In a message dated 5/1/2016 4:54:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Does any one know what is going to happen to her wonderful website? Cearbhael REPLY Dear Lacemakers, A simple question. Not a simple answer.. Several letters to me are asking when they can read Lace Fairy again. This question was sort of answered in the tribute to Lori that I wrote: "She gave me a "flash drive" of the contents, which she was assured would be resurrected. It was sent to a person qualified to carry on. "The current status is that everything has been preserved and is being added to a new website that will offer a scholarly approach to Lacemaking. There have been numerous funding and technical problems. We hope to be able to announce it later this year." We are very aware that some of you expected Lace Fairy to be available quite some time ago. My colleague (we are a committee of two) has worked to find a permanent home for Lace Fairy that is not tied to one individual who may not be able to carry it forward. That has been incredibly difficult. You think of it as "free". Nothing is really free. There has to be a source of funding for years to come. There is the matter of time. We have numerous commitments. This has just been added to make life more challenging for us. Entire sections of Lace Fairy are obsolete, and will be re-written. That will need to happen every few years when (for example) suppliers, resources, and contact information changes. We are trying to anticipate problems that will arise when technology changes - to make it easier for future volunteers who may be willing to take on Lace Fairy as their lace project. Are you thinking 20 years ahead? We are. Please bear with us. We are doing our best to bring the Lace Fairy resource back to you. Jeri Ames in Maine Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
