In memoriam: Jean Ferri

Jean Ferri, Plone Foundation member, recipient of the 2012 Plone Award, and one of the organizers of Plone Conference 2013, passed away yesterday, June 29, 2017.

He was the founder of TcheZope.org, the first site about Zope and Plone in Portuguese, leader of the Portal Modelo project from Interlegis, the Plone portal for the legislative houses of Brazil, and the founder of the PloneGov.Br and Associação Python Brasil (The Brazilian Python Association).

He was involved in the organisation of PyCon Brasil 2006, the Plone Conference 2013, and gave talks about Plone in dozens of events in South America.

Most importantly, he was an open source software hero, an idealist who helped and inspired a whole generation of Plone developers in South America.

Jean was a wonderful human being. On behalf of the entire Plone community, the Plone Foundation Board gives its condolences to Rafahela and Rodrigo in this sorrowful moment and wishes them resilience and spirit.