<div dir="auto">RIP Romeo... thanks for always being there for us! Be well on your cosmic journey!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">--Robert</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 20:13 George Rosamond <<a href="mailto:george@ceetonetechnology.com">george@ceetonetechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">FYI, this past Sunday, April 5th, Romeo from Suspenders passed from<br>
COVID-19.<br>
<br>
Some of us knew Romeo before the first NYC*BUG meeting at the old<br>
Suspenders location at 111 Broadway. The first meeting there was in 2007<br>
with Ivan about Subversion<br>
(<a href="https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10076" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10076</a>).<br>
<br>
True story: Steve Jobs went out of his way to bump us out of the Soho<br>
Apple Store, since no attendees were capable of answering questions<br>
aobut shortcuts in Quark. We didn't "fit in" there, and remember, at<br>
that time, the Soho Apple Store was the flagship of Apple.<br>
<br>
We held a lot of meetings in the backroom of the old Suspenders, then<br>
again at the new Suspenders on Maiden Lane. We very much became<br>
identified as "that group that met in the backroom of Suspenders."<br>
<br>
We even held our last NYCBSDCon at the old Suspenders in 2014<br>
(<a href="https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10344" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10344</a>). Oh, god, even MWL<br>
looked young then. We worked with Romeo who gave us the whole place for<br>
the day, and dealt with food and drinks at a very reasonable price.<br>
After previous NYCBSDCons, it was a breath of fresh air, and really low<br>
stress for the organizers.<br>
<br>
We also held one NYC-wide holiday party there in 2012<br>
(<a href="https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10331" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10331</a>), which again, Romeo<br>
helped us out with.<br>
<br>
Anyways, I was fortunate to have Romeo hold me hostage at the bar just<br>
before this whole thing broke out a few months ago. I was already at a<br>
Suspenders event, and had no intention of staying, but it was a blast.<br>
We drank late night and had "the usual" discussion, food and family.<br>
<br>
Romeo leaves behind his wife and very young daughter, plus a load of<br>
siblings.<br>
<br>
Cheers Romeo!<br>
<br>
g<br>
<br>
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