[AT] Cecil Monson

[Larry D. Goss]

This email may be viewed as being Off Topic, but be assured that I mean
no disrespect in what I'm asking or suggesting.

Rob, your comments remind me of the problem libraries and museums are
wrestling with; namely, How do you archive materials that are "born
digital".  Many of us saved emails from Cecil over the years, and it
would be a nice memory for us to have them available in some form.  Both
the ALA (American Library Association) and IMLS (Institute of Museum and
Library Services) are trying to come to grips with how to preserve
materials that never existed in print form.  Obviously, they can simply
be saved to a CD-ROM, but the question is: What format should the
messages be in?  Current thinking is focusing on the possibility that
PDF format may be the most universal for the time being, but regardless
of the format that is chosen, migration of the materials from format to
format is something that has to be considered.  

Cecil's comments to us over the years could be considered in the same
category as oral history is to genealogists.  It would be nice to have a
collection of his messages available in some form and at some location.
Such a collection would require that someone take the interest and
initiative to do it, and it would require some sort of clearing house or
repository for gathering them all together.  Is this something that ATIS
can do?

Larry

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Rob Gray
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:25 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Cecil Monson

I've been on the list since '95 and I had kept many of the e-mails from 
Cecil, both to the list and ones he sent directly to me in response to a

question I had asked. Unfortunately my hard drive failed about three 
years ago so all of my older saved e-mails are gone, although I have the

more recent ones.

The great thing about Cecil was that he could not only tell a very good 
story in an interesting way, but he also had a lot of knowledge to 
impart. He wrote very well and was a someone I really appreciated 
getting advice from.

Rob Gray
NE PA, USA

charlie hill wrote:

> Dudley,
>
> Cecil kept a file like that too.  He loved the stories we told here on

> the list and kept the best ones for future enjoyment.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dudley Rupert"
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> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:15 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Cecil Monson
>
>
>> I've made a habit of filing those ATIS posts that I found most
>> interesting/informative on my hard drive for quick access later on.  
>> Since
>> February the 5th of 2002 when Cecil posted on Grain Elevators I've
filed
>> sixty-two of his posts and I've spent the past couple of hours 
>> re-reading
>> them all.  He certainly was a gifted man with a keen insight and an 
>> ability
>> to communicate clearly on his wide-ranging interests.  Just as some 
>> of us
>> only got to know him in life through reading his E-Mails so we all 
>> will be
>> able to remember him now through reading his E-Mails again ... these 
>> are a
>> priceless legacy that he has left us all.  I only wish I had of 
>> gotten to
>> meet him in person.
>>
>> Our loss is Heavens gain ... my God comfort his wife and family
through
>> their hour of loss.
>>
>>
>> Dudley Rupert
>> Snohomish, Washington
>>
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