Incredible coincidence– yesterday afternoon I went home after work and was telling my wife about your blog and the article about Marge. Immediately thereafter my wife picked up the mail from the box, and the topmost envelope was from Marge. She had thoughtfully sent several photograph prints from Copper Valley, 1957. One of them was of Marge and my mother side by side.

My wife added, “nice to see your mother adding orchestration to the universe.”

I’ll forward the news about your mom onto my mother, Marge. I’m sorry for your loss, but it sounds like Rosemary was an amazing lady. I’m sure mom will have many stories to tell.

My younger brother, Greg, went into the Peace Corps in Africa because of my parent’s example. Nice to see that it work wonders in your family, too.

Thank you for including this article in your blog. I’m happy to find it via a web search. My mother, Rosemary Bobka (Zahler) Schamber, was one of the first five JVC volunteers, apparently along with your mother Marge and three other women.

My mother passed away May 23, 2010, after an unexpected turn for the worse in her health. She was 75.

During her last week of life and since then I’ve been in contact with several people affiliated with JVC and Copper Valley. If your mom hasn’t yet heard, please pass along a note.

My mother was indeed “ruined for life” via her work with JVC. And two of three of her children (myself included) served as Peace Corps volunteers; the third child has spent the majority of his professional life within the non-profit world. The spirit, the intent, lives on.

I share your pride in your mother and I am similarly truly proud of the things my mother accomplished in her life, not the least of which is her time spent as a “founding mother” of JVC and an every-growing web of community service-oriented citizens of the world.

Sounds like you’ve already done this, but move on from the Onyx stuff. IThe number of in puts are alluring, but it just won’t work in the end.

Looks like we’re going back to the MOTU box and dealing with 8 inputs. Research has revealed some folks have had luck reverting an earlier version of the OSX firewire driver, but I’m not sure how much I want to mess with my drivers for a problem relating to one recording session.