That is sad news Jeff, is it appropriate to make a blog post expressing our condolences and highlighting his contributions that you mention :(
-- Jody Garnett On 14 November 2017 at 05:40, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Very sad news indeed. Even if you never got to meet David, you were all > affected: he was a huge part of the first FOSS4G event in Bangkok in 2004, > where Markus, Venka and myself spent so much time with him, talking, > sharing, which gave us strength for the next steps in creating a global > FOSS4G event. David owes much credit and respect from our global community > for his tireless vision. David spent much time in all parts of Asia > sharing his passion. My thoughts to his family. Very sad. -jeff > > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Dear All, > > I am very sorry to convey this sad news on this list. > > A dear friend and an early pioneer of the GRASS team, > David Hastings passed away in the Hospital in Colorado > on Monday 13 November as 11.25am. > > David was a member of the GRASS-GIS Interagency Steering > Committee (GIASC) since 1987. I think he was a member till he passed > away, since GIASC was never formally disbanded. > > Besides his several other accomplishments, David is also an author of the > Linux " GRASS HOWTO" [1]. > > David was diagnosed with a serious illness in May, 2016 and could > not recover. > > Thanks David for your contributions to GRASS, RIP. > > Venka > > [1] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/GIS-GRASS/ > -------- > Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan > Osaka City University, Japan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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