From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Tue Apr 10 10:38:56 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Tue Apr 10 09:09:56 2007 Subject: [participants] [Fwd: [GKP_List1] ICT4D Events Alert - May 2007] Message-ID: <461AF8C0.9010906@pc.jaring.my> FYI -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: gkps@gkps.org.my Subject: [GKP_List1] ICT4D Events Alert - May 2007 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:22:06 +0800 (GMT+08:00) Size: 21288 Url: http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070410/c0a78e02/GKP_List1ICT4DEventsAlert-May2007.mht From conference at oshca.org Wed Apr 11 05:54:03 2007 From: conference at oshca.org (OSHCA Conference) Date: Wed Apr 11 05:05:22 2007 Subject: [participants] Acceptance of Abstracts & Replies Message-ID: <461C077B.4050501@oshca.org> Dear participants. All those who submit abstracts for presentation at OSHCA 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, would have received your acceptance letter from Wayne Wilson by now. Please send all replies, enquiries etc. to conference@oshca.org. Please inform conference@oshca.org if you have not received the acceptance e-mail. Do "not" book your flights unless you are paying for it yourself with "no" reimbursement from OSHCA until you have received approval for support. Those who are to be funded by IOSN South India, IOSN ASEAN+3, IOSN Pacific Islands and InWEnt will "not" get approval until we have liased with them. For those who are only coming for their presentation, we will inform you of the date as soon as it is confirmed. For travel related item, OSHCA will not be able to support you for travel between your house and the airport in your home country. Rgds, Molly From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Thu Apr 12 05:33:26 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Thu Apr 12 04:03:58 2007 Subject: [participants] Acceptance of Abstracts & Replies In-Reply-To: References: <461C077B.4050501@oshca.org> <8A4C5DCE-E478-4D0E-BBAC-13D689984B2B@mendocinohre.org> Message-ID: <461D5426.4090504@pc.jaring.my> All Committee members and participants of OSHCA 2007 please take note of the various e-mail addresses, mailling lists and instructions in the forms. Please take a little time to read the instructions and not let the e-mails fly all over the place, causing confusion. All these information had been sent to the Committee before when they were created. They're probably in the OSHCA Manual in the intranet somewhere. Only OSHCA Committee members can e-mail to oshca_committee@oshca.org. Anyone else please don't c.c. to this email because it won't get through. (I have just added Jason a few days ago because he is helping me to monitor the timatable and I got tired of forwarding comments from TC to him). The committee mailing list is strictly for committee members use only. Anyone can e-mail to conference@oshca.org to submit abstracts, travel cost estimate form, conference reg form and anything to do with the conference. This is currently redirected to TC. All those interested to get updates on the conference must subscribe themselves to participants@oshca.org. They can also unsubscribe (I have subscribed all those who sent abstracts, but the onus is on them to ensure that they do and thereafter use the same e-mail address that they subscribe with). So if you want to sent any information to a participant, but think that that information may be relevant to others, send it to participants@oshca.org Anyone can subscribe to participants even though they are not coming to the conference to get updates, otherwise they will have to rely on the OSHCA web-site and the Openhealth list and any other web sites that are kind enough to link or put information on the conference there. Anyone can email secretariat@oshca.org (which is redirected to president, secretary, asst secretary and treasurer) to send membership forms, money, donations and anything to do with the organisation OSHCA per se. I suggest that we still use the committee mailing list for all internal discussions, the participants list for all discussions with participants and to use the conference@oshca.org for participants (not just presenters) to send forms to, and information about themselves that they don't want other participants to have. Use participants@oshca.org for alldiscussions on conference that everybody would know or should know about the conference, including updates. Please don't send the time table while it