[tlug] Request for assistance to establish LUGs contact in Okinawa

["Francisco Sarmiento III" <francis.sarmiento3@example.com>]

Greetings from Manila, Philippines!

 

I'm Dr. Francis E. Sarmiento III, Project Support Officer of the IOSN ASEAN+3 Sub-Regional Node, which is based at the University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center, headed by Regional Manager Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo.

Dr. Marcelo will be arriving at Okinawa on 14 June 2007 and returns to Manila, Philippines on 16 June 2007.  He will be attending the 21st Pacific Science Congress Okinawa as one of the presenters.  URL:  http://www.psc21.net/

During his stay, he wishes to meet up with OLUG officers and members to discuss possible
collaboration on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) advocacy and activities with your group and Okinawa's FOSS community.

 

You may contact him thru his roaming mobile phone +63.917.645.0779 or +63.917.801.4527 upon his rrival on 14 June.  His email addresses are alvinbmarcelo[at]yahoo[dot]com  or alvin[dot]marcelo[at]gmail[dot]com . He will gladly welcome your call for an arrangement for a meeting.

 

Further details on his Okinawa stay will be provided as information becomes available.

 

IOSN ASEAN+3 looks forward to seeing you. 

 

Thank you very much for your attention and continued interest.
 

 

Yours truly,
 

Francisco "Francis" E. Sarmiento III, MD
Project Support Officer
UNDP-International Open Source Network
ASEAN+3 Sub-Regional Node

University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center
3rd Floor I.T. Complex, PGH Compound
Taft Avenue, 1000 MANILA, Philippines
Telefax no: +00 63 2 5256501
Mobile: +63 915 8501111
Website: http://www.iosn.net
 

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INTERNATIONAL OPEN SOURCE NETWORK (IOSN)

IOSN is a United Nations Develpment Programme (UNDP) Centre of Excellence in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) for the Asia-Pacific region. It was established by UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) in 2002 through the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. Through a virtual secretariat - and now a network of sub-regional centres, IOSN South Asia (based in India), IOSN Pacific Islands Countries (Fiji), and IOSN ASEAN+3 ( Philippines), it shapes its activities around FOSS technologies and applications; awareness and advocacy; and capacity building initiatives.

IOSN ASEAN+3 sub-regional centre for the Southeast Asian countries is based at the University of Philippines Manila. The geographical mandate of IOSN ASEAN+3 encompasses Brunei, Cambodia , Indonesia, Laos , Malaysia, Myanmar , Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea. IOSN ASEAN+3 is tasked specifically to facilitate and network FOSS advocates, experts, and developers in these 13 countries to foster the adoption of FOSS. The vision is to have developing countries in these countries achieve rapid and sustained economic and social development with the utilisation of affordable yet effective FOSS ICT solutions to bridge the digital divide.

 

URL: http://www.iosn.net/