flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Dave Alger <al...@gmail.com>]

Doug Arthur was a good friend and former coworker of mine who took his own
life a little over a week ago.


I worked with his wife ( http://www.facebook.com/deestle.arthur ) over the
weekend to put together this memorial website <http://dougarthur.info> and
was hoping that someone with permissions would add the link in an
appropriate place where the apache flex community could see it.

http://dougarthur.info


His wife and 7 year old daughter are obviously in shock so every small
donation of $5 or more helps them know that they are part of a bigger
community and that they aren't alone.

anyone that worked directly with Doug can email me your phone number if you
want additional details...
me@davealger.com


Thanks,
Dave Alger

Re: flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Raju Bitter <r....@googlemail.com>]

Thanks for the update, Dave.

I've never met Doug, but I can imagine how hard the situation is for
his wife and the whole family. Life can be so tough sometimes. On the
other hand, it's great to see this kind of support for his wife from
the Flex community!

Raju

Re: flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Dave Alger <al...@gmail.com>]

Thanks so much for those that were able to contribute and share the link to
Doug's page.

I just got off the phone with his wife and she told me that this community
has lifted her spirits greatly that so many people around the world would
give a little of themselves to a person they never met.  I wished I could
give his wife and daughter a hug when his daughter summed it up like this,
"I wish it was a different day when daddy was alive"

Dee said that she isn't going to have time to email everyone back but
wanted me to reply with a big heart felt thank you to the Apache Flex
community.  She received paypal donations and kind messages from many
countries around the world and even a kind message in Spanish that google
did okay at translating!

Please take the time to donate a small amount if you haven't already and
leave a message for Doug and his young daughter.

http://dougarthur.info

Thanks again for your generosity and I hope to be able to meet some of you
at http://360flex.com/ in a couple weeks if I can get my boss to approve it.


Dave Alger
me@davealger.com




On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Rafael Santos
<rs...@spectacompany.com.br>wrote:

> What a tragedy...
>
> Please send my condolences to his family...
>
> --
> Rafael Santos
>

Re: flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Rafael Santos <rs...@spectacompany.com.br>]

What a tragedy...

Please send my condolences to his family...

--
Rafael Santos

Re: flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Dave Alger <ct...@gmail.com>]

I'm still trying to contact his boss at vmware to share the link as well if
anyone else from vmware is on this list please contact me.  Thanks

I know Doug loved Flex and the Apache Flex community was something he was
very proud to be a member of.  If it is possible to link to his memorial
page even for a little while that would be nice.  Doug saved his wife from
a not so good situation in Canada and married her and moved her to USA.
Her facebook page is mostly public so that is why I linked to it.

His wife and daughter really have nothing as Doug was their lifeline.  She
is moving in with a friend for now but I feel driven to make this a good
fund drive effort to give a little back to her for all Doug gave to us.
Even my wife is sharing the link with hundreds of her online friends who
are willing to make a small $5 donation to lift up Doug's wife and daughter.

Thanks for anyone who can donate and share this page with a few kind words
for Doug.


Dave Alger
me@davealger.com


On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Roland Zwaga <ro...@stackandheap.com>wrote:

> Damn, this news crushed me even more than hearing of his passing.
> Thank you Dave, for sharing this, I hope everyone will be able to donate
> something.
>
>
> > Doug Arthur was a good friend and former coworker of mine who took his
> own
> > life a little over a week ago.
> >
> >
> > I worked with his wife ( http://www.facebook.com/deestle.arthur ) over
> the
> > weekend to put together this memorial website <http://dougarthur.info>
> and
> > was hoping that someone with permissions would add the link in an
> > appropriate place where the apache flex community could see it.
> >
> > http://dougarthur.info
> >
> >
> > His wife and 7 year old daughter are obviously in shock so every small
> > donation of $5 or more helps them know that they are part of a bigger
> > community and that they aren't alone.
> >
> > anyone that worked directly with Doug can email me your phone number if
> you
> > want additional details...
> > me@davealger.com
> >
>

Re: flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Roland Zwaga <ro...@stackandheap.com>]

Damn, this news crushed me even more than hearing of his passing.
Thank you Dave, for sharing this, I hope everyone will be able to donate
something.


> Doug Arthur was a good friend and former coworker of mine who took his own
> life a little over a week ago.
>
>
> I worked with his wife ( http://www.facebook.com/deestle.arthur ) over the
> weekend to put together this memorial website <http://dougarthur.info> and
> was hoping that someone with permissions would add the link in an
> appropriate place where the apache flex community could see it.
>
> http://dougarthur.info
>
>
> His wife and 7 year old daughter are obviously in shock so every small
> donation of $5 or more helps them know that they are part of a bigger
> community and that they aren't alone.
>
> anyone that worked directly with Doug can email me your phone number if you
> want additional details...
> me@davealger.com
>

Re: flex-dev contributer died unexpectedly

[Joan Llenas Masó <jo...@garnet.io>]

Thank you for letting us know Dave.



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On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Dave Alger <al...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Doug Arthur was a good friend and former coworker of mine who took his own
> life a little over a week ago.
>
>
> I worked with his wife ( http://www.facebook.com/deestle.arthur ) over the
> weekend to put together this memorial website <http://dougarthur.info> and
> was hoping that someone with permissions would add the link in an
> appropriate place where the apache flex community could see it.
>
> http://dougarthur.info
>
>
> His wife and 7 year old daughter are obviously in shock so every small
> donation of $5 or more helps them know that they are part of a bigger
> community and that they aren't alone.
>
> anyone that worked directly with Doug can email me your phone number if you
> want additional details...
> me@davealger.com
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Alger
>