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

[Ahasanul Hoque]

Dear Tom’s family,

I am so sorry to hear of Tom's death and we, the Bangladesh OpenstreetMap
community want to express our most sincere sympathies to the family during
this difficult time. Tom was a highly valuable and respected member of our
great and dynamic global community of HOT and OSM and the effects of his
passing are already being felt the community.


I knew from Tom’s profile that he started osm with geocaching. What a bold
career and life he lived!!  No obstacles stopped him in his journey for
contributing to humanity. From some HOT members I also have known that he
made many great contributions to the OSM and humanitarian field. He was
chair of LearnOSM working group. He told in his user’s profile “*Possibly I
can do some mapping while I'm away*”. We wish Tom will always be mapping in
heaven too. His work here will not soon be forgotten.


Tom will be greatly missed by HOT community and everyone here in Bangladesh
community is saddened by his death. Know that our thoughts and prayers are
with Tom and his family and friends during this difficult time.


With sincere sympathy,


Ahasan

OpenStreetMap Bangladesh

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Ahasanul Hoque

*GIS & Env. Data Mgt Specialist*MSc in RS and GIS | *AIT, Thailand.*
MSc. in Env. Science| *KU, Bangladesh.*
*Diploma in Disaster Mgt & Humanitarian Response* |
*Uni of Hawai-USA, UNU, Keio& Okayama - Japan; AIT-Thailand.*
*''Env. Sant. & Waste Mangt in Developing Countries'| *CES, UGENT- Belgium.
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:02 AM, 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
>
>
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