[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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