Klarinet Archive - Posting 000934.txt from 1998/10

From: "Sherry Katz" <slkatz@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Klarinet Archive availability
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 14:50:29 -0400

I disagree. A CD-ROM burner goes for ~200-300 these days and is becoming a
standard item in a lot of PCs. It is the most cost effective solution for
archiving materials. A CD burner is no more excessive than a floppy drive.
I think a CD ROM copy of the klarinet archives would be useful.

I also think Mark spends an enormous amount of donated time keepy sneezy
alive - more than most of us realize. He's providing a great resource and
giving services worth a substantial amount of money for which he has asked
for nothing for himself. I don't see anything the least bit inappropriate
in his suggestion that he buy a CD burner. In fact I think he is being
incredibly scrupulous in giving exact details on how the money is spent and
asking for input. That is far more than you'll get from most formal
charitable organizations from which many individuals do, in fact, profit.

Sherry Katz
-----Original Message-----
From: fpm@-----.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 9:56 AM
Subject: [kl] re: Klarinet Archive availability

>>From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
>>I'm thinking of making the Klarinet Archives, all text, available on CDROM
>>The Pledge drive did so well that there'd be enough money for a CDROM
>>writer. I don't want to purchase one if there's no call for the
>>archives, but thought maybe it'd be a good idea.
>
>Seems to me you might be starting to milk it, Mark. Appealing for
>donations totalling $5000 for making the list available and maintaining a
>useful online clarinet resource seemed fair to me, but taking the excess
>$500-1000 or whatever and buying a Rom-burner that would benefit few others
>than your commercial business is a bit much, in my humble opinion.
>
>

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