[Milsurplus] Archive to Donate

[Clare Owens]

I noticed the 6BQ5 as well.  This guy must have been smashing every tube he
could get hold of just for fun.  He should have tried some ignitrons :-)

Clare

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Larry Snyder <larrys at teamlarry.com> wrote:

> That was an interesting complaint.  At leaast 5 of the defendants
> I have dealt with.  BTW, let me know if you ever find any Hg in a 6BQ5.
>
> -ls-
>
> "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> > The Defendant has a remedy. Look for a lawyer to counterclaim against the
> > Plaintiff for Abuse of Process and seek legal fees and punitive damages,
> > and go for Summary Judgement because the Plaintiff lacks proof of ever
> > having bought anything with tubes in it from the Defendant.
> >
> > Judge Judy would throw it out in a heartbeat.
> >
> > -John
> >
> > ==============
> >
> >
> > > In regards to "Who, other than a historian would want it?" maybe I was
> > > speaking in more general terms. Not just archives and written evidence
> but
> > > also components, sub assemblies or complete systems. In today's world
> you
> > > can be sued for someone's use of an item you produced regardless of if
> you
> > > sold or gave it to them. Consider this nut, who is suing tube
> manufactures
> > > and resellers, look at web address:
> > >
> > > http://www.cascadesurplus.com/lawsuit/
> > >
> > > What you and I may consider abuse of the legal process other wackjobs
> may
> > > consider excursing a legal right. Supposed you release your research
> > > archives and this nut job reads that your company burnt off a non used
> > > byproduct in a sounding rocket flight the year he was born, and that's
> why
> > > now he has headaches.  That sounds almost as passable as his mercury
> from
> > > tubes story.
> > > RF
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: J. Forster [mailto:jfor at quikus.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 12:51 PM
> > > To: Ray Fantini
> > > Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Archive to Donate
> > >
> > >> When I was involved with AMSAT we had lots of people and companies
> > >> that wanted to donate archives. Problem was storage space was always
> an
> > >> issue.
> > >> Paper archives can build up fast, quite often we are talking about
> > >> hundreds of items so it's not just a box of records but hundreds of
> > >> pounds of papers. Warehouse space is expensive, rent and utilities
> > >> along with someone to stack, catalog and move the stuff.
> > >
> > > A fair point, but there are records and meaningful records.
> > >
> > > In buying surplus, I've been through warehouses that had hundreds of
> feet
> > > of shelving of boxes of paper. Most of that is meaningless...  trhings
> > > like QA reports on modules, test records, purchase orders, and the
> other
> > > day-to-day paper of producing product. The meaningful engineering
> stuff,
> > > which should be preserved, is a tiny subset of that.
> > >
> > >> Whenever you get a donated
> > >> storage space that has a habit of going away at some point then you're
> > >> moving all that stuff again. We had a time just allocating space for
> > >> donated flight ready hardware, tools and test equipment, stewardship
> > >> of others archives had to be a lower priority. Then in the case of
> > >> corporate material many companies cannot consider giving the material
> > >> to an individual because then they have no control over it. What if
> > >> that person goes thru that material and finds information that's
> > >> detrimental to the company and publishes it?
> > >
> > > Records are usually held by the originator company until the Statute of
> > > Limitations has long expired.
> > >
> > >> What if they turn around and sell it?
> > >
> > > Who, other than a historian would want it? Is anybody really going to
> > > build new ARC-5s today?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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