[Pacific] FOSS4G Pacific Islands
Edwin Liava'a
liavaa.edwin at gmail.com
Mon Dec 4 12:18:54 PST 2017
Greetings Jeff,
Tonnes of thanks for the encouragement.
Very well noted for our way forward in starting small and continuing
to grow with FOSS4G Pacific Islands.
A blessed day everyone.
cheers,
Ed
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> My advice is to start small, assume small, have an affordable event at a
> university; and grow the FOSS4G-Pacific Islands event each year. If we
> listened to every message of "well odds are against it" then no FOSS4G event
> would have ever happened, anywhere in the world :)
>
> Follow the passion.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> On 2017-12-04 3:36 PM, Martin Isenburg wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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>
>> >> >>> <mailto: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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