<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I really don't know what to add, but Geoff certainly brought kindness and professionalism to all he did. There must be countless trainee network directors whom he supported and guided, along with all those who were lucky to share their working environment with him.<div><br></div><div>Few of you probably remember that Geoff, Dave Webber, Keith deCoene and I were known as the PICSies, and had the dubious honour of spending many weeks down in Guildford testing the first release of PICS, the first computerised scheduling system for Pres. Every day he drove a hire car and collected Dave and me and took us down to Basys for testing. He helped make the frustrations and boredom (and occasional joy) of testing a lot more bearable. We were all very grateful to him for keeping us going with his stoic good humour in the face of adversity.</div><div><br></div><div>It's been upsetting and heartening to hear similar sentiments from so many others over the weekend.</div><div><br></div><div>Counting out ..........</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mike Harries<br><br>Tel.: +44 (0) 7870 194270</div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 at 09:40, Warwick Cross via Pres <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">Good mo</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">rning all.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">I write bearing sad news.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">Sue Howard (neé Bird) has been</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">in</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"> touch to let us know that Geof</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">f Howard passed away</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">yesterday morning at 11.30 am (Sydney time). Geoff had been on a complicated medical journey over the past</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"> few years and died</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">in his</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">relatively</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"> new home at the Belrose Country Club</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">from a stroke whilst waiting for a taxi to take him to dialysis.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"> No</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">funeral</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"> date has yet been set.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">We have lost</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">a good friend and</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">one of the best voices to ever grace BBC output. A</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"> true loss.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">Sue is a member of this email group.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print">I hope and trust you are all keeping safe and well.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>
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