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

[Jonny Brown]

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 


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To: Jim Eng <jimeng at umich.edu> 
From: Ross Gardler <rgardler at apache.org> 
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Date: 01/04/2010 02:48AM 
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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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