Not to be morbid...

[sherrold]

But I've been thinking about dying a little, recently -- mostly because I've been doing Fanlore articles on fans that have moved on. And I realize that I talked to wickedwords years ago about taking care of my stuff when I died (I have 20 linear feet of zines, still), but she doesn't have my passwords.

Poll #3999 Fannish Executor

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 108

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Have you heard of the idea of a Fannish Executor?

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Yes
85 (78.7%)

No
23 (21.3%)

What do think your Fannish Executor would do?

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Have your LJ/DW/AOO password
98 (91.6%)

Have your fannish website(s) info
81 (75.7%)

Go through your zines and fannish toys
62 (57.9%)

Be mentioned in your actual will as taking care of your fannish stuff
60 (56.1%)

More that I'll put in comments
13 (12.1%)

Do you have a Fannish Executor?

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Yes
24 (22.6%)

No
49 (46.2%)

Dammit, Sandy, I'm thinking about it; don't be so pushy
33 (31.1%)

Comments

[corilannam]

My best friend and I were talking about this just the other day, as we were sorting through fannish stuff from a friend of ours who passed away. I do think it's important not just to have a "porn buddy" to clear out the dirty stuff, but also to make sure fannish stuff gets to a good home and not just dumped in the garbage because our mundane families didn't know what to do with it (which is why we went up to help clean out our friend's house, taking a lot of stress off the actual executor who didn't know what half this stuff was).

I'm pretty sure she knows most of my passwords already, but now that you mention it, making a list is probably a pretty good idea. Heck, I'm not even sure I know all my passwords anymore!

[sherrold]

> make sure fannish stuff gets to a good home and not just dumped in
> the garbage

Yes, definitely! The loss of the old stuff saddens me.

>I'm pretty sure she knows most of my passwords already, but now that
>you mention it, making a list is probably a pretty good idea. Heck,
>I'm not even sure I know all my passwords anymore!

Oh *god* I know that feeling...