Really sad news! Condolences to the family. Best! Subha
> On 19 ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 2014, at 7:17 am, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Terrible news. I had the pleasure of knowing him, and had a few > interesting conversations with him over the years. > > Like the best, he was modest, tireless, and collegial. > > My condolences to the family and all his friends in the community. > > Asaf >> On Oct 18, 2014 6:26 AM, "Andrea Zanni" <zanni.andre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It is with great sorrow that Wikimedia Italia announces the death of >> Alessio Guidetti, better known on the projects as Cotton. He has been >> treasurer of the organization for about five years, from 2009 until last >> April. >> >> Alessio started to contribute to Wikipedia at the end of 2006: after a few >> months he became already a sysop. He was a tireless translator of English >> articles in the most diverse fields, and also part of the small group of >> the patrollers -and, indeed, he continued his precious work until the last, >> even if invisible for most of the editors. >> >> From the moment he joined Wikimedia Italia, Alessio was very keen to >> contribute effectively, guided by his well-known pragmatism. He run for the >> Board: as soon as he was elected, he took the role of treasurer, a >> difficult task and a fundamental one for us but little recognized. It was >> Alessio who took care of the most delicate and complicated tasks, and he >> did so in the years during which Wikimedia Italia was starting to grow big, >> the years of our quantum leap. >> >> This spring he decided to not run again for the Board, but he kept >> collaborating with his successor for an effective -and not only formal- >> handover. He took care of the accounting, donations and employees' >> paychecks till his very last days. He has been an incredible help: >> trustworthy, precious, always ready for a joke. >> >> Alessio has been a pillar of Wikimedia Italia: his pragmatism, his >> hardworking disposition, his sense of humor were, and are, a part of our >> organization. A part of how it was born and how it is growing. A part of >> what we are. >> >> Wikimedia Italia is close to the family and the friends of Alessio in this >> grievous moment. >> >> We will terribly miss him. >> >> >> >> >> >> Many of you have know Alessio in Wikimanias and conferences. >> >> If you wish, you can leave a last goodbye here on his userpage: >> https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussioni_utente:Cotton#Ciao. >> >> >> >> >> >> Andrea Zanni >> >> on behalf of Wikimedia Italia >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>