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

[yonmeidw]

Part of my thinking is the honest assessment that I'd just as soon not give someone the temptation to access private files of mine until I'm gone. (Um, it's not that I don't trust my fannish executor: I do. It's just that, I can imagine moments when she's like: I could log on and get to read THAT story, the one I know she's working on, and I'll just read THAT and only that... and then... er... It's like handing someone your diary and saying "Hey, loads of stuff about you in here, don't read it till I'm dead, thanks.")

I suppose one way would be a yahoo mailing list (unlisted, access by invite only) that has only one member: me. Then she only needs the password to that list, and I can keep updating the passwords by posting to the list - posts which only I can access.

And if she forgets the password, I can make the Secret Questions ones that she'd be able to answer.

...hey, this could work.