The Scummy One - Scott Ross

Not only was Scott a long-time member of TechRepublic, but he was also someone I had befriended over the years. I will miss him greatly.

In June of 2008, I interviewed Scott in the TR Member Spotlight series. That's how I will remember him... one heck of a good guy.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tr-out-loud/?p=131

This had to be like a wounding for you.

It is for me.

I've sent you a peermail Ron, I'm trying to co-ordinate a joint donation from many of the active gang here. If I've missed anyone, and I'm sure I have, they can peermail me.

Scott was well loved, and his quirky humour brightened our days.

James

Sore at heart.

Thank you for posting, Ron.

Ron, please convey our condolences to Catherine. We'd appreciate a link to his obituary when available.

We've lost our class clown. Damn.

Scummy was one of the rebellious spirits that hooked me on TR. I felt honored, and part of the in-crowd whenever I got a comment, snipe, or even a "dumbas" reply in the Q&A or Forums.

He was just alittle too wild for some of the staff I guess, and he had not been around as much lately.

I think I just died a little too.....

I'm going to miss him.

Please send along our deepest condolences to Scott's family.

Leanne and Darryl

Of all the TR members, he was the one I could relate to the most.

Just re-listened to his member spotlight. :(

Thank you for posting this, Ron.

Scummy will be missed! :(

I'm so sorry to hear this. I don't know what to say.

and speechless.

The God of Scum is no more.

:x Scummy. I'm gonna miss you more than I care to admit....

GG

I didn't know him personally but I loved his sense of humor. His posts always made me smile. His passing is a huge loss for the TR family, this place just won't be the same (especially his password reset posts :) ).

Scott will be missed around here. Rest in Peace forever buddy. May the God of "the Church of The Scummy One" grant you every wish and comfort you desire.

[i]Do not stand by my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am a diamond glint on snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awake in the morning bush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight
I am the soft starshine at night
Do not stand by my grave and cry
I am not there... I did not die.[/i]

~ Anonymous

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I might make another comment.

Techman... Scummy... RIP brother. :(

I stared at this for a while - not sure what to say as it comes as such a shock.

My prayers do go out to his family. Scott will be terribly missed.

Ron - can you send me the email please?

-Tammy

I realise that some of us need to grieve and no one should be ashamed to take the time to do that.

But I'd also like to make a modest proposal. Namely that we find a way to remember Scott as he was; a funny, witty guy, who made lots of friends. I propose that whoever cares to participate, the collective we, start to go through his posts and collect the "best" of Scott, both the Scummy and the W2Ktechman sides. How we organize what we gather, I'm open to suggestions.

James

He was such a bright spark and always worth a read.

RIP, Scott.

Just...damn! My sincerest condolences to his family.

:-( :_|

Anybody doing anything, please let me know by e- or peermail.

Scott was such a vibrant, funny person. It was always enjoyable talking to him on TR. I'm very sad to hear that he has passed away.

Thank you, Ron, for letting us all know. My condolences to his family.

Gone too soon! :( :_|

AV

news I wanted to hear :(

Not believing what I see, Scott, gone?

Deep sadness :(

to Family and friends. He will be missed.

Thank you, Ron and James, for taking on the burden of letting us all know.

As I look up the TR Spotlight of him and listen to it tonight, I'll think back on all the great exchanges we had and his contributions.
I remember how excited and honored I was to see him request me as a Friend on FaceBook as he was such a vital member of the TR crew that I appreciated most.
Scott will be greatly missed!

- Billy

It is going to take me a bit to come to grips with this.

My condolences to Scott's family and TR peers.

Scott was a good guy and will be missed.

My deepest sympathy to his family on their loss.

Anything we can do to ease the pain.
I never knew him personally , but always enjoyed his persona ( and perhaps what showed through that into his other friends lifes). Rest in Peace Scotty

to Scotty's family

I will always remember Scotty as a funny guy who (along with many others) kept bringing me back in my early days at TR.

