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<div><div><div><div><b>Name: </b></div><div>"Quaddy" works for me.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Anyone else got ideas?</div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><b>Statue:</b></div><div><b>Dennis: </b>Can you investigate sources of such statuary and cost?</div><div>Or maybe someone else has done this before and can indicate what their experiences were.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'll ask Tony whether some beyond-refurbishing headwheels might be available for the statue.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The thought that the four pole-pieces infer the four points of the compass is an interesting connection with the ideas that Quad videotape spread across the globe, and on a number of levels has created connections among people where none might have existed before.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><b>Criteria: </b></div><div>Do we need some discussion about what defines "excellence in preserving the vanishing art of 2-inch quadruplex videotape recording and reproduction?"</div><div><br></div><div><b>Process:</b></div><div>Can be very simple. As simple as nominations via the list or some other process you all might suggest. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>As I've gotten older, I've gotten to be more a fan of simple and not necessarily re-inventing the wheel.</div><div><br></div><div><b>How big a deal should this be?</b></div><div>It could be as simple as "Here's the Quaddy" at a lunch or dinner... or could be a production, with on-screen retrospective and remarks by peers.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Is this to be a big surprise... or something the recipient is aware of in advance (unless the award is posthumous.) </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><b>Timeline:</b></div><div>When and where should the award be given?</div><div><br></div><div>NAB is next month, and perhaps too soon to be able to prepare both the statue and the honoree (whomever that may be)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>AMIA is in St. Louis, MO, Wed., Nov. 4 through Sat., Nov. 7. There's usually a lot of regular AMIA stuff going on during the evenings.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The award could be presented during one of those events... perhaps Archival Screening night?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Or it could be on the Tuesday evening of AMIA Week when I'd planned to arrange a dinner gathering for the group, much like we did in Savannah, this past Nov.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><b>Klara is in St. Louis... </b>and might have some suggestions about where to do that. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>AMIA registration is actually open on Tuesday as there are two-day workshops that start on Tuesday... so people who aren't part of the group and might be interested in attending could join us for the event.</div><div><br></div><div>If not NAB or AMIA... are there other gatherings that relate to "excellence in preserving the vanishing art of 2-inch quadruplex videotape recording and reproduction?"</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Other places with a connection to Quad? </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>That could be a barbecue in David Crosthwait's parking lot... or something really grand on the East Coast. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Or: _____________________________.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div><b>Costs:</b></div><div>Any ideas about potential underwriters of the cost of the statue and flying the recipient in?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If this is something that might be better discussed on a separate mailing list... I'm happy to set up the "QuaddyList" and post a link to the sign-up webpage.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Or volunteers can say "I'll help" and we can communicate by e-mail.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ted</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><div><div>On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Dennis Degan wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>> From a Starbucks in Denver, headed for Colorado Springs, where Quad Heads get new life!</div> <div>> (Sounds like the name of an award... The Quad Head Award for...... I don't know... suggestions? What it looks like? A retired headwheel, perhaps?)</div> <div><br></div> <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I offer:</div> <div><br></div> <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"The Quaddie Award" for excellence in preserving the vanishing art of 2-inch quadruplex videotape recording and reproduction. The award should be a golden statue of a female figure (think 'goddess') holding a headwheel above her head, as if she is honoring that which it represents (four spinning heads). She is standing on a reel of quad tape. Hopefully, it won't resemble an Emmy too much. ;)</div> <div><br></div> <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dennis Degan, Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank</div> <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>NBC Today Show, New York</div> <div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div></div></span></div></body></html>