Hi All,

Regarding Stan Gibbs passing. The items listed by Derek Waller in
his post to the Guest book
at
http://members.lycos.co.uk/albertstc01/guestbook.html
have now passed into the hands of of a Sharp User Group member. A
member of our own group is in contact and arranging to how Stan's
past work with the Einstein will not be lost to Einstein owners and
users. There is the big collection of discs, documentation etc. that
went with the hardware items mentioned. This could hold Stan's true
legacy for Einstein enthusiasts. That which is of his own programing
on disk and notes and documentation. It would be a shame if this was
overlooked.

Stan's passing has shaken me up in a peculiar way. Although Stan
Gibbs and other names of authors contributing articles to Einstein
magazines might have not been active for some time I still think of
them as young active enthusiasts. Then suddenly there is a reminder
that we are all not getting any younger. I'm not going to ask
members of this group their ages or am I going to tell you mine but
I will tell you that I now get free bus rides.

I see another member of the established Einstein community and
article contributor Andrew Dunipace has become a member of the group
and posted his own memorial message to Stan.

First let me welcome Andrew to the group and say that "lurking" or
as I would prefer to say just being a passive observer of group
activity is perfectly permissible. It is not like the magazine days
where deadlines had to be met and editors sent out urgent requests
to members to contribute content to fill out pages. With an online
news group members can be left alone to focus on their interests and
post or not post their Einstein activity for others as and when they
see fit.

Andrew it appears from his post had kept in personal contact with
Stan up until his passing. Without creating any demand for this
group to have direct contact with past contributors to the Einstein
community if current members are still in personal contact it would
be good to here of the wellbeing of past article writers to Einstein
magazines.

With condolences to Stan's family and Friends

Regards Chris Coxall