Hello Wendell, On 9/4/07, wendel abejo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello guys! > > Before I go further, let me introduce myself. I am Wendel "Shoogie" Abejo > of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Cagayan de Oro > regional office. I am the coordinator of the Regional Information Technology > and E-Commerce Committe (RITECC) that looks into the concerns of ICT Region > X. Though RITECC has been here since 1995, probably this is the first time > you hear about this in much the same way that I have learned about yours > just today.
Welcome to the list. > Pardon my intrusion into your group, but I think it is providential that I > "stumbled" into your mail group while looking for the best deal in household > broadband connections. > > Anyway, I have been looking for IT practioners in the region, more > specifically in CDO, who are disciples of open source applications and are > more credible and got more professional wisdom to comment on the Free and > Open Source System (FOSS) bill. I hope to get a position from you guys on > this. Please feed back if you already have one or you are willing to take up > this matter. The RITECC would like to hear from real OSS users so that > RITECC can also give its own position whether to support or not the bill. Please support what we've been working on with Rep. Teddy Casiño. The bill is of interest not only for the government but also for the entire citizens of the country. This will be a long discussion if I have to enumerate them here. Anyway, I don't know all the key persons in the F/OSS community in CDO but for those people I know already left the city and either, they're in Metro Manila or abroad. If you don't mind, you may contact Mr. Dante D. Dinawanao of the MSU-IIT Iligan City <http://www.msuiit.edu.ph/>, although not from CDO. Dante has a very good reputation when it comes to F/OSS, not only in Mindanao area but for the entire country and I believe, also in abroad. > Moreover, i hope you guys, are all members of the Internationl Open Source > Network of the United Nations Development Program > (http://www.iosn.net/author). We need guys like you who can champion the > cause of OSS for development. I believe, one way to combat software piracy > (which, i have to underscore, is a CRIME next only to corruption) is to > provide an inexpensive and powerful alternative. I am not a member of the IOSN-UNDP but I am subscribed to some of their mailing lists. The IOSN-UNDP is composed only of a very few body/members. The IOSN ASEAN+3 regional node <http://www.iosn.net/asean-3> is being managed by Dr. Alvin Marcelo (Doc Eloy) which is also the key person for the TeleHealth project of the PGH. > I think I have said much. I hope to meet any of you around in person. Here's > wishing that you consolidate and strengthen your group. More power. Good luck! More power! > P.S. By the way, I have not gone through all the message thread and profile > of your group. May I know who represents your group? AFAIK, the people who started this mailing list are not in CDO anymore. As I've said earlier, they already left CDO and now, they're in Metro Manila or probably outside the country. May the source be with you. Marvin _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
