1DAVID M. RELSON, 1948-04-04 ... 2013-09-21 2 3It is with great sadness that we received word in fall 2013, several weeks 4after the fact, of David's passing. David, besides his professional and 5leisure time projects such as bogofilter, an active archer and cyclist who went 6on longer (100+ mile) bike excusions frequently, passed away on 2013-09-21 in 7Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, suddenly and unexpectedly after a 74 mile bike ride, 8not far from his family home. He suffered a fatal heart failure, and although 9he quickly received medical attention, could not be rescued. 10 11For the bogofilter project, which had originally been founded by Eric S. Raymond, 12David came onboard in the early days. Together with Adrian Otto, Greg Louis, 13Clint Adams, and Matthias Andree, a maintainer team had formed, and David was 14_the_ driving force behind bogofilter for more than ten years and did most of 15the coordination behind the scenes, motivating contributors, being a friendly, 16patient and knowledgable user supporter, and wrote c. 2/3rds of the bogofilter 17code. Bogofilter would not have become without David what and where it is. 18 19David's passing has been and is a loss, for me who considered him a friend, for 20the bogofilter community and for the project. I consider myself lucky and 21honoured to have worked with him and been something like a friend across 22continents, and remain grateful. 23 24-- Matthias Andree 25 26 27A public obituary can also be found online (as of 2019-09-08) at 28<https://memorials.niefuneralhomes.com/david-relson/3942104/> 29