[Pacific] Fwd: FOSS4G Pacific Islands

Edwin Liava'a etuini.liavaa at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 12:59:28 PDT 2018


Hi Jeff,

Very received and noted for appropriate action with tonnes of thanks.

Please point domain (http://islands.foss4g.org) to 103.245.160.246

A blessed day.

Best regards,

Edwin

On 4 August 2018 at 08:49, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
wrote:

> 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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