is still in a flux, as it may cause more confusion. Molly Wayne Wilson wrote: > On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Will Ross wrote: > >> All the travel attachments require OOo 2.2 to view and I only have >> OOo 1.1 and the software mirror is down so I can't download OOo 2.2. > > > > I have sent you the forms in OO1 format. We should put both formats > up on our web site (something I can't do right now) in public > download section. > > I only updated my home machine this weekend as I tried to load some > documents that I created at work and realized the format had been > upgraded, so I know the pain. > From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Thu Apr 12 06:04:02 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Thu Apr 12 04:34:35 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: [openhealth] OSHCA Hotel In-Reply-To: <461D2B08.4060404@fnf.com> References: <461D2B08.4060404@fnf.com> Message-ID: <461D5B52.4090000@pc.jaring.my> Yes. There is negotiated rates (its in the conf registration form) > Hotel Accommodation : *Superior Room *@ *RM180.00 nett per room per > night * > > * Deluxe Room @ RM230.00 nett per room per night * > > * Deluxe Studio @ RM300.00 nett per room per night* > > * (rates inclusive of breakfast)* > Current exchange rate is RM3.45:USD1 Can someone put this information on the oshca web-site too, including KLIA Express from KLIA to KL Sentral (28 minutes on a train for RM35). Logistics will make arrangements for KL Sentral to Federal Hotel (approx. RM15 by taxi and less by monorail) For those arriving by low cost carrier at LCCT, the airbus is RM9 from LCCT to KL Sentral. Beware of touts. They're everywhere. Molly K.S. Bhaskar wrote: >Can someone please confirm that the OSHCA hotel is: > >The Federal >35, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia >Tel : (603) 2148 9166 >Fax: (603) 2148 2877 >http://www.federal.com.my/ > >Also, is there a special rate negotiated for OSHCA participants or >should we just contact the hotel and ask for their best rate? > >Thank you very much. > >Regards >-- Bhaskar > > > > > From tanboonteck at gmail.com Thu Apr 12 10:18:38 2007 From: tanboonteck at gmail.com (Jason Tan Boon Teck) Date: Thu Apr 12 08:49:11 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: [openhealth] OSHCA Hotel In-Reply-To: <461D5B52.4090000@pc.jaring.my> References: <461D2B08.4060404@fnf.com> <461D5B52.4090000@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: Molly, user tanbt have no rights to publish on oshca.org. On 4/12/07, Molly Cheah wrote: > Yes. There is negotiated rates (its in the conf registration form) > > > Hotel Accommodation : *Superior Room *@ *RM180.00 nett per room per > > night * > > > > * Deluxe Room @ RM230.00 nett per room per night * > > > > * Deluxe Studio @ RM300.00 nett per room per night* > > > > * (rates inclusive of breakfast)* > > > Current exchange rate is RM3.45:USD1 > > Can someone put this information on the oshca web-site too, including > KLIA Express from KLIA to KL Sentral (28 minutes on a train for RM35). > Logistics will make arrangements for KL Sentral to Federal Hotel > (approx. RM15 by taxi and less by monorail) > > For those arriving by low cost carrier at LCCT, the airbus is RM9 from > LCCT to KL Sentral. > > Beware of touts. They're everywhere. > > Molly > K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > >Can someone please confirm that the OSHCA hotel is: > > > >The Federal > >35, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > >Tel : (603) 2148 9166 > >Fax: (603) 2148 2877 > >http://www.federal.com.my/ > > > >Also, is there a special rate negotiated for OSHCA participants or > >should we just contact the hotel and ask for their best rate? > > > >Thank you very much. > > > >Regards > >-- Bhaskar > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > -- Jason Tan Boon Teck From nandalalx at yahoo.com Thu Apr 12 18:29:52 2007 From: nandalalx at yahoo.com (Nandalal Gunaratne) Date: Thu Apr 12 17:00:24 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: [openhealth] OSHCA Hotel In-Reply-To: <461D5B52.4090000@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: <772847.87410.qm@web58707.