Hi All, For those who have met John before, this was a sad moment for the Python community, I'm still profoundly shocked on his passing at the end of February.
Those who don't know who he is, he was the chair and founder of PyConUK. He was known to be kind, welcoming and helpful to many who attended PyConUK and EuroPython, including me and many others from Ireland. Advocating Python and Open Source, and received an award in 2010 for his contributions[1]. Personally, it was John and the team in PyConUK who inspired and encouraged me to jump into the foray of starting our first PyCon Ireland back in 2010. There has been a few in memoriam posts of John: - http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2015/02/john-pinner.html - http://www.europython-society.org/post/112170449285/farewell-to-john-pinner - http://2015.djangocon.eu/news/john-pinner/ If you wish to make a charitable donation in memory of John, details are on this page: http://pyconuk.net/InMemoriam. I wanted to share that with all of you, the community. It's a huge loss and he is sadly missed by many who met him over the years in various events and conferences. [1] http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2010/10/john-pinner-receives-psf-community.html All the best, /// Vicky Twomey-Lee (PyLadies Dublin <https://twitter.com/pyladiesdub> Founder) Python Ireland <http://python.ie/> Treasurer PSF member <http://pyfound.blogspot.ie/2012/08/welcome-new-psf-members.html> | EuroPython Society <https://ep2012.europython.eu/blog/2012/07/08/change-board-europython-society> Board Member Coding Grace <http://codinggrace.com/> co-Founder | GameCraft It <http://gamecraft.it/> co-Founder | WITS <http://witsireland.com/governance/> Board Member -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
