".
I run a sport aviation related list. Once in a while a listmember dies in
a crash. The last time this happened, the person's death was announced on
the list (he was an active poster). For days posts poured in in remembrance
of this member.
Weeks later, a family member finally asked me to remove them from the list.
They were very touched by all the warm posts from others over the weeks. In
fact, I took those last week's worth of posts and made a little website out
of them. Although this happened almsot 3 years ago now, I know the family
still visits/mentions this little website to folks.
So, bottom line: Up to you of course, but if its a close group of people,
and if this person was known, its probably a nice thing to do.
--
Robert Comperini USUA AFI #A16560
Lancaster, CA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.qnet.com/~robertc
