[Building Sakai] [Using Sakai] Sad news re. Steve Smail

[Mame-Awa Diop]

+1 for a memorial page.

Steve made my beginnings with the Citation Helper quite easy, we 
collaborated for the Z39.50 connector. I also met him at the last 
conference in Boston, he is a lost that is worth remembering.

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Sujet : Re: [Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] Sad news re. Steve Smail
De : Jonny Brown <jonny.brown at rsmart.com>
Pour : Earle Nietzel <Earle.Nietzel at marist.edu>
Copie à : sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org, 
sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
Date : 2010-01-06 10:41
> I agree, Earle. I think the idea of a community memorial page is an 
> excellent one.
>
> Best,
> Jonny
> Sr. Information Architect
> rSmart
> 602-490-0469
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Earle Nietzel" <Earle.Nietzel at marist.edu>
> To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org, sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 8:23:31 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain 
> Time (Arizona)
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] Sad news re. Steve Smail
>
> I recently had the chance where Steve Smail helped me with Citation Helper
> and Serial Solutions.
>
> He was very helpful and it is people like him that make the Sakai 
> Community
> what it is.
>
> +1 for a memorial page.
>
> Earle Nietzel
> Java Developer, Information Technology
> Marist College
>
>
> -----sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org wrote: -----
>
> To: Jim Eng <jimeng at umich.edu>
> From: Ross Gardler <rgardler at apache.org>
> Sent by: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Date: 01/04/2010 02:48AM
> Cc: "sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org"
> <sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>, "sakai-qa at collab.sakaiproject.org"
> <sakai-qa at collab.sakaiproject.org>, "sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org"
> <sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>, "sakaibrary-l at indiana.edu"
> <sakaibrary-l at indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Sad news re. Steve Smail
>
> 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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