GNOME developer and friend Travis Reitter http://treitter.livejournal.com/ recently struck down by scary thing I'd not heard of before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain%E2%80%93Barr%C3%A9_syndrome recovery plausible but arduous.

Fund for his family https://www.gofundme.com/travis-katie-reitter-support-fund

According to FB they are overwhelmed and don't want messages at this point.