[DG: Open Forum] [Building Sakai] Sad news re. Steve Smail

[Aaron Zeckoski]

Marc Brierley should be included if a memorial is setup.
-AZ

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Ross Gardler <rgardler at apache.org> wrote:
> I didn't know Steve, but such news is always sad.
>
> Over at the ASF we have adopted the practice of maintaining a simple
> memorial page [1] for members of the community who are no longer with
> us. we have found that this is sometimes greatly appreciated by the
> family as it leaves a simple, but permanent record of the individuals
> valuable contributions to the world of open source.
>
> Perhaps Sakai should consider maintaining such a page.
>
> Ross
>
> [1] http://www.apache.org/memorials/
>
> On 04/01/2010 04:13, Jim Eng wrote:
>> Steve's obituary as provided by the funeral home:
>>
>> http://www.allenfuneralhome.org/obituaries/steven-r-smail.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Dunn, Jon William Butcher wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sakai community:
>>>
>>> I am very sorry to have to relay the sad news that Steve Smail,
>>> Programmer/Analyst in Library Information Technology at Indiana
>>> University,
>>> passed away on Monday, December 28.
>>>
>>> Steve was a generous and long-time member of the Sakai developer
>>> community,
>>> and I know that many of you knew him through his work on the
>>> Sakaibrary
>>> project, Citations Helper, and previous library resource integration
>>> efforts, as well as through his regular attendance at Sakai
>>> conferences.
>>>
>>> In lieu of flowers, Steve's family suggests donations to Hospice of
>>> Bloomington Hospital
>>> <http://www.bloomingtonhospital.org/doc/Page.asp?PageID=DOC000161>,
>>> the
>>> Bloomington High School North Band program
>>> <http://www.bhsnbands.com/donate.shtml>, or WonderLab
>>> <http://www.wonderlab.org/membersndonors/donor.shtml>.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Jon Dunn
>>> Associate Director for Technology
>>> Indiana University Digital Library Program
>>> IU Libraries / University Information Technology Services
>>> jwd at indiana.edu
>>> (812) 855-0953
>>>
>>>
>>
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