Dear Friends, I am regretful to pass along the sad news that Itojun (Dr. Junichiro Hagino) passed away on October 29, 2007. He was 37 years old. The WIDE community would like to send our condolences to his family and friends. Itojun has been an important member of the WIDE community, making numerous worldwide contributions in the field of network computing, especially on IPv6 and the Internet protocol area. He has had an important influence on each of our experiences in the WIDE project, IETF, and on the Internet community. We will miss him terribly. The family is planning a memorial service at Rinkai Saijo (Tokyo, Japan http://www.rinkaisaijo.or.jp/info/index.html) on November 6th from 6:00pm, and a funeral service the following day on November 7th from 11:00am. We have received warm requests from many wishing if they can be of any help. We are presently coordinating efforts with Itojun?s family to see how we may be of assistance during this difficult time. On behalf of the Internet community we will be arranging for flowers to be sent, but as many of Itojun?s close colleagues may be overseas, we understand it may be difficult to attend or arrange for flowers from abroad. As an alternative suggestion we would like to accept warm messages to the family and/or memorable events with Itojun that you may want to share. We will deliver these messages to Itojun at the memorial and funeral service. Please send these messages to message_for_itojun@wide.ad.jp. Our deepest sympathies are with Itojun?s family for this loss. As a community, I hope we can come together and support one another in fondly remembering Itojun. Jun Murai On behalf of WIDE Project