It is a good point, but it can be mitigated pretty easily with a very clear will. If you don't have a will, things can ugly very quickly. it's quite easy to put specific instructions in there as to what happens with your stuff after you pass. My wife and I have discussed this pretty completely, and she basically gets everything. We have a second not-legal-but-guiding doc for her to follow "Talk to these people. They know what that and that and that is worth, they can broker the sale of it. Trust them." - from a legal standpoint, she's the only one that can change the ownership of the items. From a logistical standpoint, she knows who to talk to that won't try to steal us blind. End of life / "just in case" documentation is really important. A will is very easy to set up, and the rest can just be a shared google doc or something (ya'll use something like 1password with shared password vaults, right? So the keys to the city can be used people you trust after you shuffle off this mortal coil?) Big topic - might even be worth a panel at one of the VCFs. Whadya do with your collection after you pass? On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 9:23 AM Devin Heitmueller via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
So this raises an excellent point. Those of you with large collections may wish to consider where they go upon your eventual demise (and document that somewhere your heirs will find). Not just for the sake of preservation of history (lest the stuff end up in the landfill) but to make the lives of your heirs easier.
Devin
On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 9:05 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Thanks for the props, but remember that LSSM is not "Dave's stuff". I have my own computers at home. Nearly all of my (computer) stuff will go to LSSM when I kick the bucket.
-- Dave Shevett shevett@pobox.com