Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Mary Kratz
Oz 2007 @ MedInfo? Joseph Dal Molin wrote: should have added to my previous note that. Oz in 07 would be great!!! Joseph Adrian Midgley wrote: On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 20:48 +1100, Horst Herb wrote: I would volunteer to organize it in Australia - sure, it's a long way from

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
OSHCA in Oz @ or before/after Medinfo 2007 Mary Kratz wrote: Oz 2007 @ MedInfo? Joseph Dal Molin wrote: should have added to my previous note that. Oz in 07 would be great!!! Joseph Adrian Midgley wrote: On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 20:48 +1100, Horst Herb wrote: I would

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
Tim, Sorry didn't mean to dampen enthusiasm and imply that a satellite conference in 2007 was impossible to pull offwhat I meant was that in general you need operating capital to be able to pick where you want to hold a meeting. In fact a satellite conference is preferable to

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Horst Herb
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:47, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: to hold a meeting. In fact a satellite conference is preferable to imbedding a meeting in Medinfo because of the cost of registration. A low risk strategy is to find a willing host that can provide the space to meet and ideally food services

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
totally agree about the eggs Tim.Churches wrote: Joseph Dal Molin wrote: Tim, Sorry didn't mean to dampen enthusiasm and imply that a satellite conference in 2007 was impossible to pull offwhat I meant was that in general you need operating capital to be able to pick where

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-18 Thread Horst Herb
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:34, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: Adrian, thanks for the smile and words of wisdom.hopefully it won't be long before we have an opportunity to meet again. One of the first things on the OSHCA agenda IMHO should be a conference. Every one we had was unique and inspiring

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-18 Thread Adrian Midgley
On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 20:48 +1100, Horst Herb wrote: I would volunteer to organize it in Australia - sure, it's a long way from anywhere else, but it can be damn nice, it's safe, and it can be very cheap too once the flight has been paid. Australia between August 2006 and February 2007

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-18 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
should have added to my previous note that. Oz in 07 would be great!!! Joseph Adrian Midgley wrote: On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 20:48 +1100, Horst Herb wrote: I would volunteer to organize it in Australia - sure, it's a long way from anywhere else, but it can be damn nice, it's safe,

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-18 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
James, Here is a quick review of how past sponsorship of past events came about: Meeting 1 - Rome - Bud Bruegger, one of the founders of OSHCA, was working on an open source lab project for a joint FAO/IAEA initiative. Bud's clients provided meeting space and refreshmentsattendees

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-17 Thread Heitzso
Completely off topic and hence off list reply ... thanks for the image. I often talk about how management or a new manager needs to pee on the bush (make his/her mark?) and its best just to understand that the ancient ape stuff needs to happen ... Anyway, thanks for a morning smile. Thank

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-17 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
Adrian, thanks for the smile and words of wisdom.hopefully it won't be long before we have an opportunity to meet again. One of the first things on the OSHCA agenda IMHO should be a conference. Every one we had was unique and inspiring event and essential to community building

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-16 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
Thank you Brian! This is an excellent solution, and very timely as believe that we are finally at a real tipping point in the adoption of the open source model in the health sector. The existence of a community driven, professional forum is critical to synergy, credibility and success for all

Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-16 Thread Adrian Midgley
Thank you, Brian. What we need to do I think is to all have dinner together one day. An academic and political programme is of course important, but so is the ancient ape stuff. In the absence of that large dinner, let us all behave as if we had been to it, and thus had done the H. Sapiens