RIP

Scott goes back to my days as a TR guy. He was one of the good ones. Irreplaceable. He'll be missed.

Thank you Ron for letting us know. This is sad indeed. Scott will certainly be missed.

That sounded very disrespectful to Ron. He is the one that has taken many hours of his personnal time to share T.S.O/W2K's sad sad news with us.

He has been nothing but a gentleman with my inquerys to him. I think you are way off base, or I am losing something in the translation, as that just doen't seem like you.

Ron forwarded the exchange to selected peers.

:(

I read the post. I'm not sure what either of you are getting at.

Peace. I'm done, as I apparently have exacerbated this.

And lets not jump to hasty conclusions.

Everyone is feeling a little raw and hurt. This is a tense time for all.

When I read Hal's post, I see no malice at all, just some concern that an email might have gone astray.

Lets all just put it behind us.
James

I don't understand precisely what has upset you, and I did not mean to upset you further.

I am not seeing what was uncool, so I merely suggest that, yes, you may have misunderstood something? I only saw someone concerned that he may have gotten an email in error, and that perhaps someone else may not have gotten this rather important information.

I am sorry if I misunderstand you as well. For instance, I don't understand, "it was well underhand by Ron K." So I feel we are not communicating well.

So, let this be clear, that I do not intend an argument, but I though I might clarify something for you. I failed.

Peace, shaca. I share your grief. My condolences to you.

Why would Hal/Col suggest that?? Ron is the one that spearheaded this sad sad notification. I would think that all coorespondense would obviously come through him. Is that illogical? I still think the big guy was out of place. ( even though he is one of the cornerstones of TR).

Please tell me what I am missing

Hey Col what were you saying? I would like to apologize if the explanation is there.

Peace, to you. :)

No way not to be part of the ditherings 'round here these days, I think.

[i]Why would Hal/Col suggest that?[/i]

Because Ron and Col and Scummy are friends. Friends prop each other up in times like this. Col is propping up Ron. As Ron is propping up us.

See? All I needed was a little memory jog! :^0

etu

I can remember when I first joined TR, I always anticipated, and waited and waited for him to post up. He always made me laugh out loud, literally.

I think some of my co-workers though I was nuts (for a while), a couple times (more than I care to admit), when he posted up I fell out of my chair laughing. His humor will truly be missed by me...

May his soul rest in peace... My condolences to his family... I didn't know him to well, but he will never be forgotten by me.

Tim K.

Just in case something had gone astray.

Nothing worse for the family than to think that they have been forgotten. ;)

Col

The E-Mail from Ron telling me how to navigate Scott's TR Threads.

When I saw the Thread here I was concerned that maybe I had got it by mistake that's all.

Nothing else intended other than to let Ron know that maybe he had made a mistake which is perfectly understandable under the circumstances. Here the worst thing that can happen is that the Family gets the impression that they are being ignored and e-mails that end up at the wrong place can do that.

I just wanted to warn Ron of any Potential Problems before they became something much worse than a possible simple mistake. ;)

Sorry for my poor communication skills but I was more than slightly shocked. And as I was at work I didn't have access to a direct link to Ron to let him know off TR just in case something had gone wrong.

Col

I'm about as sure as I can be that it went through. I just have an old email address for you in my gmail account. It came back as funky within minutes of my emailing you. Quit changing email addresses, dang it!

Except for having a bed head.
I have noted your defense of me even though no offense was made or intended. Nice to wake up to. Thank you.

I only meant I would not further try to explain my understanding of Col's intent and upset shasca further. What I said was obviously of no help. :(

I am here.

And I'm very glad to read your thoughts, because I am saddened and more than a little freaked out by Scott's shuffling off this Scummy coil. I'm sense that I have not felt the full humming, buzzing impact of void yet.

Thank you.

The Something Else of Scum.

But I was the First Apostle of Scum at the time, no High Deacon I, but a Monk of the Order.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-12847-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=251788&messageID=2413467

Thank you so much for reminding me. All of you. :)

edit: Actually, above that is the Transformation of Pond Scum into The Scummy One.

