Re: Regrets for Mr. Alan E. Beard and some words

[Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>]

Thanks Jim. I'm sure I speak for the working group, as you do, in  
mourning his passing. Our best to his family.

On Aug 24, 2005, at 11:04 PM, Bound, Jim wrote:


> Dear IETF V6OPS colleagues,
>
> It is with regret, that I have been asked to inform you that Mr.  
> Alan E. Beard has passed on from a heart attack.  Alan was active  
> in our process to define transition scenarios and analysis within  
> V6OPS, and provided significant input to RFC 4057.  His dear  
> colleague John C Bogard sent me this notice, and copied in this  
> mail. Alan's professional demeanor and ability to clearly  
> articulate his input to our processes, will be missed, but his  
> contributions have been noted in our community. If you have other  
> information regarding Alan's contributions please send mail to  
> John.C.Bogard@gte.net.  Alan was John's mentor and he is greatly  
> missed by John.
>
> Sincerely,
> /jim