<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Judith,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for sharing this very sad news. David was definitely a strong advocate for the Internet Society's mission of an open, trusted Internet for everyone - and for the Internet Society itself. I only had the opportunity to work with him a couple of times, supporting remotely some panel sessions on encryption and Internet fragmentation that ISOC DC organized. But as a writer / blogger myself (or "content creator", as we say these days), I was certainly seeing all the great work David was doing with the ISOC-DC Chapter. He definitely helped give the Internet Society a strong presence in the DC area.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">His passing is indeed a loss for all of us. I don't know how many remember, but back in 2015 he directed and produced a video along with Paul Brigner about encryption, privacy and trust: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2D5dVtHXV8" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2D5dVtHXV8</a> I may try to carve out some time today to watch it again in his memory.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please do pass along my condolences to his family and friends.</div><div class="">Thank you,</div><div class="">Dan</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 6, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Judith Hellerstein <<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" class="">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi<br class="">I am bringing the very sad news that our friend and ISOC D.C.'s Executive Director David Vyorst passed away yesterday. David had been very sick for several months now.<br class=""><br class="">Like many of us, David had a passion for an open and accessible internet and connectivity for all. David's passion will be sorely missed.<br class=""><br class="">Baruch Dayan Ha Emet-- which translates as God is the true judge and is a typical saying said when someone dies. May David's memory be a blessing and a source of comfort to all.<br class=""><br class="">Funeral at Adat Shalom Congregation This Friday December 8th at 11am<br class=""><br class="">Adat Shalom is located at: <br class="">Address: 7727 Persimmon Tree Ln, Bethesda, MD 20817<br class="">Phone: (301) 767-3333<br class=""><br class="">Burial at Gan HaZikaron This Friday December 8th at 1pm<br class="">Gan HaZikaron Cemetery is located at:<br class="">Address: 14321 Comus Rd, Clarksburg, MD 20871<br class="">Phone: 301 428 3000<br class=""><br class="">I will find out where to send donations in his honor <br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class="">Judith<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br class="">to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br class="">Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" class="">https://portal.isoc.org</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>