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Added to the site --- Molly Cheah wrote: > Yes. There is negotiated rates (its in the conf > registration form) > > > Hotel Accommodation : *Superior Room *@ *RM180.00 > nett per room per > > night * > > > > * Deluxe Room @ RM230.00 nett per room per night * > > > > * Deluxe Studio @ RM300.00 nett per room per > night* > > > > * (rates inclusive of breakfast)* > > > Current exchange rate is RM3.45:USD1 > > Can someone put this information on the oshca > web-site too, including > KLIA Express from KLIA to KL Sentral (28 minutes on > a train for RM35). > Logistics will make arrangements for KL Sentral to > Federal Hotel > (approx. RM15 by taxi and less by monorail) > > For those arriving by low cost carrier at LCCT, the > airbus is RM9 from > LCCT to KL Sentral. > > Beware of touts. They're everywhere. > > Molly > K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > >Can someone please confirm that the OSHCA hotel is: > > > >The Federal > >35, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, > Malaysia > >Tel : (603) 2148 9166 > >Fax: (603) 2148 2877 > >http://www.federal.com.my/ > > > >Also, is there a special rate negotiated for OSHCA > participants or > >should we just contact the hotel and ask for their > best rate? > > > >Thank you very much. > > > >Regards > >-- Bhaskar > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ From tw_cook at comcast.net Fri Apr 13 01:54:35 2007 From: tw_cook at comcast.net (Tim Cook) Date: Fri Apr 13 00:25:32 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? Message-ID: <1176400475.3474.126.camel@oship> Hi All, As this is the participants list the subject line seems appropriate. Just what are your expectations that you'll take away from this conference? I will confess that I am looking forward to meeting people in person that I have emailed for years. On a bit of a grander scale I am looking forward to learning more about developing countries, their current needs and quite frankly their opportunity to surpass the western world in technology adoption. This is an issue I look forward to discussing at the conference. ... and yours is? Sincerely, Tim From alvin.marcelo at gmail.com Fri Apr 13 18:56:09 2007 From: alvin.marcelo at gmail.com (Alvin Marcelo) Date: Fri Apr 13 17:26:26 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? In-Reply-To: <1176400475.3474.126.camel@oship> References: <1176400475.3474.126.camel@oship> Message-ID: <2c9aeb960704130356j65cd1e66ja26b9a8261ffaaeb@mail.gmail.com> Hey Tim! Looking forward to meeting you there... I am expecting a plan on how the various FOSS apps can demonstrate inter-operability...and to take home an agenda from OSHCA on how these inter-operability protocols can be tested and expanded amongst all the FOSS apps to be presented... On 4/12/07, Tim Cook wrote: > > Hi All, > > As this is the participants list the subject line seems appropriate. > > Just what are your expectations that you'll take away from this > conference? > > I will confess that I am looking forward to meeting people in person > that I have emailed for years. > > On a bit of a grander scale I am looking forward to learning more about > developing countries, their current needs and quite frankly their > opportunity to surpass the western world in technology adoption. This > is an issue I look forward to discussing at the conference. > > > ... and yours is? > > > Sincerely, > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > -- Alvin B. Marcelo, MD Director National Telehealth Center University of the Philippines Manila Telefax: 632-525-6501 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070413/9c640409/attachment.htm From haroonroedad at hotmail.com Sat Apr 14 12:16:04 2007 From: haroonroedad at hotmail.com (khan haroon) Date: Sat Apr 14 10:46:15 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? In-Reply-To: <2c9aeb960704130356j65cd1e66ja26b9a8261ffaaeb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070414/5c8526b6/attachment-0001.htm From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sat Apr 14 15:44:24 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sat Apr 14 14:14:25 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46208658.3000203@pc.jaring.my> There is one e-mail from someone who is not able to attend the conference but had expressed certain expectations from the conference. He was the past President of MIMOS Malaysia but now spends more time on the strategic positioning of F/OSS in the developing world, especially among the MENA countries. He would like to keep in touch with work with OSHCA, "with a view to taking your ideas to the MENA and Africa regions. Please send me whatever materials you think useful, including those that will be presented in the forthcoming conference." So your