If anyone wishes to express condolences your email will be included in a letter sent to to Tom Taylor’s wife and family.
Tom showed me that even when very ill it’s possible and important to contribute to the stream of life. He was truly a great man, and I will miss him, and treasure the time I had working with him. Please add your thoughts here so we may include them if you wish his family hear from you. Suzan On Dec 28, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Ahasanul Hoque <[email protected]> wrote: 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 ..................................................................................... 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. Contact: [email protected]; [email protected] | Web: ahasanulhoque.com Skype: ahasan4u | Linkedin: http://tinyurl.com/njg3xsp Please, Consider the Environment before Printing this Mail !!! On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Suzan Reed <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
