This is very sad news, I am so sorry to hear about it. I knew Alessio from various conferences and I always admired his calmness and friendliness.
My condolences to his family and to his Wikimedia friends. Regards, Nicole On 19 October 2014 08:22, Nurunnaby Hasive <n...@nhasive.com> wrote: > Very sad new! My condolences to the family and all his friends in the > community. > > B/R! > Hasive > User: Nhasive > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi < > subhash...@cis-india.org> wrote: > >> Really sad news! Condolences to the family. >> >> Best! >> Subha >> >> > On 19 ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 2014, at 7:17 am, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> > >> > Terrible news. I had the pleasure of knowing him, and had a few >> > interesting conversations with him over the years. >> > >> > Like the best, he was modest, tireless, and collegial. >> > >> > My condolences to the family and all his friends in the community. >> > >> > Asaf >> >> On Oct 18, 2014 6:26 AM, "Andrea Zanni" <zanni.andre...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> It is with great sorrow that Wikimedia Italia announces the death of >> >> Alessio Guidetti, better known on the projects as Cotton. He has been >> >> treasurer of the organization for about five years, from 2009 until last >> >> April. >> >> >> >> Alessio started to contribute to Wikipedia at the end of 2006: after a >> few >> >> months he became already a sysop. He was a tireless translator of >> English >> >> articles in the most diverse fields, and also part of the small group of >> >> the patrollers -and, indeed, he continued his precious work until the >> last, >> >> even if invisible for most of the editors. >> >> >> >> From the moment he joined Wikimedia Italia, Alessio was very keen to >> >> contribute effectively, guided by his well-known pragmatism. He run for >> the >> >> Board: as soon as he was elected, he took the role of treasurer, a >> >> difficult task and a fundamental one for us but little recognized. It >> was >> >> Alessio who took care of the most delicate and complicated tasks, and he >> >> did so in the years during which Wikimedia Italia was starting to grow >> big, >> >> the years of our quantum leap. >> >> >> >> This spring he decided to not run again for the Board, but he kept >> >> collaborating with his successor for an effective -and not only formal- >> >> handover. He took care of the accounting, donations and employees' >> >> paychecks till his very last days. He has been an incredible help: >> >> trustworthy, precious, always ready for a joke. >> >> >> >> Alessio has been a pillar of Wikimedia Italia: his pragmatism, his >> >> hardworking disposition, his sense of humor were, and are, a part of our >> >> organization. A part of how it was born and how it is growing. A part of >> >> what we are. >> >> >> >> Wikimedia Italia is close to the family and the friends of Alessio in >> this >> >> grievous moment. >> >> >> >> We will terribly miss him. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Many of you have know Alessio in Wikimanias and conferences. >> >> >> >> If you wish, you can leave a last goodbye here on his userpage: >> >> https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussioni_utente:Cotton#Ciao. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Andrea Zanni >> >> >> >> on behalf of Wikimedia Italia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > > -- > *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* > Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia > <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> > Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> > Moderator, Social Media Interaction | The Daily Prothom-Alo > <http://www.prothom-alo.com> > Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge <http://www.okfn.org> > Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> > Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> > Author & Translator | Global Voice > <http://bn.globalvoicesonline.org/author/hasive> > fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive > | www.nhasive.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Nicole Ebber Leiterin Internationales Head of International Affairs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. 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