Mabuhay Pilipinas! IOSN ASEAN+3 joins the Philippine open source community in congratulating DabaweGNU and freeIT as those among hundreds of SFD2008 Teams in 90 countries who made it to the top and special spots in this year's SFD event.
More at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008 Indeed, it is with great joy and pride to see the Philippines - particularly those from Mindanao - reaching out, sharing and touching lives to both technical and non-technical groups and pursuing advocacy in the adoption and use of Free/Open Source Software in line with the objectives of the IOSN ASEAN+3. The SFD2008 DabaweGNU Team, led by Holden Hao made it to the top 3 with Nepal and Nicaragua and won for each team a pair of OLPC laptops from SFD International. DabaweGNU has been a reliable partner of IOSN ASEAN+3 in its various projects. SFD2008 Team freeIT, led by Mylene Sereno, is from the Mindanao State University in General Santos City. MSU-GenSan is the first OpenHUB state university designated by the IOSN ASEAN+3 as a F/OSS resource center for the SoCSKSarGen (South Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos) region. Its SFD2008 participation is another important step in its aim to raise awareness and appreciation of F/OSS among the various individuals and groups in General Santos City and thereby facilitating its outreach program to other areas in the region. DabaweGNU and freeIT - as SFD2008 winners - have successfully fulfilled its mission to tell the world that F/OSS in the Philippines is alive and kicking. DabaweGNU and freeIT - as strong F/OSS groups in their communities - have further reached out and shared the benefits and advantages of what F/OSS can bring to their personal and professional lives. DabaweGNU and freeIT - as reliable partners and volunteers to IOSN ASEAN+3 - have truly earned our highest regards to their unwavering support our shared advocacy in building capacities through F/OSS. DabaweGNU and freeIT, truly Pinoy's pride and role models for the Pinoy F/OSS community! To the rest of the SFD2008 Philippine and other world teams, our equally sincere gratitude for all jobs well done. MABUHAY Pilipinas! Mabuhay F/OSS! Mabuhay SFD2008! All the best with F/OSS, Francisco "Francis" E. Sarmiento III, MD Program Manager for Southeast Asia International Open Source Network ASEAN+3 Sub-Regional Node University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center 3rd Floor I.T. Complex Philippine General Hospital Compound Taft Avenue, 1000 MANILA, Philippines Telefax no: +00 63 2 522 9231 Mobile PLDT landline: (02) 6929711 Mobile: +63 915 8501111 Website: http://www.iosn.net List: http://lists.iosn.net/mailman/listinfo/iosn-general Let's CONNECT, RECONNECT, and INTERCONNECT with FOSS! ----------------------- IOSN ASEAN+3 was established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) thru the Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) initiative.
