It just occurred to me how appalling this situation really is. I entered fandom in the late '70s: yikes! almost 40 years ago! How many older fans/fan writers/artists have we lost in that time? Is the Archive's longterm memory up to the challenge of truly preserving fandom's history as many of its first, second, third, etc. generation participants age, suffer illnesses, and, as we all do, die?

They have some real soul searching and policy work to do here to ensure this mess is never repeated.