[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: David Hastings has passed away

[Jeff McKenna]

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




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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/
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Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University, Japan