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Passing of A. J. Ross - Ituajr

Post by LostInMyMaps

It is with an extremely heavy heart that I regret to inform the community of the passing of ituajr, affectionately known amongst the Waze Australia community as AJ, at the age of 73 in hospital.

AJ started editing with Waze in 2011. AJ was an incredibly active member of the Waze Australia community, collecting 2,600,763 driving points, 667,436 edits, and 4,164 forum posts. His community-minded spirit enjoyed helping people, he was always accessible, had a passion for logic and debate, backed with a quick wit and wonderful sense of humour.
  • In March 2018, his long-standing efforts helping the community were rewarded with his promotion to Country Manager.
  • In Oct 2018, AJ stepped up to the plate of Australian Coordinator and promoted to level 6, with the resounding support of the active Australian editors asking for him to lead us.
  • In May 2019, he was welcomed into the most elite group of Waze editors and recognised experts, becoming a Global Champ.
His wife Ursula, relayed the following:
He really enjoyed his involvement in the Waze Community and while in hospital he asked me to pass on his very best wishes to all for the future.
It has been on honour and absolute privilege to have known, and worked with him, and I offer my deepest sympathies to his wife Ursula, his daughter Lee, friends, and his fellow editors during his difficult time. He will be greatly missed.


Some of you might remember AJ teaching us about trap streets? As a valued and long-standing member of our community, the Waze community managers have agreed to memorialise AJ into our map with a trap street named after him and locked to level 7, so years from now people will know of AJ and his contributions. You can find Ituajr Place, the trap street, in a neighbourhood in his city.
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Post by JoeRodriguez12
My condolences to the AU Community and to AJ's friends and family. He was a great editor to work with and will live on in our community
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Post by JustinS83
My sympathies and condolences to the AU community and his family. Being from across the world I didn't get to work with AJ much but I always enjoyed our talks; he was a well spoken, knowledgeable, and great to work with.

RIP AJ. You will be missed.
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Post by kahlcolimon
A greeting of respect and gratitude to our colleague. Thank you for your contribution and rest in peace.
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Post by Lasher67
I’m absolutely shocked. What a major loss to the Waze community, and so sudden from a forum/Discord/community perspective. No signs at all. Big shoes to fill...
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Post by ldriveskier
I was saddened to hear of AJ's loss. I've watched the Australian community grow and flourish with AJ's guidance. He was always an advocate for Waze and I could tell he cared deeply about doing things the right way. My sincerest condolences to AJ's family and the Australian community.
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Post by lunarplexus
This is so very sad. Our deepest condolences to the Australian community and his family and friends from the whole Indian community.
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Post by LysdexiaEht
I met AJ while on holiday last year, he and his wife are such amazingly genuine beautiful people, AJ will be greatly missed and my sincerest, most heartfelt condolences.

Rest In Peace :dino:
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Post by MaccaBecca
So sorry to hear. I had no idea there was anything wrong with him :(
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