[HOT] Tom Taylor passed away Dec. 24th, 2015 - Goodbye Tom

[Heather Leson]

Suzan, thanks for your note. Tom was a great leader and will be missed.

If there are any notes of gratitude that we can extend to his family, do
let us know.

In memory,

Heather
On 28 Dec 2015 22:04, "Suzan Reed" <suzan at suzanreed.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Last night I learned our dear friend and tireless contributor Tom Taylor
> passed away December 24th.
>
> Tom was the Chair of the LearnOSM Working Group where I met him. He was a
> mentor to me as a newcomer to the group, and always so respectful. He
> shared openly about his illness and treatments, and talked about his family
> in a way that made me feel a real part of his life. He’d mentioned recently
> he was learning to cook because his wife was ill, and made some light humor
> about it that made me smile. He also said he was not well, more than
> before. Tom was always so open about his illness but it’s always heart
> wrenching when someone you care for is truly gone.
>
> Tom interacted with many of us in the HOT community. It would be a fitting
> tribute to him if we all shared our memories and lauded his memory with his
> many contributions to the humanitarian work we do through mapping.
>
> Tom caught my heart and my respect. I will miss him very much.
>
> Suzan Reed
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> HOT mailing list
> HOT at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20151228/89663f66/attachment.html>