Re: [openhealth] Re: Qualitative Research in Health Informatics was:Webmergence

2007-03-19 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Hi Tim, How have you been? You're aware of the upcoming OSHCA conference in KL from 8-11 May? Why don't you present this paper that you're writing at the conference? There is funding for travel, hotel, food. Just send an abstract of less than 250 words to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope to see you i

[openhealth] OSHCA Conference & possible use of FOSS Inter-Regional Exchange Grants

2007-02-27 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
OSHCA Conference - reminder announcement May 8 -11 2007, Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur http://oshca.org/conference/Conference2007 Feel free to re-post this to other mailling lists. The OSHCA Conference Programme will provide you with the opportunity to showcase your FOSS projects, share your FOSS

Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks.. OSHCA conference

2007-02-18 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Thanks for your offer Paul. You've probably missed OSHCA's call for presentation at its coming conference from May 8-11 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. The date had been changed from May 1 to accommodate request from those who wish to attend HIMSS Asia-Pacific in S'pore. We're making some changes to the

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA Conference Preparation

2007-01-26 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Christian Heller wrote: >Hello All, > >I have the honour of informing you that we've held our first OSHCA >committee meeting yesterday. The meeting minutes will follow later. >One major discussion point was the upcoming OSHCA conference, whose >tentative program, date and place are listed at: >htt

[openhealth] Call for Participants

2006-12-05 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Asian eHealth Research Network for Developing Countries Angeles University (Philippines) in collaboration with Asian partners at Aga Khan University (Pakistan), the Molave Development Foundation (Philippines), Primary Care Doctor's Organization (Malaysia) and the Univers

[openhealth] [fossap] Asia Source II: Call for Applications

2006-11-01 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
*** Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. *** [fossap] Asia Source II: Call for Applications >Dear Friends, > >This is a call for applications for Asia Source II: Free and Open Source >Technologies for NGOs [Non Government Organisations] and SMEs [S

[openhealth] [fossap] Asia Source II: Call for Applications

2006-11-01 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
[fossap] Asia Source II: Call for Applications >Dear Friends, > >This is a call for applications for Asia Source II: Free and Open Source >Technologies for NGOs [Non Government Organisations] and SMEs [Small and >Medium Enterprises] from 22nd to 30th of January 2007 in Indonesia. The >organisers a

[openhealth] Announcement - OSHCA registration

2006-10-31 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I am pleased to announce that OSHCA is now registered and will receive its registration certificate by next week. The OSHCA web-portal http://oshca.org had been up and operating since August 9th 2006. As it is hosted temporarily on the Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) Server, it is

[openhealth] Public Domain & Open Standards discussion at WIPO: What did Mexico, India, Chile and Australia say?

2006-08-02 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
> > >http://fromgeneva.blogspot.com/2006/07/public-domain-open-standards.html >2 July 2006 >Thiru Balasubramaniam > >The recently concluded WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposals related >to a Development Agenda (PCDA) meeting (26-30 June 2006) saw a rich >discussion on the public domain, competit

[openhealth] Re: OSHCA Inaugural Meeting: not-for-profit membership

2006-04-24 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Hi Irving, In Malaysia we still refer to organisations such as the Free MED Foundation as Civil Society by nature of its not-for-profit status. Article 5.4.2.1 provides for registration of non-profits under ". or its equivalent" which refers to Incorporation limited by guarantee and whic

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-22 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
What Tim's response is what I was eluding to. Here's the relevant article in the constitution. *6.1 - * The Committee shall prescribe a list of equitable membership entrance fee for different countries based on the UNDP’s 2005 Human Development Index (HDI) of the country. The entrance fee paya

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-22 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Thomas Beale wrote: >>A fund would then make sense to support these. >>But I would like to postpone this discussion to the day when need arises. >>    >> >doesn't the fact of paying the same number but in your own currency fix >this? E.g. 50AUD, 50M$, 50Euro, 50rupiah, 50USD, 50yuan etc? But

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA inaugural meeting - important announcement

2006-04-21 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I believe that OSHCA should be a not-for-profit but not a charitable organisation. "Free" sometimes attract the wrong type of people who "may" make up the numbers but do not show commitment to OSHCA's cause. Besides there is a cost in servicing these free riders and I don't think we want OSH

[openhealth] What is OSHCA going to be

2006-03-28 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Based on recent postings perhaps I am wrong in using the term "incorporation" for ressurrecting OSHCA and making it a legal entity. I can understand the fear of business-minded individuals. I would from now on use the word "registration". I would like to re-post the Vision, Mission, Principles

