[bksvol-discuss] Re: Extremely sad news to the Bookshare.org community
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:38:36 -0600
Hello all,
I am just as shocked now as I was when Gerald called to tell me the news about
12 hours ago. Gustavo's constant presence at BookShare through both fruitful
and rough times is extremely commendable. For a while Gustavo was essentially
BookShare as far as day to day operations went.
I'll miss the comments he used to slide in on the end of his subject lines when
sending me an updated list to post. They usually were a short inquiry about how
things were going, school, finals, breaks, etc. And of course who could forget
'gentle people'.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:53 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Extremely sad news to the Bookshare.org community
It is with great regret and sorrow that I inform you that Gustavo Galindo
passed away suddenly yesterday. Gustavo was the Site Manager for
Bookshare.org, and was the foundation of our Bookshare.org team. He was
involved in the rapid growth of our collection over the last four years through
personally approving each book being added. Gustavo was fierce in his
dedication to serving people with print impairments while getting it right, by
taking our commitments to publishers and authors seriously. He had a
formidable intellect, and his insights, understanding and sense of humor will
be sorely missed by our team.
We can honor Gustavo's commitment to access and books by doing our best to
bring more books to more people with print disabilities around the world.
Jim
Jim Fruchterman
President and CEO
Benetech
480 California Avenue, Suite 201
Palo Alto, California 94306 USA
New direct line: +1 650 644-3406
Fax: +1 650 475-1066
jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
Benetech is a nonprofit organization
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