Hi all I just went to freebmd and found the following very sad statement Kevin Howell I am sorry to have to tell you that Kevin, who was for many years FreeBMD Corrections Co-ordinator, passed away on Wednesday 23rd April. Most transcribers will have had dealings with Kevin over those years, and many more will be aware of the other work that he did on scanned source and the website. Even after stepping down, four months ago, when he was told of his prognosis, he continued to work to fix any outstanding issues on his own transcriptions, and to ensure that the areas that he was working on were left in a tidy fashion ready for a new person to take over each of them. His input to the project has been immense, and we will greatly miss his sensible, level-headed input. Once Kevin's funeral arrangements are known, I will let you all know. Dave Mayall, on Behalf of the Trustees A sad loss indeed -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Thanks Nivard for letting us all know. My condolences to his friends (and freeBMD) and family. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > I just went to freebmd and found the following very sad statement > > Kevin Howell > I am sorry to have to tell you that Kevin, who was for many years > FreeBMD Corrections Co-ordinator, passed away on Wednesday 23rd April. > > Most transcribers will have had dealings with Kevin over those years, > and many more will be aware of the other work that he did on scanned > source and the website. > > Even after stepping down, four months ago, when he was told of his > prognosis, he continued to work to fix any outstanding issues on his own > transcriptions, and to ensure that the areas that he was working on were > left in a tidy fashion ready for a new person to take over each of them. > > His input to the project has been immense, and we will greatly miss his > sensible, level-headed input. > > Once Kevin's funeral arrangements are known, I will let you all know. > > Dave Mayall, on Behalf of the Trustees > > > A sad loss indeed > > > -- > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message