Dear Gina (and list,) Thank you for explaining the situation more clearly. I wasn't aware of extra stickiness of the wicket ie: the pre exsistence of an unfinished index etc... Perhaps Susan has a good solution in the mating of the two indexes and paying royalties to Mrs. Boone. Less confused now though... Thanks. Richard Wagner RPT At 08:27 AM 4/30/98 -0400, you wrote: >Richard, > >This is/was one of those sticky wickets that occasionally occur. As best as >I recall, Danny was working on the Journal Index and had it almost complete. >With his untimely death, the project stayed in limbo for awhile while his >wife Barbara got their affairs in order. > >During this time of limbo, our Executive Director brought the matter to the >Board and asked for direction.The sticky wicket was what should the Board do >about the index? Should we publish our own PTG Index or should defer to >allow Danny's wife to continue the project? > >As a member of that Board at that time, I agreed that we should give Barbara >the time to make her decision. In all honesty and as I best recall, the >potential income from this project would be an important aspect for her. It >was one of those very difficult, ethical decisions: what is the morally >right thing to do, not necessarily what is the monetarily right thing to do. > >I would assume the quandary today is still this conflict: Should PTG in >effect nullify the work of Danny Boone by producing its own CD ROM Journal >Index? > >What is the ethical thing to do in this situation? > > >Gina Carter, Charlotte NC
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