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Re: Well, that was fun too!

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2023-12-06 21:23

The period of time without the clarinet board left me actually more appreciative of the work that goes into maintaining it and keeping it free of hackers. Thank you Mr. Charette for the time you put into this endeavor.

With this said, and perhaps it is me, I'm finding the board's search facility to be unresponsive--which is so unlike its normal lightning fast search time (IMO one of the board's best features.) I seem to recall reading from you that the various data structures that facilitate this fast search turn around time trade off larger file size for faster user response--and maybe the re-compilation of these search indexes still remains on your to do list and is an otherwise time intensive endeavor, even if computer generated, given their size.

Allow me to segue this discussion into a more sensitive one. Let me predicate it with recognizing your right to tell me to "blow off."

Without question, this board is your creation: your baby. If I am to understand the history correctly, your then young son's passion for clarinet, and your desire to find commonality with him and his interests, many moons ago, when the internet was younger, in fact when we all were younger, found you leveraging technical skills you possess towards creating this endeavor. Since then it has quite literally become, without even close comparison, the world's largest resource for clarinet based information. And I think it is something that needs to be preserved beyond the lifespan of any one person.

Now make no mistake, maybe such provisions are well in the works by you, better still, they're a whole lot of nobody's business but yours. The right to shut the lights off on this resource permanently, at any time and for any reason, much that so many of us hope you won't, is yours to claim. What better reason than your recent health episodes might find you needing to prioritizing serving your best health interests over our desire to chat.

And still more I'm all but certain this endeavor is far more the labor of love: the often at times thankless and unappreciated obligation than it is anything but a cash cow for you. Member's dues, sponsorship dollars: I can't imagine the latter, given the relatively small marketplace that is clarinet players, much breaking the bank for you.

Have you ever considered (I'm not a member, I have no horse in this race) selling this board to say, the ICA, or some other institution that, as institutions go, can survive the lifespan of any single member?

I fully realizing that this discussion not only raises the sensitivity of people's mortality, but the loss of certain things with age. I'm sure you've thought about this and owe none of us an answer here.

May your recent health concerns prove nothing but mere transient occurrences we can joke about later.

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