Last week the public interest Internet community lost one of its most passionate advocates, and I lost a friend. On July 7th, I learned that Sherwin Siy, Policy Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation and my classmate at Berkeley Law School, had suddenly passed away at the age of 40.
Sherwin and I began our public interest tech careers together when we were students at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. We were partners on a project helping the Internet Archive understand the legal landscape for archiving and making available television news. From that project and through the rest of my career, I learned so much from working with him, not just about substantive law and policy, but about collaboration and collegiality. He was thoughtful, patient, and kind. He was funny, and so very smart. He will be deeply missed.
You can find remembrances from other colleagues of his from EFF (here) and Public Knowledge (here).
Terrible loss. I was fortunate enough to meet Sherwin at Wikimania Stockholm in 2019. I left the conversation confident that the Wikimedia Foundation efforts in Washington, DC were in capable and trusted hands. Big shoes to fill.
Terrible Loss. A great person RIP
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Terrible loss. A great person. May his soul rest in piece ( RIP)
A passionate and brilliant mind lost way before his time…