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-28 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
My apologies, I mean qualify the governance of OSHCA's "assets" Molly Dr Molly Cheah wrote: >I've "copy and paste" the email from Networksolutions on the completion >of the transfer of oshca.org from Minoru Corporation to OSHCA which is >self explanator

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-28 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I've "copy and paste" the email from Networksolutions on the completion of the transfer of oshca.org from Minoru Corporation to OSHCA which is self explanatory on your question "who owns the domain name". oshca.net is the other domain name that is owned by OSHCA. Nationally the incorporation of

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-28 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I know you mean well for OSHCA Richard. I'm afraid you've got your information all wrong with regards to Malaysia's Constitutional Monarchy. You need to know history of Malaya (and now Malaysia with Sabah and Sarawak) in order to understand the current socio-political and legal systems here. It

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - further updates

2006-01-28 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
#x27;m taking this opportunity to take a break as well. "Gong Xi Fa Cai" to all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year. Rgds, Molly Adrian Midgley wrote: >On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 10:22 +0800, Dr Molly Cheah wrote: > > > >>Someone else e-mailed me privately to be wary of c

[openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - further updates

2006-01-22 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Hi all, We need to move to the next stage for resurrection. 1. Where to incorporate It has been pointed out that its critical that OSHCA has an international focus. I think there is an agreement that incorporation should be in a developing country, though I have received e-mails privately sugges

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - updates so far....

2006-01-20 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
h Information Standards and >commit/coax/advocate? adherence to them > However, we'll amend No: 3 to read > 3. Make recommendations on Guidelines on Health Information Standards > to support open data (?data interchange and data language) standards Molly Nandalal Gunaratne wrot

Re: [openhealth] Digest Number 130

2006-01-20 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Wayne Wilson wrote: >openhealth@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > > >>I'd like to see something like OSCHA help bring all of the disparate >>projects and software together into a single, unified voice for open >>standards. That would have a much better effect in making inroads than >>lawmakers trying t

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - updates so far....

2006-01-18 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I'll incorporate the suggestions into the statement after (hopefully) I get more views coming in. I'll appreciate if you can help refine the other mission statements. There are some that can be combined and some need to be further qualified? I am also looking forward to comments from those

[openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - updates so far....

2006-01-18 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Hi everyone, I've tried to put together views expresed so far, but runs into difficulty at some points. The Mission statements are a bit unruly. Needs help. Vision: Free and Open Source Health Care Software will provide a viable and sustainable alternative in mainstream ICT for positive impact

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-17 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
ity control on open source software development, etc. Molly Dr Molly Cheah wrote: >I agree that we need to look at existing organisations for refining what >OSHCA should be. Another similar organisation is http://www.nosi.net, a >nonprofit Open Source Initiative to bridge the gap between

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-17 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I agree that we need to look at existing organisations for refining what OSHCA should be. Another similar organisation is http://www.nosi.net, a nonprofit Open Source Initiative to bridge the gap between nonprofits and the open source communities. Thomas had also added additional reasons for re

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
hat we do not have... > >Regards, >Fred Trotter > > >On 1/15/06, Dr Molly Cheah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Will, >> >>When we're discussing resurrecting OSHCA, we're going beyond organising >>conferences, which organisations

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Will, When we're discussing resurrecting OSHCA, we're going beyond organising conferences, which organisations like IMIA,AMIA or any organisations advocating open source can do from time to time. We've also gone beyond the debate on the need for incorporation; the issues, pros and cons are in

[openhealth] CBMS2006 - Special Track: The Use of OSS and ODF in Health and Medical Systems

2005-12-08 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
CALL FOR PAPERS The Use of OSS and ODF in Health and Medical Systems Jun 22-23, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah Special Track at the 19th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems The support of Open Source Software (OSS) and Open Do

Re: [openhealth] Digest Number 93

2005-11-10 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Thank you Alric for the offer. My priority is to get OSHCA formed as an organisation, possibly with those who express support for its formation as founding members. Views on this? We will need real names to include into documentation for formation. We haven't reach the stage of "plan of action"

Re: [openhealth] Re: WSIS Tunis

2005-11-10 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Hi Wayne, Good to hear from you after such a long time. I look forward to meeting Mary. The potential to work on projects especially those targeting achieving the MDGs are so plentiful, especially with support from almost all Govts, NGOs, the UN system not forgetting the academic sectors and o