[Pacific] FOSS4G Pacific Islands

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Fri Aug 3 12:49:52 PDT 2018


Hi Edwin,

Congratulations on your CEO position.

Wow this is wonderful news about the green light for FOSS4G-Pacific 
Islands!  I think you should start working on a conference logo 
(remember to include the FOSS4G ribbon of course, as the examples at 
http://foss4g.org); maybe this could be a local student contest, to 
design the logo and the winner gets a free registration).

Also, please let me know when you have an IP address to point the domain 
to (http://islands.foss4g.org).

-jeff



On 2018-08-03 4:43 PM, Edwin Liava'a wrote:
> Greetings Jeff and Nome,
> 
> My sincere apology for the long pause.
> 
> I took up a CEO position here in Tonga in February and have been tied up 
> with that.
> 
> On the same token, I am also involved in setting up an ICT TaskForce 
> which include a Geospatial, GIS and Remote Sensing and FOSS working groups.
> 
> We completed logistics yesterday and now we have the green light for 
> keep the moment of FOSS4G-Pacific Islands moving forward hoping to host 
> it Fiji or here in Tonga.
> 
> Do you have any suggestions?
> 
> A blessed day to you both.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Edwin
> 
> 
> 
> On 4 August 2018 at 05:55, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com 
> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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>
>         <mailto: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>
>              <mailto: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
>         <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>
>              <mailto: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>>
>               >>>>> <mailto: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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