<div dir="ltr"><div>I would like to join Alexis in his fine words.<br><br>I have worked many times with James on his modules, on Dancer, and we talked frequently on the channel. He was always very kind and very helpful. He was a pleasure to converse with and to work through solutions with.<br>
<br></div><div>I'm very sad to hear these news. It is a great loss to us all.<br><br></div><div>I'll be making a donation to his funeral as well. It's the least I can do.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:40 PM, David Precious <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidp@preshweb.co.uk" target="_blank">davidp@preshweb.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thank you - that's incredible of you!<br>
<br>
Humbled, and proud to be a part of such a generous project team (even<br>
if I haven't had a chance to actually write much code lately!)<br>
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:51:49 +0200<br>
Alexis Sukrieh <<a href="mailto:sukria@gmail.com">sukria@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi David, thanks for taking the time to share this bad news with the<br>
> list.<br>
><br>
> That's a very sad news.<br>
><br>
> The paypal account recently received around 100 euros from a couple of<br>
> donators.<br>
><br>
> I'll give that money back for James' funeral, and will add a bit or<br>
> two to the pot.<br>
><br>
> I didn't know very well James but I remember a kind a pleasant person<br>
> while we discussed about Dancer. I'm sad he passed away in such an<br>
> unexpected and tragic way.<br>
><br>
> May the peace be with his soul.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> 2014-08-13 10:45 GMT+02:00 David Precious <<a href="mailto:davidp@preshweb.co.uk">davidp@preshweb.co.uk</a>>:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi all,<br>
> ><br>
> > Sadly, my friend and colleague James Aitken (LoonyPandora/JAITKEN),<br>
> > who contributed to Dancer and wrote several Dancer plugins, died<br>
> > unexpectedly last week.<br>
> ><br>
> > He was hit by a car back in June and suffered head injuries, but had<br>
> > mostly recovered - but then took a sudden turn for the worse, and<br>
> > passed away last week. Details as to exactly what happened are<br>
> > still sketchy at this point.<br>
> ><br>
> > Due to how unexpected it all was and the fact he has no immediate<br>
> > family / next of kin, he will receive a very very basic state-funded<br>
> > "pauper's funeral" unless enough money is raised to cover the cost<br>
> > of a proper funeral - so his ex-girlfriend set up a fundraising<br>
> > page to accept donations towards the cost:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://gogetfunding.com/project/james-aitken-s-funeral" target="_blank">http://gogetfunding.com/project/james-aitken-s-funeral</a><br>
> ><br>
> > If you used his code and found it useful, and have a couple of quid<br>
> > to spare, any donations would be very much appreciated. If you<br>
> > cannot, but he or his code made a difference to you, you can still<br>
> > leave a comment there if you'd like.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Dave P<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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