I am deeply sad to hear these news. If there is a way, please forward my most sincere condolences to his family.

Arturo

-----Original Message----- From: sg16-avd [mailto:sg16-avd-bounces@lists.packetizer.com] On Behalf Of Christian Groves Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 11:26 PM To: Andrea Saks; Botzko, Stephen Cc: t13sg16all; sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com Subject: Re: [sg16-avd] [T16ALL] FW: Tom Taylor

Hello all,

Yes this is sad news. As Andrea said he was a very nice gentle and person. He was also a character. From his needlework whilst in meetings to his forehead slapping at eureka moments it was good to have someone who added colour to the meetings.

Regards, Christian

On 6/01/2016 4:00 AM, Andrea Saks wrote:

Dear All,

I too share in the sadness of Tom's passing. He was a very nice gentle person and we will all miss him.

Maybe Simao you can as the comments come, find a way to see that they are shared with his family.

Andrea

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On 5 Jan 2016, at 14:36, "Botzko, Stephen" <Stephen.Botzko@polycom.com mailto:Stephen.Botzko@polycom.com> wrote:

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Thanks for sharing. Tom will certainly be missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.

Steve

*From:*sg16-avd [mailto:sg16-avd-bounces@lists.packetizer.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul E. Jones *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 4:27 AM *To:* Campos, Simao; 't13sg16all'; sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com mailto:sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com *Subject:* Re: [sg16-avd] [T16ALL] FW: Tom Taylor

Simao,

Thanks for passing this along. Tom was a great guy and I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him off and on over the years. Our first encounter was the work on gateway decomposition in the ITU, ETSI, and IETF that ultimately became H.248.

Truly sad news for me.

Paul

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*From:*"Campos, Simao" <simao.campos@itu.int mailto:simao.campos@itu.int> *Sent:* January 5, 2016 3:58:34 AM EST *To:* 't13sg16all' <t13sg16all@lists.itu.int mailto:t13sg16all@lists.itu.int>, "sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com mailto:sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com" <sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com mailto:sg16-avd@lists.packetizer.com> *Subject:* [T16ALL] FW: Tom Taylor

Dear all,

Please allow me to pass along these sad news.

As the elders amongst you may recall, Tom was an active SG16 participant since its beginning until mid-2000's, in particular under Q3/16's.

Best regards, Simão

-----Original Message----- On 12/28/15, 08:25, "ietf on behalf of Ronald Bonica" <ietf-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of rbonica@juniper.net mailto:ietf-bounces@ietf.org%20on%20behalf%20of%20rbonica@juniper.net> wrote: Friends,

After a prolonged illness, our friend Tom Taylor has passed away. He died in his sleep on December 24th, after spending his last day with his family.

Tom's courage during his illness was an inspiration to everyone. He was a man of quick wit, kindness and integrity. He was a long-time contributor to the IETF, a mentor and a good friend.

                                 !

 Ron Bonica