The Vatic Project: Under New (but Old) Management

The Vatic Master's desires after her passing were that I (M.C. Bruecke = Vatic Clerk) do a blog write-up to inform her dear readers of such.

Further, she bequeathed me the Vatic Project, because she claimed that without me, it wouldn't have happened.

The Vatic Master always considered the Vatic Project a partnership between her and me. I helped coin the blog's name and the Vatic Master's title, while training her on how to overcome technical publication hurdles. My participation out of necessity after a couple of years dwindled to assisting only when the agents (and luddite mistakes) conspired against her through technical means from publishing any number of "earth-shattering revelations that the world absolutely had to know."

I disagreed about the Vatic Project being a partnership; it was and is Ms. Pat Rydz's aka the Vatic Master's legacy, her life's accomplishment. Only now, the Vatic Project has been bequeathed to me. "It's mine, all mine! Bwahahahaha!"

Does that mean that the Vatic Project is destined to disappear into the bit-buckets of the ether of the internet? No. It will be taken (over time & many behind-the-scenes phases) to the next level of a research source, as is fitting for the Vatic Master's legacy.

Phase 1: Refinement of the words in the Vatic Label Cloud.

Phase 2: Application of labels to all content in the database, newest to oldest. You'll be able to find old things easier.

Phase n: Creation of Vatic series that connect various articles into a cohesive study theme. Theme topics plus links to articles in (or soon to be in) the Vatic Project can be suggested by the readership.

Phase n+1: Regularly populating the publishing queue with re-purposed articles of interest for discussion to keep the Vatic Project relevant.

Phase n+2: Establishment of a weekly newsletter.

No promises on any of the phases, and certainly not soon.

I have never profited off of the Vatic Project, and have no plans to do so in the future. Just the opposite, I provided occasional financial support to the Vatic Project and Ms. Rydz, who lived on the very economic fringes of society, not helped by age, failing health, or a caring government.

On September 11, 2016, the PayPal donate button will be retired from the blog.

Until that time, the donate button will remain for mourners and supporters to give financial tokens of their appreciation to the Vatic Master's legacy.

Why, particularly if I have no need or desire for financial gain off of the Vatic Project?

Ms. Rydz's PayPal debit card & slim bank account are now in the trust of the care-giver who tended her physical needs during Ms. Rydz's last months. He is also on the economic fringes of society, where even a mere $10 goes far in paying for gasoline, mobile home rent, and food, not only for himself but also for Ms. Rydz's surviving dogs. Leave it to the Vatic Master in her final wishes to give to those most in need and who helped her at her greatest need.

// M.C.Bruecke = the Vatic Clerk