Re: Karen Morton: An inspiration in the Oracle community

From: Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:55:08 -0600
Message-ID: <55C25C0C.8000706_at_evdbt.com>

Here is a great post
<http://carymillsap.blogspot.com/2015/07/my-friend-karen.html> by Cary Millsap on Karen's life and passing.

On 8/5/15 12:50, Jared Still wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com
> <mailto:tim_at_evdbt.com>> wrote:
>
> Karen is an inspiration for all. A strong, smart, graceful
> person, generous with her expertise and knowledge.
>
>
> I collaborated with Karen on a book, we dined together when we both
> were at the same conferences, and exchanged a number of emails.
>
> Karen was engaging, personable and a joy to work with.
>
> Here's what kind of person she was: In 2012 there was a period of
> time during which I was too sick
> to do much more than my 8 hrs and then go collapse on the couch.
>
> I had a new presentation ready for Hotsos, but was just too weak and
> sick to travel.
> (was not contagious BTW)
>
> Karen volunteered to give my presentation for me.
>
> Apparently she did a better job of presenting it than I would have. :)
>
>
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> Principal Consultant at Pythian
> Pythian Blog http://www.pythian.com/blog/author/still/
> Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com
> Home Page: http://jaredstill.com

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