I'm sorry. Bad news for the community. R.I.P. El dom., 29 jul. 2018 a las 18:24, Kathleen Wilson via dev-security-policy (<[email protected]>) escribió:
> Dear Fellow Mozillians, > > It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our friend and > colleague, Gerv Markham, passed away on July 27, 2018. Along with the > many others whom he worked alongside over his time at Mozilla, we will > remember Gerv as caring, honest, inquisitive, opinionated, energetic, > and a lot of fun to work with! He enjoyed and looked forward to meeting > with people in person, and loved diving into the details. He was often > the first to pick up the phone to talk to people to get to the core of a > situation. He was also quick to be helpful, going out of his way to > provide assistance where needed. He would identify things that were in > need of repair, meet with the owners to find out if they needed help, > and dive right in to do the work. > > Previously from Gerv: “It's been eighteen years since I first entered > the world of Mozilla, on a program of constructing reduced layout test > cases for early Gecko builds in order to earn a dino plushie (I got > two!). Both I and the project have come a long way since then, but an > ever-present companion has been my cancer, with which I was diagnosed in > 2001.” > > Eighteen years is a remarkable length of time to fight against incurable > illness, and we are proud for the fighting Gerv managed to do throughout > those years to advance Mozilla's mission. > > Over the years of Gerv’s tenure with Mozilla, he worked on public > policy, certificate authority (CA) root program, community governance, > MPL, licensing, usability, security, and Bugzilla. He attended every > CA/Browser Forum face-to-face meeting that he could, and the CA/Browser > Forum extended the attached commendation to him. > > It has been an honor to work with Gerv, and it is with very fond > memories that we say goodbye to our wonderful friend and colleague, Gerv > Markham. > > Fond Farewell, > > Kathleen Wilson, Wayne Thayer, JC Jones, and Chris Riley (among many more) > > > PS: Here is the text from the CA/Browser Forum Commendation that is > mentioned above. > ~~ > The CA/Browser Forum and its members gratefully extend to Gervase > Markham their heartfelt commendation and appreciation > For his extraordinary leadership and skill as a founding member of the > Forum in 2005 and as a Mozilla representative and a leading Forum > participant from 2005–2018, and > For his superb work in promoting higher standards for Certification > Authorities, and > For his ceaseless efforts to improve security for users on the internet, > and > For sharing his deep knowledge of TLS and PKI with his fellow Forum > members, and > For his constant innovation and improvement to the Mozilla processes > applicable to CAs around the world, and > For his skills during Forum meetings and teleconferences so that all > could participate on an equal basis and members’ time was well spent, and > For his ability to bridge differences of opinion among members to reach > solutions that could be supported by all, and > For his tact and diplomacy in helping Certification Authorities and > Browsers meet their mutual goals, and > For his patience, wit, sincerity, honesty, pleasant demeanor, and > everlasting good cheer, and > For his superior guidance, advice, and management style. > -- For these and many other accomplishments we hereby affirm our deep > appreciation, commendation, and congratulations to Gerv, and sincerely > extend our best wishes to him and his family. -- > Dated this 22nd day of March, 2018. > ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CA / BROWSER FORUM > ~~ > _______________________________________________ > dev-security-policy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy > _______________________________________________ dev-security-policy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy
