<div dir="ltr">All:<br><br><div>Perhaps some of you recall Tom Scharmen's delivery of a couple of Zoom presentations last spring on COVID-19 in New Mexico.  He was a major force in pulling around 800 data sets out of state government silos and making that data available to citizens as both the data for public analysis and integrating them into accessible, dynamic maps.   A year ago, the NM Foundation for Open Government <span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-rrkovp55 gmail-a8c37x1j gmail-keod5gw0 gmail-nxhoafnm gmail-aigsh9s9 gmail-d3f4x2em gmail-fe6kdd0r gmail-mau55g9w gmail-c8b282yb gmail-iv3no6db gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-knj5qynh gmail-oo9gr5id" dir="auto">awarded the prestigious Dixon Award to Tom for his work with the NM Community Collaborative (mapping data for use in child health program planning and evaluation). "Tom's Maps" and the whole team of GIS mappers at NMCDC help close program planning gaps and assist journalists statewide. <br><br></span></div><div>For the past couple of months, Tom and I had been working to get eviction case data out of the NM Court system so they could be used by multiple agencies and community organizations to try and get a handle on topics ranging from school enrollments and truancy to shelter and literally hunger. <br><br>I will miss his friendship, intellect, and abundant energy working for the good of the people of New Mexico.</div><div><br></div><div>TJ<br> <div><img width="0" height="0" class="chq-track-image" alt="" style="display:flex; border: 0; width: 0px; height: 0px" src="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/mail/65af74635aab2876c6_1607038898653?uid=226430"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>============================================<br>Tom Johnson - <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/65af74635aab2876c6_1607038898653?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br>Institute for Analytic Journalism   --     Santa Fe, NM USA<br>505.577.6482(c)                                    505.473.9646(h)<br><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/65af74635aab2876c6_1607038898653?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmfog.org" target="_blank"><b><font color="#0b5394">NM Foundation for Open Government</font></b></a><br><b><font color="#0000ff">Check out <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/65af74635aab2876c6_1607038898653?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FIts-The-Peoples-Data%2F1599854626919671" target="_blank">It's The People's Data</a></font></b>                 </div><div>============================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">New Mexico Public Health Association</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nmpha@wildapricot.org">nmpha@wildapricot.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 3:10 PM<br>Subject: Remembering Tom Scharmen<br>To: Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com">tom@jtjohnson.com</a>><br></div><br><br><img src="http://www.nmpha.org/EmailTracker/EmailTracker.ashx?emailCode=2jFBCe%2faIP8kseHlAI0hNby%2bFtxzrukvUrq56pGfbb3rkU1pcW%2fKsz2%2fAWxbGUGNIKrfrfmmLA0sKlgmVcmxgguF9OP6zceQwdq9M5ox%2fQU%3d" style="width:1px;height:1px;border:none" alt="">  <u></u>                                                               <div>       <div>     <table background="http://www.nmpha.orgnone" bgcolor="transparent" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" style="background-image:none;background-color:transparent;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:repeat">   <tbody>    <tr>    <td align="center" valign="top">             <div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px">     <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%">   <tbody>    <tr>    <td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center">          <div class="m_8535888671843899426mj-column-px-600" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">   <tbody>   <tr>    <td style="background-color:transparent;border-bottom:0px none #000000;border-left:0px none #000000;border-right:0px none #000000;border-top:0px none #000000;vertical-align:top;padding:0px">      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">      <tbody><tr>    <td align="left" style="background:transparent;font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word">      <div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p align="center" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;text-align:-webkit-center;line-height:34px;margin-top:0px!important"><br> In Memoriam, Tom Scharmen</p> <p align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;line-height:21px"><font style="font-size:15px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Tom Scharmen passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, Dec. 1, 2020. His passing is a great loss for our New Mexico public health family and to all who worked closely with him. We will provide updates as we learn more about his memorial services. Tom was a great mentor, visionary and public health advocate. The New Mexico Public Health Association will miss him deeply. </font></span></font></p> <p align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;line-height:21px"><font style="font-size:15px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><font color="#222222" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:15px">If you worked with Tom, you were his friend, or if you are familiar with his work, please sharie a memorial message about him through this survey monkey link: </font></span><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/65af74635aab2876c6_1607038898653?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nmpha.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3DPV2uG3kg%252bYa7Wk8bp02sqy9BrHI9gLZOY8BlD20Oo62kIef4Rfr6STPGaIyeIoxewgZeSn1%252byNBBzf%252f%252f6225NlahLS3oImiAfVo9WX0z73M%253d" style="color:rgb(135,201,127);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px" target="_blank"><font color="#0563C1" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RememberingTom</font></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><font color="#222222" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:15px"> </font></span></font></span></font></p> <p align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;line-height:21px"><font style="font-size:15px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><font color="#222222" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:15px"><br></font></span></font></span></font></p></div>     </td>    </tr>      <tr>    <td align="center" style="background:transparent;font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word">      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px">   <tbody>   <tr>    <td style="width:600px">      <img height="auto" src="http://www.nmpha.org/resources/Pictures/Screen%20Shot%202020-12-03%20at%202.06.31%20PM.png" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:16px" width="600">     </td>   </tr>   </tbody>  </table>     </td>    </tr>     </tbody></table>     </td>   </tr>   </tbody>  </table>   </div>        </td>    </tr>   </tbody>   </table>    </div>            </td>    </tr>   </tbody>   </table>   </div>   </div>   <div align="center" style="clear:both;padding-top:10px;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/65af74635aab2876c6_1607038898653?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nmpha.org%2FSys%2FUnsubscribe%3Fet%3DBJK9BGTzsXMSyIGOFUM2yIsNWWW2dsltuUiv217bws7%252biIUwA4Vkf9PRxbRhZn97ngUcJln0%252bs5YBpRPs1RK5DTn11J6FyAtzqXNbO1hmkv2xvxLD0ppMjnVaGtvkA79ndXc%252fEMyEp6xbT9O3fCQsXJa8LM%253d%26up%3D%253fet%253dsoacfFPMwubFgMRq9eROm2AUozefgeC7qVJfnZbQG6uFOE4qzs68Fr6SuOXYfMNxQWE2nqXhmuibjkzu7%25252bGox04q0EZVjT%25252bJqIXx2rMvlDF33EY4zkEge%25252fhROsADkurBpdN7nT%25252b3VfstU18H2EhY32erWPw%25253d" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a></div></div></div></div>