Celebration of Life for Igal Koshevoy

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The overlap of the different Portland tech communities is extensive so I thought I'd make this sad post here because I know some of you knew Igal Koshevoy. Though he was not a Drupal guy he was an extraordinary open source community builder and good work he did assuredly overlapped into our realm.

First, The sad news. This from a Stumptown Syndicate announcement:
"Sometime early Tuesday, April 9, Igal Koshevoy left us, following a long struggle with depression. He was a beloved member of our open source technology community, and will be missed." Read more of the announcement.

For my own part I'm fairly heartbroken.

We are beginning to work on a Celebration of Life for our friend and colleague, Igal Koshevoy. We welcome all who wish to participate, volunteer, and contribute to these efforts.

We have set up a website to help our community celebrate Igal's life Please share memories, photos or words of remembrance, and read what others have shared. We have also created a Facebook page, and on Twitter we request that you use the hashtag #igalko or his twitter handle @igalko.

We are beginning to gather an RSVP count to inform selection of a location and a date for a memorial. Please RSVP at Eventbrite and we will update you with event details as soon as they are confirmed. You can sign up as a volunteer when you RSVP, or by contacting carolynn@tenx.org.

Stumptown Syndicate is accepting contributions on behalf of Friends of Igal Koshevoy, if interested please read the Contribute page.

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Memorial for Igal Koshevoy

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Igal’s memorial will be Sunday, April 21st from 4-7pm at First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR (map). Please RSVP at Eventbrite so we can plan accordingly. For those of you familiar with the venue, we will not be using our usual entrance so please use the Sanctuary entrance at 1211 Main Street.

Sala kahle,
Grant