On 09/13/2015 11:09 AM, Marcus wrote:
> Am 09/13/2015 08:00 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk:
>> On 09/10/2015 03:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
>>> On 10/09/2015 Kay Schenk wrote:
>>>> We would very much like to include a tribute page for Ian Lynch on the
>>>> ASF Memorials page: http://www.apache.org/memorials/
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for this. I recommend that the entire past thread on this
>>> dev list is scanned for information, since we already have some
>>> material:
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40openoffice.apache.org/msg24780.html
>>>
>>> As for me, I can only restate that I never had the occasion to be in
>>> personal contact with Ian, unfortunately. But I believe we can come up
>>> with a short text like the others in that section, for example
>>> http://www.apache.org/memorials/bruce_atherton.html
>>> and remember Ian this way.
>>>
>>> I will commit the page if you send the final text here.
>>
>> Attached please find changes for /memorials/index.html and an entry for
>> Ian Lynch. I added the ".txt" extension because I didn't know what
>> enzlym would do with ".mdtext".
>
> IMHO this is one of the seldom events when a native speaker should write
> the text, so thanks for taking over this. It reads very good and
> everybody will know what Ian has done and stands for.
>
> Marcus
Thank you. And it seems I mis-typed the year.in the memorial page. New
revision attached.
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--Lao Tzu
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It is with great sadness, that the Apache OpenOffice community must report the
passing of Ian Lynch, one of our PMC members, on May 24, 2015. Ian had been a
contributor to marketing and education efforts for OpenOffice long before it
was contributed to the Apache Software Foundation. As a founding member of the
Open Source consortium, Ian epitomized what it meant to be a proponent of open
source.
As a contributor to OpenOffice, Ian's participation in the Marketing project
was invaluable in establishing OpenOffice.org as a business-class product and
organization to everyone. In his role as an Education project lead, Ian was a
strong voice in putting OpenOffice into schools, and finding easy ways to do
that. His enthusiam for open source, particularly in the education sector led
to the establishment of INGOTs, International Grades with Open Technologies, a
low-cost means for students to obtain certifications relying soley on open
source packages to comply with a variety of EU educational standards. Some of
Apache OpenOffice's current committers were involved in the early days of
INGOTs. He became well-known in the open source community.
Ian's life outside of his open source work was filled with accomplishment as
well. Ian was a competitive weight lifter, and due to his Mathematical
background, a contributor to adjustment formulas for bodyweight used in that
sport.
His vast open source experience and global viewpoints will be missed.
<br>
<br>
***Thoughts about Ian...***
<br>
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>"I have to say that my experience with Ian was mostly here. He was certainly
>passionate about much. I often agreed and seldom disagreed. He was certainly
>a powerlifter in "dead weight" for OpenOffice both with the UK and here at the
>ASF. His voice was often critical during OpenOffice.org incubation. We will
>certainly miss his point of view. To me he would have been a natural for PMC
>chair. He had a level headed quality to his communication style with a natural
>fairness and equanimity. This quality is rare I know I don't have it."
>>Dave Fisher, Apache OpenOffice PMC and ASF Member
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