Thanks, Edoardo We are also in support of Adams's comment. We look forward to work with experienced committee members - should we be successful
Many thanks vasiti On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 4:53 AM Edoardo Neerhut <e...@mapillary.com> wrote: > Thank you to all who put this bid together. It would be wonderful to see > FOSS4G SotM Oceania in Fiji. > I agree with Adam's comments about continuity. I think the success of our > conferences will be greater when we have a proportion of each year who stay > on to support the incoming conference committee. > > I was not familiar with the Pasifika term but just Googled it and it makes > a lot of sense, particularly with the diverse team proposed so far. > > On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 04:00, Edwin Liava'a <etuini.lia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Please find latest updates here >> https://gist.github.com/FidelChe/193e1d16e9ce28dadd731c471d637de0 >> >> cheers, >> >> Ed >> >> On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 14:06, Vasiti Soko <vasiti.s...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thank you, Adam and we as committee agree in principle with you >>> >>> In summary with all the questions raised yesterday - please find our >>> feedback below >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> In reference to your queries, we believe that the adage 'if it ain't >>> broke, dont fix it' is quite apt. Therefore we would like to continue with >>> the original template of having the existing committee members working in >>> collaboration with new members in making the event a successful one. In >>> short - Locals lead with lots and lots of helpers >>> >>> We have also agreed on the brand name to be used i.e. FOSS4G SotM >>> Oceania - Pasifika to further illustrate the geographical importance of all >>> the small island states with our bigger neighbors Australia and New >>> Zealand, and of course the wider SotM community for more international >>> inclusiveness. In short, we conquer to use " FOSS4G SotM Oceania - >>> Pasifika" >>> >>> Our colleague Edwin will be making the changes to our LOI online to >>> reflect the above >>> >>> On behalf of the committee >>> vasiti >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 12:23 PM adam steer <adam.d.st...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Vasiti, >>>> >>>> Thanks for your very open consideration of the questions raised here, >>>> it’s really confidence inspiring to see. >>>> >>>> A quick comment following up from Andrew’s question and based on the >>>> google doc: SotM is the ‘brand’ for conferences of the OpenStreetMap >>>> community >>>> >>>> …and an unsolicited opinion which I hope doesn’t conflict with OSGeo >>>> Oceania board directives/visions/??: the SotM (State of the Map) >>>> component is really important and in my mind should be always part of the >>>> branding / event plan for OSGeo Oceania supported events. We want both >>>> OSGeo and OpenStreetMap represented. >>>> >>>> Maybe one day we can come up with less verbose branding for our >>>> regional conferences which is inclusive of OSGeo *and* OSM. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 13:48, Vasiti Soko <vasiti.s...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ok everybody >>>>> >>>>> I have copied this question in the google doc >>>>> >>>>> pls answer there then we can summarise all into 1 statement >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 3:45 PM Andrew Harvey < >>>>> andrew.harv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> > FOSS4G Pasifika 2020 >>>>>> >>>>>> For clarification, is the intent to host a joint FOSS4G + SotM >>>>>> conference or just FOSS4G? The letter of intent sometimes drops the SotM >>>>>> component other times includes it so just looking to clarify this please. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Adam Steer >>>> http://spatialised.net >>>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer >>>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer >>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236 >>>> +61 427 091 712 :: @adamdsteer >>>> >>>> Suits are bad for business: >>>> http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/ >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Edwin Liava'a >> Chief Executive Officer >> Tonga Cable Limited >> Vuna Road, Sopu >> P O Box 33, Nuku’alofa, Tonga >> Telephone: (+676) 21616 >> Web: www.tongacable.to | Email: c...@tongacable.to >> >> 武士道 >> "Always At Your Service" >> >> DISCLAIMER: >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and >> may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in >> error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. 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