[Chapter-delegates] Sad loss of Lajos Bálint

[Christian]

Lajos was so brilliant. I was always delighted when he sat next to me at 
early chapter co-ordination meetings. He was a true spirit of this 
network world as well as a pioneer and guide to so many. The thing is he 
shared the secret that you can build this stuff yourself. You don't need 
to be reliant or disintermediated or fixated by the light of the 
provider industry marketing spiel. The power of this stuff is in the 
people and the capacity of people to take hold of the technologies and 
their base and shape it to their needs in co-operation and mutual 
respect. That needs sharing to work and an open mind and access. Those 
are still essential qualities for us today and Lajos exemplified that 
kind of societal technology entrepreneurialism. I can't say how much 
I'll miss Lajos not being here.  We need Lajos and many more in his vein.

A big hug to his family and colleagues.



On 09/12/2019 10:31, Michiel Leenaars via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Dear Collegues,
>
> I'm sad to have to report that Dr. Lajos Balint suddenly passed away
> last Friday.
>
> Lajos was an active member of the ISOC community since the early days,
> and a former chapter leader. He was member and Vice-Chair of the
> ISOC-AC (the Advisory Council of the Internet Society). He made over
> 200 publications over a course of 50 years, and was one of the founders
> of Hungarian NREN in 1986, treasurer of TERENA, member of various
> groups including European Research Area Board and various HLEG of EC).
> He tirelessly contributed to shaping the future of R&E networking and
> e-infrastructure development in Europe and beyond. Recently, he was
> involved with the European OpenScience Cloud initiative:
>
> https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/eb-profiles/lajos-b%C3%A1lint
>
> In addition to all his many achievements and contributions, I will
> remember him as a kind, knowledgeable and positive man, always ready to
> give good advice. He will be missed.
>
> Best,
> Michiel
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