[Magdalen] Remembering Charles Smith

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I got a notice on facebook that a lady of whom I was fond had a birthday,
and so I sent greetings, happy to make a connection, years out of our
shared experience at seminary.

I got a note from another user informing me that she had died.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I like that you can ask someone to curate your page after you die.
> I asked my daughter and gave her my password etc.
>
> On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I had the same feelings as Roger, upon seeing the reminder pop up in
> > my phone calendar yesterday.
> > There are a number of issues here.
> > First, I note that Facebook hasn't quite solved the problem of whether
> > to discontinue a page after the owner's death. I myself was grateful
> > for the reminder, and was able to recognise that despite the issues I
> > had with CS personally, I was and am still very grateful for all the
> > work that went into  his web development.
> > I think we can safely challenge Shakespeare here and say that this is
> > not an occasion where "the good is oft interred with their bones."
> > Second, is the recognition that building a society takes not only a
> > lot of hard work, it also demands a level of negation of self-interest
> > with which few of us ever fully comply. ( I try not to look at
> > Australiai's current political masters  -and they are almost all of
> > them, male-  at this point.)
> > So far. it seems to me, there seems to be little opportunity for
> > personal self-improvement via the internet. I note that although I
> > have a Workout app on my phone, for example, nobody need know whether
> > I use it regularly or not. Maybe I need to set a up a Facebook Group
> > and set challenges....
> >
> > Regards
> > Lesley de Voil
> >
> >
> > On 2/25/15, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > > Many (most?) of us first connected with each other through services
> > > provided and supported by Charles Smith.  Some of us (including me)
> have
> > > had our difficulties with him un times past, but they are times that
> are
> > > past.  Facebook reminded me that today is the anniversary of his birth.
> > > Perhaps this is an appropriate time to give thanks for his contribution
> > > to our relationship with one another and to remember him with prayers
> > > and thanksgiving.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Marilyn Cepeda
>