[dba-SQLServer] Administrivia - Our Longtime Moderator Gary Kjos

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thank you for sharing John, Gary will be missed.




On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 7:11 PM John Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> Many of you may remember Gary Kjos.
>
> Gary was a member of the DBA lists for over 20 years and was a moderator
> for most of those and he was always there to help anyone on the list.
> On October 30 Gary passed away. Here is a link to his obituary:
> Gary E. Kjos Obituary 2023 - Parker Kohl Funeral Home & Crematory<
> https://www.parkerkohlfuneralhome.com/obituaries/gary-kjos>
>
> Many of us on the Off-topic(OT) list knew a lot about Gary from years of
> stories he would tell. He was an avid golfer, gardener, bicyclist, and
> fisherman.
> I met him in person a few years ago while on business in the Minneapolis
> area. He was still working then and took an extended lunch to drive over to
> where I was so we could meet. Gary was a very nice guy, the perfect
> moderator.
>
> On the OT list we've discussed what we might do to honor Gary. The idea
> was presented of supporting the "Northern Waters Land Trust" which is
> active in Gary's home state of Minesota.
> Here's a link: Northern Water Land Trust - Preserving Land to Protect Our
> Water (northernwaterslandtrust.org)<https://northernwaterslandtrust.org/>
>
> It was the consensus on OT that this would be something we could fund
> through collected donations to our DBA PayPal account rather than everyone
> doing it individually. Once the donations are collected, I'll make a group
> donation, in his honor, to the NWLT.
>
> Here's the link: Gary Kjos Memorial Fund Donation Page (paypal.com)<
> https://www.paypal.com/donate/campaigns/manage/L7TQ57R7UHJWC>
> If you'd like to donate, please do so on or before November 24th.
> (Please put a note in that it's for a donation to NWLT in Gary Kjos's name
> or something similar.)
>
> I'll make the donation after Thanksgiving and post results to the lists.
>
> John Bartow
> Past President
> Database Advisors
>
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