applications to be presented at OSHCA and views may find its way to MENA and Africa regions. Molly From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sat Apr 14 16:02:37 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sat Apr 14 14:33:07 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? In-Reply-To: <2c9aeb960704130356j65cd1e66ja26b9a8261ffaaeb@mail.gmail.com> References: <1176400475.3474.126.camel@oship> <2c9aeb960704130356j65cd1e66ja26b9a8261ffaaeb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46208A9D.2050800@pc.jaring.my> Alvin, I'm not sure you're going to see various apps demonstrate inter-operability at the conference. We can discuss on how they may be made to be interoperable at a test bed multi-country scenario using existing FOSS applications. I'll like to see OSHCA co-ordinate such a project. Lets gel the idea a bit more at the conference.. Alvin Marcelo wrote: > Hey Tim! Looking forward to meeting you there... > > I am expecting a plan on how the various FOSS apps can demonstrate > inter-operability...and to take home an agenda from OSHCA on how these > inter-operability protocols can be tested and expanded amongst all the > FOSS apps to be presented... > From au.jaiganesh at gmail.com Sat Apr 14 19:34:49 2007 From: au.jaiganesh at gmail.com (Jai Ganesh) Date: Sat Apr 14 18:04:56 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? In-Reply-To: References: <2c9aeb960704130356j65cd1e66ja26b9a8261ffaaeb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Participants, My institution provides primary, secondary and tertiary care healthcare services. We have even started providing rural outreach services with a mobile unit. Though I am aware of some of the FOSS applications in EMR, HIS, PACS and telemedicine, I am yet to put them to use in my institution. I do feel a need for adequate exposure, training and hands-on experience to comfortably initiate and manage FOSS applications in my health IT projects. I hope my participation in OSHCA 2007 will help me in my efforts to learn and implement health care FOSS applications. Also as a contributor to the National Taskforce for Telemedicine Standardisation, I am keen to work on interoperability issues related to healthcare FOSS. Thank you very much. Regards Jai -- A.U.Jai Ganesh, MSc, MBA., Project Coordinator, Enterprise Healthcare Information systems, Sri Sathya Sai Health System. Prashanthi Nilayam. India. On 4/14/07, khan haroon wrote: > > Dear Participants > > I want to learn about Foss applications. I would like to see Foss > comparision with licensed software, and to identify the pros and cons of > each system. The objective would be see whether in a developing country > like Pakistan Foss can be applied and secondly what capacity building would > be required to achieve this objective. > > Therefore I have a lot to learn and I am ready for it!! > > Sincerely yours > > Haroon Khan > > Pathologist and Chief of HMIS > > Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences > > ISlamabad > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070414/93058987/attachment.htm From nandalalx at yahoo.com Sun Apr 15 03:01:21 2007 From: nandalalx at yahoo.com (Nandalal Gunaratne) Date: Sun Apr 15 01:31:23 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? In-Reply-To: <46208658.3000203@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: <994717.59369.qm@web58703.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have been contributing to FOSS for some time, in a small way. South Africa is getting into FOSS very seriously indeed. Nandalal --- Molly Cheah wrote: > There is one e-mail from someone who is not able to > attend the > conference but had expressed certain expectations > from the conference. > He was the past President of MIMOS Malaysia but now > spends more time on > the strategic positioning of F/OSS in the developing > world, especially > among the MENA countries. > > He would like to keep in touch with work with OSHCA, > "with a view to > taking your ideas to the MENA and Africa regions. > Please send me > whatever materials you think useful, including those > that will be > presented in the forthcoming conference." > > So your applications to be presented at OSHCA and > views may find its way > to MENA and Africa regions. > Molly > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sun Apr 15 15:18:07 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sun Apr 15 13:47:57 2007 Subject: [participants] Important notice - Travel cost