RIP Janis --
*Srikanth Bhandari* On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sad to pass on news that Janis Booth has passed away. Janis may be > more familiar to you as "Jim" during her active FoxPro career. She was > 66. > > Janis was a 2013 winner of the FoxPro Lifetime Achievement Award [1], > a Microsoft MVP 1993-2003, a key member of the 1994 Microsoft MVP > Steering Committee, author of Hentzenwerke's "Effective Techniques" > with Steve Sawyer, updated by dFPUG for VFP 9[2], co-author of "Visual > FoxPro Unleashed" from Sams, a frequent magazine contributor, > including the premiere issue of FoxPro Advisor, and a speaker at > conferences in North America and Europe. [3] > > Where ever Janis was at a conference, there was likely to be a party. > A LOUD party. And scotch. Tom Rettig taught her appreciation of good > single-malt. I will raise a glass of Macallen tonight, hoping that Tom > and Janis are, too. > > In later years, Janis was an activist with various community outreach > organizations, advocating for the fair treatment of LGBT people. > > Janis was my friend for many years, and I will miss her. > > [1] http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~FoxProCommunityLifetimeAchieve > mentAward > [2] http://shop.dfpug.de/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=904 > [3] http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/booth_jim.htm > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAHyviJrvSxxL+uY6LNGXkQcNY5X1kERqj=ywb5ld9b7rgnv...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