All Hail The Scummy One!

I thought it was great when he started calling himself that. I had to laugh. Before Scott I used to call people scumdog to their faces every once in a great while but no more of that.

From Scott's sister, Catherine.
"If you or anyone else has any pictures or stories that they would like to share with us, please have them pass this information to this e-mail address. We are trying to gather everything we can for his memorial service. Nothing has been finalized as of yet, but we will have more information by Monday evening.
Catherine"
So, no place where we can send flowers and whatnot to, yet, but you can plainly see the family's request.
Good luck with that.
I think that it's beyond me to write a story telling any one thing about Scott because I know him from a myriad of posts both here and at Facebook. Mostly here but still... I don't know what to say and I choke up thinking I'll look stupid or maudlin or something else besides a mature adult because I don't feel very mature at the moment.
You guys and gals can probably put something together better than I can and I urge you to take the time to do it. Send me a peermail message for Catherine's email address and go to town with writing. If you can't I know that I'll understand.
I've sent Scott's brother email telling him how to navigate Scott's TR accounts to see the hundreds of posts he has made over the years. I'd sent the link to Scott's podcast and he was going to play it for the family yesterday.
(long pause)
Please, do the best you can do.
My wife and I are going to send flowers when we get an address, time and location.
I'm outta here.

Just thank you.

There are a precious few people that I hold close. You, sir, are one of a small number. And held closer now.

It made me feel important to act like you need my permission to be yourself.
Carry on. :)

I was away for the weekend, but GG let me know.

Recently I got to know Scott a lot more. He was actually quite deep and thoughtful.. some people would only know his style from TR..a bit of a h*llraiser..not unlike myself.. but he was much much more than that.

I know he cared for his family a lot and he would always tell me of his visits with them, especially a certain one who he absolutly adored.

This is yet another reminder to me, and to us all..live life! Live it as full as you can, for it may be taken at any time.

:(

I like the jokes. Jokes are always good. And I think they are a lovely way to honor Scott.

I find that hard to believe.

But then, The Scummy One was involved...oh...my...now THAT's a visual! :0

Never a webcam around when you need one, darn it! ]:)

:x

Be yourself mate. ;)

Col

Just a [b]Hell of a Shock[/b] just before I had to got to work on Sunday. I really don't have a life working on a Sunday at a bank. They didn't even give me any samples of their products either.

Throws a lot of light onto some of the strange e-mails that I have got over the past few days. Maybe I need to improve my ability to understand Cryptic Messages that seem out of place or strange from Normal E-Mails. ;)

Col

A sad sad thing, and a great loss to TR.

God bless him and his family.

and express my sympathy to all with his passing away.

I'm going to try to send a link to this post in a peermail to everyone who has posted here. Some people may not have peermail turned on or may not have seen this discussion so it'd be nice if we could keep this bumped up for awhile.

Scott's Memorial will be held at:
5:30 pm Thursday 28 January
Church of Latter Day Saints
875 Quince Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Flowers should be sent to:
Lima Campagna
600 S 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95112

Donations should be sent to:
Pauline Kessler
954 Henderson Ave #117
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Google search results for San Jose California florist:http://preview.tinyurl.com/yeosbwj
It appears that this florist was voted the areas best of the best: http://www.cittisflorist.com/

Joseph Ross has invited you to visit the online tribute to Scott Ross at The Eternal Portal. To visit this Web site, open your browser and go to:
http://www.christianmemorials.com/tributes/scott-ross

It's bittersweet to be in our virtual world where we know our peers without ever having met them.

I hope The Scummy One is in a place where his sense of humor is appreciated.

I would not have been even a little bit as informed without all your efforts. They are greatly appreciated.

as little as I knew- or thought I knew- him, his passing still strikes deeply.

Tserugenen Macoza

Edit: About the donation, since I'm too uninformed at the moment to make a proper decision myself, could someone give me a recommendation?