After reading the birthday greetings to MarioD (and I think he's fine at 80), it occurs to me how many long-term fine musicians and good souls are no longer here on these forums. The current forum software dates to summer 2000, and there was an earlier forum going back to 1995. That's over thirty years ago that some of us have interacted with each other. The user list shows many whom I know are no longer with us. These people were our friends, supporters, collaborators, and/or sources of inspiration. Many made substantial contributions to the PG Music family.

We can search profiles individually to examine the date of the last post, and that's a reasonably good clue, but there are exceptions. Russell Demussel for example simply announced his interests went in another direction (model planes, I think; some may remember him in connection to the infamous Ivan experiment here) but we cannot conclude anything about whether he is still around.

What would you think about creating some way to mark a profile that someone is no longer with us? Perhaps a reporting system that requires a confirmation from another user before a marking was placed? Nominate a candidate and create a poll to confirm or refute?

Thanks for listening.

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