Arrgggh (on many levels, the main one being that the discussion has once
again returned to a handful of people. Here it goes to the list AGAIN.
On 06/02/2012 22:21, George Veni wrote:
*One point of clarification. I had written "*NCKRI is happy to accept
donations of historical significance*" but I did not mean to imply
that all donations would be displayed per Stephen's comment below
"*Veni has said NCKRI would take it and display it.*"*
My error in summarizing too generally relative to the NCKRI angle.
However, this thing has spiraled so far out of control with such arcane
suggestions as traveling displays, poster boards and other convolutions
that just dumbfound me.
Folks, it is just a piece of paper and, lest anyone be under any
misconception, I wrote every word of the proclamation, the governor's
office didn't have a clue (how would they?). They just looked over the
request and verbiage, went to the website link I provided to verify it
was a request for a legitimate organization and event, and signed the
damn thing. So, it isn't all that special after all, is it? If anyone's
delusions were shattered, sorry.
The pushing, pulling, tugging and shoving over this pro forma piece of
paper with a gold foil seal simply is amazing.
Nevertheless, the original needs to be stored someplace other than
someone's closet, garage, back room, etc. But that is not being
discussed. Nobody is listening to the archival issue as everyone is off
on some tangent about how to use it and want every location under the
sun except some place that will properly archive it for its celebratory
recognition.
When this thing comes in, I will make my own scan and them I am going to
mail it to Aaron Stockton so the SWR board can fight over and decide
whose closet it will go into, never to be seen again.
I'm done with it.
I TOTALLY regret even asking for the thing to be created and its arrival
after the fact is not only post-climactic, it is not welcome at all. Big
mistake.
Stephen Fleming
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