I've always liked the K.I.S.S. philosophy. This could very quickly turn into a
debate about charities, ugh. We are all posting information and tributes to
Fred on the very "vehicle" many of us knew Fred on, Mark's listserve. We could
settle this once and for all and send any profits to the list. I know I'm just
guessing, but I bet Fred would like that.
My $.02.
Cheers,
Blake
On Mar 14, 2011, at 1:53 PM, pethier at comcast.net wrote:
>> Fred did love the VTR and it was he in fact who made the presentation
>> on John Macartney's behalf to the board that VTR jump in as one of the
>> early supporters of John's charity drive across the US and Canada in a
>> Stag.
>>
>> Rather than VTR, I'd suggest that any profit be donated to an
>> appropriate charity in Fred's name and the guidance on which charity
>> might best come from either Ronnie Babbitt or Tom Fansher. This would
>> be a more fitting gesture since Fred seemed to get involved in just
>> about every club, not to mention the TRF summer parties, which is
>> where I first met him.
>
> There's always the trio of charities (USA/UK/Canada) for which uncle jack was
> driven.
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