Jerry Haendiges
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Although not a member of Facebook, I've been able to follow Jerry Haendiges for the last couple of years, and his wonderful, rare posts.
Yesterday, he posted, with this note: "For my final Facebook Share Post, what better program to share than the final episode of the series that's proven to be very popular here." Does anyone know why he's leaving, and if so, is he going to post anywhere else? I've never bought from him, but there's no time like the present. Just curious. Best; Scott |
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John Gassman
Jery's vision is decreasing. He has Macular Degeneration.
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John At 12:45 PM 1/31/2023, you wrote: Although not a member of Facebook, I've been able to follow Jerry Haendiges for the last couple of years, and his wonderful, rare posts. |
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Rodney Bowcock
Sadly, Jerry is also no longer selling programs. I have not purchased any of his CDs, but I have many discs of mp3s from him and the quality was far above most.
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Sad to hear about his health. Rodney On Jan 31, 2023, at 3:51 PM, John Gassman <johngassman@...> wrote:
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Wild West Designs
That's too bad about his health. I remember his posts on FB when I was there up until a couple of yrs ago. Also had good log lists as well when I was working on my database program and making sure with the Otter database. Evan
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If Mr. Haendiges is not selling, or sharing anymore, and has such a vast and rare collection, what's to become of it? It would be a shame if, like so many other collections, it gets donated to a university or some such and then is locked away forever, open to researchers and academics only. And then, if there is a issue with a particular show, owing to the current cultural climate, does it get destroyed or made completely inaccessible? Let's hope not.
Ideally, the collection would be open via subscription or something similar to what Radio Archives are planning on doing in the coming months. It could be a revenue source for him and would keep his immense collection in circulation. Just my thoughts. Best; Scott |
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Wild West Designs
I had voiced a similar concern (although not really directed in the same way, it was more about domain issues and shutting down OTRR due to the current climate). This would be a concern for any type of historical collection in general as there have instances in history where collections of art (and there are other similarities, but I digress on that point) and/or culture in general with current climate of the times. Although it is harder to totally do in digital times, but I would say it is still a concern, especially if it is only available on analog sources. Evan On 2023-01-31 04:57 PM, Scott Galley via groups.io wrote:
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Rodney Bowcock
Most collections that are donated to universities, the Library of Congress etc are given with donor restrictions that would prohibit their destruction, and also outline terms for release to private parties. I don't know what is to become of Jerry's collection, but I do not believe it will be destroyed, or entrusted to careless hands. Rodney On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 6:16 PM Wild West Designs <evan@...> wrote:
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Destruction does seem a tad extreme. But inaccessibility to all but the anointed few is tantamount to the same thing, I would argue.
Best; Scott |
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