[Pacific] FOSS4G Pacific Islands

Martin Isenburg martin.isenburg at gmail.com
Mon Dec 4 11:36:09 PST 2017 

Hello,

not to douse anyone's excitement, but having just attended the main annual
geospatial event in the region (the Pacific GIS and RS 2017 conference)
whose attendance numbers were not that great, I wonder how realistic a
separate conference event FOSS4G Pacific really is. Travel money seems
***incredibly*** tight in the region so I have my doubts that you can bring
together a crowd large enough to have an actual conference. That said the
enthusiasm for geospatial open source seems great and the severe lack of
money makes open source a strong candidate for many sectors usually
dominated by commercial GIS. I could imagine that a series of smaller event
such as workshops that can travel from island to island could be a
successful approach for the Pacific Islands.

Regards,

Martin

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Edwin Liava'a <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Greetings Nome,
>
> Tonnes of thanks for the positive response.
>
> Definitely working towards making FOSS4G a reality for the Pacific
> Islands region.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ed
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Nomeneta Saili <nome.saili at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > This is excellent. Yes definitely support this. Will definately come as
> well
> > as one other staff for any future events Ed.
> >
> > Malo lava
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nome
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Edwin Liava'a <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Tonnes of thanks Vasiti,
> >>
> >> We are still working on logistics and our infrastructure.
> >>
> >> Once we have completed setting-up our Server and network all
> >> workstations then we will bring you all up-to-date on our courses.
> >>
> >> On the same note, I have NOT tried using IntraMaps but will give it a
> try.
> >>
> >> A blessed evening to you.
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Yahoo Mail Team <vasiti.soko at yahoo.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > Thanks Ed,
> >> >
> >> > And well done on the move by far...i have some staff asking whether
> >> > uni.fiji
> >> > has started course on prommaning language? Java, python?
> >> >
> >> > In addition to the above, just a call out, has anyone used intramaps
> >> > roam?
> >> > Its open source and used mainly for gis mobility?
> >> >
> >> > If you have please can you share some lights as to your experience on
> >> > the
> >> > software?
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks,
> >> > Vasiti
> >> >
> >> > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 at 7:04, Edwin Liava'a
> >> > <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Greetings All,
> >> >
> >> > As part of our logistics to start mobilizing FOSS4G Pacific Islands, I
> >> > would like to invite to you all to participate in designing a logo for
> >> > the event.
> >> >
> >> > We would also start an initiative here with the Students at the
> >> > University of Fiji and GeoForAll Lab.
> >> >
> >> > On the same token we will also provide the Server IP address soon.
> >> >
> >> > A blessed day to you all.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Jeff McKenna
> >> > <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> >> >> Hi Ed,
> >> >>
> >> >> Great, I'm happy to help and promote, as it will be great for the
> local
> >> >> community.  (sorry for the odd domain suggestion ha)
> >> >>
> >> >> I wonder also, if a local student or designer would be interested in
> >> >> drafting a logo, that includes the FOSS4G ribbon of course (see
> ribbons
> >> >> at
> >> >> http://foss4g.org) for the potential FOSS4G-Pacific Islands event?
> >> >>
> >> >> Or am I going too fast?  Just thinking out loud.
> >> >>
> >> >> Exciting.
> >> >>
> >> >> -jeff
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 2017-11-13 1:24 PM, Edwin Liava'a wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Greetings Jeff,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Tonnes of thanks for your kind support and yes, a FOSS4G event will
> be
> >> >>> a
> >> >>> great booster to our local community.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Cheers,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Ed
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Nov 14, 2017 2:16 AM, "Jeff McKenna" <
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> >> >>> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>    Hi Ed,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>    I think creating a FOSS4G-Pacfic Islands event is a wonderful
> idea.
> >> >>>    Indeed the Pacific Islands chapter of OSGeo has been so active
> and
> >> >>>    with a lot of history back to 2012.  Please add me to these
> >> >>>    discussions, I would like to help create this first FOSS4G event
> >> >>>    with your vibrant local community.  (I am also a member of your
> >> >>>    chapter mailing list now) Can I suggest that a first step be to
> >> >>>    purchase a domain name for the event?  Something like:
> >> >>>    http://foss4g.com/fj
> >> >>>
> >> >>>    thanks,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>    -jeff
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>    On 2017-11-12 10:13 PM, Edwin Liava'a wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        Greetings Colleagues,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        It's a pity that the Pacific Islands GIS/RS Conference is
> now a
> >> >>>        predominantly owned SPC initiative.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        Maybe they should rename it to SPC GIS/RS Conference because
> >> >>> they
> >> >>>        won't allow GeoForAll a presentation slot even-though we've
> >> >>> already
> >> >>>        registered for it.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        Anyway, let by-gones-be-by-gones. I am totally grateful for
> >> >>> this
> >> >>>        eye-opener so we can start logistics on mobilizing a Pacific
> >> >>> FOSS4G
> >> >>>        event for all Pacific Islanders and NOT just the SPC Elite:)
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        A blessed day to you all.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        cheers,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>        Ed
> >> >>>        _____
> >> >>>
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