Ok it is after 5, and I'm not on the clock....

While this list is a professional resource and at the great risk of
further related activity in regard to this issue, I find the posting by
D Saklad to be a gross mischaracterization of "Peter Kurilecz CRM CA"
professional work and remarkably dissimilar to my interactions with him.


Peter's service to the professional community needs no repetition here,
as its significance, integrity, quality and value speak for themselves.

For the record, no one on this list is obligated, even professionally,
to provide services upon the demand of another list member. As a matter
of fact some are even prohibited by the public or by their employer from
sharing internal business practices.  This list is a community of
sharing, but sharing on issues that concern us collectively and even
then only when we have the time, energy, resources, need and/or
inclination. Most of us do have full time jobs and families and taking
the time to share on the list may not be the best use of our work time,
nor our time at home.

While this list-serve is a professional resource (with occasional
collective departures - some humorous) that is (and should stay) open to
the all, I am unclear as to what value D. Saklad has added to this
knowledge tree, thus what merit he brings as a critic of anyone in the
profession. I have yet to see D. Saklad actually help any records
managers or others. While the Boston Public Library may have issues, It
is difficult to find any record of his advice on how to think about, or
resolve problems brought forward by other list members.

As a former public records officer I find his posted demands intriguing
and possibly of merit, but as a Records Manager I find his demands
valueless. Again, while the Boston Public Library may have issues, the
profession clearly has more pressing unresolved conundrums as the list
archives demonstrates. I encourage D. Saklad to engage his intellectual
vigor on solving some of these problems.

To the list, while I know I can auto delete any messages from Mr.
Saklad, if he uses these venues to slander colleagues, hunt witches and
disparage without impunity then I prefer to review, comment and delete.

Finally, I write this so that it will be entered into the list archives
as an affirmation of Peter Kurilecz CRM CA's valuable (invaluable?!)
contribution to the profession.

It saddens me to no end that I actually felt moved to participate in
this discussion, as this post adds nothing to the discussion of records
management and related disciplines.  If the original intent of this
thread was to help "build upon" and add value to Peter's process, this
was a less than progressive way of working collegially.

- Chuck Piotrowski (no initials of merit)

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