The part where you say Gerrold is "a burnt out 60's degenerate" in a complete sentence with his name in it and a period at the end. Then changed the story to Harve Bennett. Then provided a non-sequitur with concern about Bennett's death.
Um, he won multiple awards, including the Hugo and Nebula, for his 1994 novelette "The Martian Child," which was made into a movie in 2007, starring John Cusack as a thinly-disguised version of Gerrold. You can do worse than be played by John Cusack in a movie.
Well, that's my goal, any way Can't speak for anyone else. Also, Gerrold continues to be active with the Hugos and on the convention scene. I think his "relevance" depend on which social circle you happen to be a part of or keep tabs on.
And he's still being published in Fantasy & Science Fiction and other magazines. Yeah, if you're only talking Star Trek, he perhaps hasn't been all that involved with it for years, but science fiction in general--particularly the literary end of it? Well, that's another story.
I got a signed copy of Gerrold's "Blood and Fire" TNG script, I think in 1989, when he offered copies to fans after it was turned down. I wrote a check for it and I would still have that too. I'll have to see if he signed it...
David Gerrold is irrelevant? Man, I'd hate to be the sci-fi nerd who breaks that news to him on Facebook. His takedowns are epic and deserve awards for their thorough pwnage.
We've stunned the CBS executives. You must remember that there's a cadre, nay, a generation of sharp but unblooded young TV execs who've never faced down an angry trekkie on the Internet. They started reading our responses to the 5.99 streaming thing and...well, spilled hot lattes, ruined 3000 dollar suits, dogs and cats living together. So, they've gone off for a week-long retreat at some spa, steeling themselves to announce that they've cast Marina Orlova to sit in Chekov's chair.
...and I have said differently? Sure... but if they go into the future (after Voyager) it should probably be more like TNG was.
Just to clarify, when I say I want it set after the other shows that doesn't mean I want it to be a sequel to any of those shows. I just want it in the same universe. That's my only request. They can do whatever the hell else they want with it. I don't want it to be about the fallout from the Dominion War or the defeat of the Borg or anything of that sort. It should be able to stand on its own two feet without constantly running back to the old shows to prop it up. I'm not after Enterprise 2 or Voyager 2. Let it stand on its own like TNG and DS9 did.