christel ok, im going to go +m for a moment christel and we will try answer some of the questions you've asked after a minute of silence christel Ok, first off, this is not a hoax christel Rob was riding his bike on tuesday when he was hit by a car, he has spent the last few days at the neuro trauma ICU at a local hospital christel where he has been in a coma christel the news reached us this morning that Rob passed away early today beu to repeat for those just joining us, this sadly is not a hoax; Rob was riding his bike on tuesday when he was hit by a car, he has spent the last few days at the neuro trauma ICU at a local hospital... news reached us this morning that Rob passed away early today christel Rob is survived by wife Debbie and son Benjamin christel and we ask that you all respect their privacy at this difficult time christel Robs funeral is most likely to be monday afternoon, although we have yet to get confirmation as Debs is waiting to hear from the MEs office that it can go ahead as planned christel and for those local, wishing to show their respects at his funeral, we ask that you email staff@freenode.net and we will try direct you as we can christel We will take some questions now and try answer them in channel, it would be appreciated if those with questions message beu, and we will answer on channel christel thank you christel the first question we've had is "What happens to freenode?" beu to answer the "who verified this?" question, members of freenode staff have been in contact with Rob's family over the past few days christel it is Debs wishes that freenode keeps running as close to normal as possible, and we will be working with the PDPC board to ensure that the network keeps running beu we are currently formulating an announcement and hope to have it online soon, in addition to an online "book of condolences" christel it has also been asked why lilos client is still connected christel i am sure you will all agree that at this point in time, we feel uncomfortable killing his client and find the mere idea rather morbid christel Robs nicknames will be quarantined to prevent abuse. christel A lot of people have asked how they can help christel Debs requests has been that people who knew Rob could donate to PDPC in his memory, or those wishing to make a more general contribution could give something to a bicycle safety campaign in their area. beu this question is cropping up a *lot*: yes, sadly rob did indeed pass away this morning, no, this is not a hoax christel we will also try to coordinate so that we can get some things together for Debs and Benjamin, but at this point in time she has no particular wishes in that regard. Those wishing to help his family however, are encouraged to get in touch with us per email (again staff@freenode.net) and we will try connect you with those in the area that are coordinating support. christel "Should lilo's fellow Jews sit shiva for 30 days as is tradition?" christel I am not jewish, and I dont know much about jewish traditions, so i will leave that up to each and every one of you individually christel "Where, as in city and state, would the funeral be? christel Rob lived in Houston, Texas and the funeral will be held there christel "was lilo wearing a helmet and was the car driver responsible? if they are responsible will they be charged?" christel lilo was not wearing a helmet, we are unsure at this point about what will happen wrt the driver of the car beu we are working on making a formal announcement on http://freenode.net/, and are currently setting up an online "book of condolences". our current eta is: soon. christel from what we know, it was a hit and run christel and the driver has not yet been found beu Rob passed away on the morning (texas time) of Saturday 16th 2006 christel Any other questions? beu where Rob is Rob Levin, who most of us knew as lilo christel I am recieving a lot of priv messages, and I am afra
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christel ok, im going to go +m for a moment
christel and we will try answer some of the questions you've asked after a minute of silence
christel Ok, first off, this is not a hoax
christel Rob was riding his bike on tuesday when he was hit by a car, he has spent the last few days at the neuro trauma ICU at a local hospital
christel where he has been in a coma
christel the news reached us this morning that Rob passed away early today
beu to repeat for those just joining us, this sadly is not a hoax; Rob was riding his bike on tuesday when he was hit by a car, he has spent the last few days at the neuro trauma ICU at a local hospital... news reached us this morning that Rob passed away early today
christel Rob is survived by wife Debbie and son Benjamin
christel and we ask that you all respect their privacy at this difficult time
christel Robs funeral is most likely to be monday afternoon, although we have yet to get confirmation as Debs is waiting to hear from the MEs office that it can go ahead as planned
christel and for those local, wishing to show their respects at his funeral, we ask that you email staff@freenode.net and we will try direct you as we can
christel We will take some questions now and try answer them in channel, it would be appreciated if those with questions message beu, and we will answer on channel
christel thank you
christel the first question we've had is "What happens to freenode?"
beu to answer the "who verified this?" question, members of freenode staff have been in contact with Rob's family over the past few days
christel it is Debs wishes that freenode keeps running as close to normal as possible, and we will be working with the PDPC board to ensure that the network keeps running
beu we are currently formulating an announcement and hope to have it online soon, in addition to an online "book of condolences"
christel it has also been asked why lilos client is still connected
christel i am sure you will all agree that at this point in time, we feel uncomfortable killing his client and find the mere idea rather morbid
christel Robs nicknames will be quarantined to prevent abuse.
christel A lot of people have asked how they can help
christel Debs requests has been that people who knew Rob could donate to PDPC in his memory, or those wishing to make a more general contribution could give something to a bicycle safety campaign in their area.
beu this question is cropping up a *lot*: yes, sadly rob did indeed pass away this morning, no, this is not a hoax
christel we will also try to coordinate so that we can get some things together for Debs and Benjamin, but at this point in time she has no particular wishes in that regard. Those wishing to help his family however, are encouraged to get in touch with us per email (again staff@freenode.net) and we will try connect you with those in the area that are coordinating support.
christel "Should lilo's fellow Jews sit shiva for 30 days as is tradition?"
christel I am not jewish, and I dont know much about jewish traditions, so i will leave that up to each and every one of you individually
christel "Where, as in city and state, would the funeral be?
christel Rob lived in Houston, Texas and the funeral will be held there
christel "was lilo wearing a helmet and was the car driver responsible? if they are responsible will they be charged?"
christel lilo was not wearing a helmet, we are unsure at this point about what will happen wrt the driver of the car
beu we are working on making a formal announcement on http://freenode.net/, and are currently setting up an online "book of condolences". our current eta is: soon.
christel from what we know, it was a hit and run
christel and the driver has not yet been found
beu Rob passed away on the morning (texas time) of Saturday 16th 2006
christel Any other questions?
beu where Rob is Rob Levin, who most of us knew as lilo
christel I am recieving a lot of priv messages, and I am afra
The PA forums contain a list of mirrors, personally, I'm not precisely sure as to how this comic is related to American Greetings? Do they own a right to Strawberry Shortcake? (I'm not sure who owns that name...)