[bksvol-discuss] Re: Extremely sad news to the Bookshare.org community
- From: "Julie & Miss Mercy" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:18:27 -0500
Oh, Lissi, your message was beautiful and well captures how much Gustavo
meant to all of us here, I think. Thanks for sharing your feelings here.
Take care.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 1:21 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Extremely sad news to the Bookshare.org
community
To All of you who mourn for Gustavo,
I grieve with you.
Gustavo has died and I don't approve. I want him to be kicked back to step
one where he can be grabbed and validated, his heart repaired as neatly and
easily as a scanno can be made in to a proper word. This is one of those
painful times we must accept the things we cannot change.
How is it that I can be so stricken by the death of someone I've never met?
Because Gustavo was the keeper of the golden stars.With every book approved,
"excellent, almost no errors," he glued a shiny gold star to my forehead. I
was thankful and inspired to earn another.
On the way to those stars I had countless one sided conversations with him.
"Gustavo, notice I've spell checked the short synopsis." "Have my comments
convinced you the copyright information is precisely correct and exactly
what Bookshare needs?" "Uh, oh, I'm being long winded again. If I leave
anything out, it might be the thing I needed to say to get the book
approved. If I write too much, you may skip my book because you don't have
all afternoon to read my comments. Delete, delete, delete!" ."Come on. Come
on. Approve. Approve! Sorry. It's not just about my book. You have other
books, other responsibilities and a life. I can be patient. You'll be back
with more stars." "I'm repeating your name to myself again. Gustavo Galindo
is so rhythmic and musical. It would be a crime to call you Gus."
Once I was terribly embarrassed because I uploaded a book and left, "Save
for Lissi," as part of the title. Thoughtfully, one of the list monitors
alerted me to my mistake and suggested that I send a post to Gustavo about
it. At the time I squirmed to have to admit my carelessness, but now I'm
glad I uploaded that defective title because the incident resulted in
Gustavo emailing me twice. In a post with the subject line, "low
importance," briefly but convincingly he assured me it was all right to make
mistakes. At that time I was still uninitiated in computer jargon. "That
Gustavo is such a nice guy!" I gushed to a friend. "He wrote low importance
in the subject so I'd know my mistake was no big deal. Wasn't that a cute
way to do it?" Now I know the broader usage of low and high importance and
today's high importance post from Jim heralded terrible, tragic news.
In his second post, Gustavo notified me he'd corrected the title and
approved the book." That efficient but kind interaction was special to me
when it occurred, but is a treasure now.
As I validate, I'll imagine Gustavo is noting the format, page breaks, and
accuracy and completeness of the text. As I upload, I'll imagine he's
checking that all of the boxes on the form have the right stuff. In fact,
I'll think of things in shambles as, "kicked back by Gustavo and things well
done as, Gustavo approved.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:53 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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