[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

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

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
/06, Dr Molly Cheah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

[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 - updates so far....

2006-01-20 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
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 wrote: Dr Molly Cheah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Molly, I have made some changes

[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

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 explanatory on your question who owns the domain name

[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 and

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 OSHCA

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 Tim seems

[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 which

[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, competition

[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] [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

[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