[SystemSafety] Some News About Bertrand Ricque

[Martyn Thomas]

That's a tragedy that will distress many of us. Thanks for letting us know.

Martyn

On 22/08/2023 13:39, Prof. Dr. Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
> Bertrand has been a member of and regular contributor to this list and 
> its predecessor. He is the chair of the French national standards 
> committee on E/E/PE system functional safety and an active contributor 
> to the current rewrite of IEC 61058, as well as the Convenor with of 
> the Project Team for the defence-industry functional safety 
> standard-to-be IEC 63187.
>
> Bertrand is directly responsible for getting me involved in standards. 
> In the noughties there was much discussion of 61508 on the predecessor 
> list out of York, and he suggested to the chair of the German national 
> committee that they should invite me along to talk about my concerns 
> and suggestions for improvement. I did so in October 2009. I was 
> invited to join working groups and I presented my suggestions about FM 
> in January 2010. That process has led to the IEC Draft Technical 
> Specification which is currently out for national committee voting.
>
> Audrey Canning told the 61508 Maintenance Teams today that Bertrand 
> went missing in the sea at the weekend while on holiday, has not been 
> found, and is now presumed to have died. I anticipate that many of us 
> will be very saddened. I'll miss him deeply.
>
> PBL
>
> Prof. i.R. Dr. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
> Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319  www.rvs-bi.de
>
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