[AusNOG] tom koltai - in memorial

[Grahame Lynch]

Sad news. He was right there from the start of Australia's net. We would
like to remember him for CommsDay - he had a very unconventional career so
piecing together an obituary for him isn't the easiest thing, please DM me
if you have any personal recollections you might want to share

On 23 March 2016 at 08:06, Andrew Khoo <andrew at 6net.com.au> wrote:

> [i apologise for the off-topic nature of this post, but there are many
> folk on this list that have known Tom in the past]
>
> for folks that are long-in-the-tooth in this industry, you probably have
> come across Tom Koltai sometime in the past.
>
> Tom is one of those people that are polarising - certainly i have met
> folks at both ends of the spectrum that really love him, or hate him.
>
> i have had the opportunity to work with him in the late 90s, and it indeed
> was the most challenging experience (people-wise) in my entire life.
>
> Tom did genuinely try his best to help this industry - many of his fights
> against the big T were not public knowledge, but he famously (but
> unsuccessfully) fought against both the T an T2 floats - arguing that the
> tax-payers had already paid for the copper etc in the ground, and why
> should we be offered shares to buy into something we already own!
>
> Tom was also instrumental in supporting exchange points in Australia on
> the east coast, around the same time as WAIA was bringing up WAIX. Whilst
> some folks de-cry the legacy of AUIX, there are lots of backroom stories on
> the how & why things didn't work out the way they worked out.
>
> Tom passed away two weeks ago.
>
> An informal memorial to honour him will be held tomorrow (Thursday
> 24-Mar-16) from 1800hrs at "The Club Room", Glenmore Hotel (96 Cumberland
> St, The Rocks).
>
> All are welcome.
>
>
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