[Pacific] Fwd: FOSS4G Pacific Islands
Nomeneta Saili
nome.saili at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 21:29:37 PDT 2018
Thank you all. Great the conference in Melbourne is going ahead. One of two
from our company will attend
Edwin, congrats with the new position. Really great. Will come and see you
when I come over to Tonga.
Regards,
Nome
On 4 Aug 2018 8:24 AM, "Edwin Liava'a" <etuini.liavaa at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi John,
Greetings from the Pacific and great knowing that Vasiti is our Ambassador
in the FOSS4G Oceania planning committee.
Likewise, we are totally in on collaboration with your team for a stronger
connections among our communities.
We will definitely keep in touch and very much interested in the travel
grant program across the region.
A blessed day.
All the best,
Edwin
On 4 August 2018 at 11:16, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Great to hear that things are moving forward with FOSS4G in the Pacific
> Islands! We're hopeful that the Oceania event can contribute to your
> efforts, and would be very happy to have input from anyone in the Pacific
> Islands region on how we can best serve this community.
>
> Our planning committee was recently made stronger by the addition of
> Vasiti Soko, I hope we can continue to develop strong bonds throughout
> Oceania. Jonah Sullivan is also on our committee and has strong connections
> to the Pacific community.
>
> I'd like to take this opportunity to let you know that we're developing a
> travel grant program to assist attendees from across the region, details
> will be coming very soon. We would be very happy to have a strong
> representation from the Pacific Islands at our event in November!
>
> Let's definitely stay in touch, and work together to make sure our events
> are complementary and not competing. Looking forward to growing FOSS4G
> together with you :)
>
> Best of luck,
> John
>
> On Sat., 4 Aug. 2018, 7:36 am Edwin Liava'a, <etuini.liavaa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Very well received and noted for appropriate action.
>>
>> Yes, I will keep John Bryant in the loop to avoid any clashes :)
>>
>> Many thanks once again.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Edwin
>>
>> On 4 August 2018 at 09:25, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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