[Pacific] FOSS4G Pacific Islands
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vasiti.soko at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 4 14:57:24 PST 2017
I like jeff's end quote.." follow the passion"
Happy to help and contribute to this Ed
Vinaka
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 at 7:15, 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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