Dear WP2/16 experts, I have just been made aware of the sudden death of Mr. Tom Geary and his mother as attached. Tom worked with us in the previous study period as Rapporteur for Question 11 (audiovisual communications systems on circuit switched networks -- H.320, H.324 systems). I also would like to express my condolences on the loss of Tom and his mother. Best regards, OKUBO Sakae e-mail: sokubo@waseda.jp Visiting Professor Graduate School of Science and Engineering Waseda University ******************************************************************** <YRP> Waseda University, YRP Ichibankan 312 Tel: +81 46 847 5406 3-4 Hikarinooka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken Fax: +81 46 847 5413 239-0847 Japan <Nishi-Waseda> 29-7 Waseda University Bldg. Tel: +81 3 5286 9841 1-3-10 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Fax: +81 3 5286 3832 169-0051 Japan ********************************************************************

Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 15:33:29 +0900 From: Matsumoto Mitsuji <mmatsumoto@waseda.jp> Reply-To: mmatsumoto@waseda.jp X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: tsg16q14@itu.int, "'Bill Pechey'" <bpechey@cix.compulink.co.uk>,Bill Pechey <bpechey@iee.org>, keith.chu@mindspeed.com, asaks@waitrose.com,"'Gunnar Hellstrom'" <gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se> CC: mmatsumoto@waseda.jp,Pierre-Andr Probst<probst-pa@bluewin.ch>,"'Simao'" <simao.campos@ties.itu.ch>, okubo@mxz.mesh.ne.jp,houlin.zhao@itu.int Subject: sad news X-Biglobe-VirusCheck: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 15:33:36 +0900

Dear Q.14 Experts,

It is with great sadness that I have to inform our colleagues that our Q.14/16 Rapporteur, Mr. Tom Geary and his mother passed away by the accident. I want to show the thought of condolence.

It is really loss not only Q.14/16, but also ITU-T. Tom has been guided as a leader of the Modem and Facsimile Groups for many years and organized lots of meetings in the ITU-T SG16 and TR30.5 of TIA as a chairman. For the Facsimile field, he solved a lot of difficult issues. We still needed his experience, knowledge and help in this field. It is indeed regrettable that we could not being possible to meet and communicate Tom any longer in the forthcoming January SG16 Geneva meeting.

I want to pray the mercy of Tom heartily

Sincerely yours,

Mitsuji Matsumoto (Chairman of WP1 of SG16 ITU-T)

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----------------------------------------- Mitsuji Matsumoto GITS, Waseda University 29-7 Bldg. 1-3-10 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan Tel:+81-3-5286-9844 Fax:+81-3-5292-7897 http://www.giti.waseda.ac.jp/GITS/ mail: mmatsumoto@waseda.jp -----------------------------------------