[Pacific] Fwd: FOSS4G Pacific Islands
Jeff McKenna
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Fri Aug 3 13:25:06 PDT 2018
Hi Edwin,
I have made that change to the domain, it may take a day to propagate,
but you'll soon be in action :)
Also, be sure to kindly talk directly with John Bryant from the
FOSS4G-sotm-Oceania team about these plans, we don't want clashes or
removing anyone's spotlight :)
Thanks,
-jeff
On 2018-08-03 4:59 PM, Edwin Liava'a wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Very received and noted for appropriate action with tonnes of thanks.
>
> Please point domain (http://islands.foss4g.org
> <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
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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>>
> <mailto: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>>
> <mailto: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>
> <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>>
> <mailto: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>>>
> >>>>> <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
> <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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