[Pacific] FOSS4G Pacific Islands

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Nomeneta,

I believe the momentum now is for the upcoming FOSS4G-Sotm-Oceania 
event, which will be held in Melbourne Australia in November 
(https://foss4g-oceania.org/).

But speaking openly here, I wonder if having a venue in the Pacific 
Islands for next year's location of FOSS4G-Sotm-Oceania is possible. 
This would need to be discussed with the current organizers of 
FOSS4G-Sotm-Oceania of course.  I bet they would be open to this idea!

That is one idea that I had.

But at the same time, I don't want to squash the initial momentum that 
we were creating for the first FOSS4G-Pacific Islands.

Thoughts?

-jeff



On 2018-08-03 3:37 AM, Nomeneta Saili wrote:
> Hi Guys/Gals,
> 
> Just wondering if there any movement on this and if the FOSSGIS 
> conference is going ahead this year?
> 
> On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 10:59 AM Edwin Liava'a <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com 
> <mailto:liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Greetings Jeff,
> 
>     Wow, this is great news indeed.
> 
>     Tonnes of thanks for your never ending support.
> 
>     We will get back once all is ready.
> 
>     A blessed day.
> 
>     cheers,
> 
>     Ed
> 
>     On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 4:28 AM, Jeff McKenna
>     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
>      > Hi Edwin,
>      >
>      > Sorry for the delay, but I finally have access to make this
>     change.  The
>      > domain http://islands.foss4g.org now points to the IP address
>     210.7.6.3
>      >
>      > Please let me know if that works for you.
>      >
>      > Hope you like it!  :)
>      >
>      > PS. the saying applies here: "good things come to those who wait" ha!
>      >
>      > -jeff
>      >
>      >
>      > --
>      > Jeff McKenna
>      > President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
>      > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > On 2017-12-22 6:09 PM, Edwin Liava'a wrote:
>      >>
>      >> Hi Jeff,
>      >>
>      >> Here is the IP Address of the Server 210.7.6.3
>      >>
>      >> A blessed joyous Christmas and a prosperous new year to you all.
>      >>
>      >> Tonnes of thanks once again.
>      >>
>      >> cheers,
>      >>
>      >> Ed
>      >>
>      >> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:52 AM, Jeff McKenna
>      >> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
>      >>>
>      >>> Hi Ed,
>      >>>
>      >>> Regarding the possible domain http://islands.foss4g.org
>     we/OSGeo can
>      >>> definitely set the domain up, but we would need the IP address
>     of the
>      >>> server
>      >>> to point to, that will host that domain.  Please let me know
>     once you are
>      >>> ready to host that.
>      >>>
>      >>> -jeff
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>> On 2017-11-13 1:34 PM, Jeff McKenna 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
>