[FRIAM] Fwd: Remembering Tom Scharmen

[Tom Johnson]

All:

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 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.

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.

I will miss his friendship, intellect, and abundant energy working for the
good of the people of New Mexico.

TJ

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From: New Mexico Public Health Association <nmpha at wildapricot.org>
Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 3:10 PM
Subject: Remembering Tom Scharmen
To: Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com>



In Memoriam, Tom Scharmen

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.

If you worked with Tom, you were his friend, or if you are familiar with
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