estimates form Message-ID: <4621D1AF.8000907@pc.jaring.my> To those who had submitted abstracts to present at OSHCA2007 Only We have only received travel cost estimates from the following persons. Only those who are requesting support need to return this form. Seebregts Seldon Fouad Jai Ganesh Haroon Farhad Mohan Pradhan Nandalal Chelle Lim Gunawardene Kespechara Duane Irma Mifan W Ross T Cook If we don't receive this form from you within 24 hours from the time and date of this e-mail, we will assume that you are not requesting for support and we will proceed to process these requests based on this list and consider support to participants from developing countries. Thank you for your coorperation. Look forward to see you at the conference. Molly Cheah Chairman, OSHCA2007 Organising Committee Chairman From jel at wildmedic.org Sun Apr 15 15:46:21 2007 From: jel at wildmedic.org (Jel Coward) Date: Sun Apr 15 14:16:18 2007 Subject: [participants] Important notice - Travel cost estimates form In-Reply-To: <4621D1AF.8000907@pc.jaring.my> References: <4621D1AF.8000907@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: <4621D84D.9090603@wildmedic.org> Molly Cheah wrote: ook > > If we don't receive this form from you within 24 hours from the time and > date of this e-mail, we will assume that you are not requesting for > support and we will proceed to process these requests based on this list > and consider support to participants from developing countries. > Hi Molly My life is super busy right now. I am in the middle of an on-call weekend having done 2 nights on-call in the week, and am facing 2 nights this coming week too. It's looking like I won't get any sleep tonight. Hence I have not found time to get travel cost estimates and I doubt I will be able to within 24 hours. I hope that you are able to be just a little bit more patient. Please let me know. Thanks Jel Coward From mpradhan at healthnet.org.np Sun Apr 15 16:06:08 2007 From: mpradhan at healthnet.org.np (Mohan Pradhan) Date: Sun Apr 15 15:06:37 2007 Subject: [participants] Important notice - Travel cost estimates form In-Reply-To: <4621D1AF.8000907@pc.jaring.my> References: <4621D1AF.8000907@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: <64375.202.52.231.92.1176624368.squirrel@www.healthnet.org.np> Dear Molly, I have not received the form attached along with this mail. Kindly send the form. Mohan > To those who had submitted abstracts to present at OSHCA2007 Only > > We have only received travel cost estimates from the following persons. > Only those who are requesting support need to return this form. > Seebregts > Seldon > Fouad > Jai Ganesh > Haroon > Farhad > Mohan Pradhan > Nandalal > Chelle > Lim > Gunawardene > Kespechara > Duane > Irma > Mifan > W Ross > T Cook > > If we don't receive this form from you within 24 hours from the time and > date of this e-mail, we will assume that you are not requesting for > support and we will proceed to process these requests based on this list > and consider support to participants from developing countries. > > Thank you for your coorperation. > > Look forward to see you at the conference. > > Molly Cheah > Chairman, OSHCA2007 Organising Committee Chairman > > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sun Apr 15 16:48:51 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sun Apr 15 15:18:40 2007 Subject: [participants] Important notice - Travel cost estimates form In-Reply-To: <64375.202.52.231.92.1176624368.squirrel@www.healthnet.org.np> References: <4621D1AF.8000907@pc.jaring.my> <64375.202.52.231.92.1176624368.squirrel@www.healthnet.org.np> Message-ID: <4621E6F3.2050600@pc.jaring.my> There is no form attached to this notice. We have received your travel cost estimate. Mohan Pradhan wrote: >Dear Molly, > >I have not received the form attached along with this mail. Kindly send >the form. > >Mohan > > From tw_cook at comcast.net Sun Apr 15 19:39:27 2007 From: tw_cook at comcast.net (Tim Cook) Date: Sun Apr 15 18:09:30 2007 Subject: [participants] Key Signing Reminder Message-ID: <1176637168.3342.24.camel@oship> I just wanted to remind everyone that if you plan to participate in the Key Signing Event you should read the document at http://www.oshca.org/Members/twcook/keysigningevent/view I would prefer to have the information sent to me BEFORE 28 April. Since I am not certain I will have much time to work on this between then and the conference start. We sign keys because GnuPG/PGP is based upon a Web of Trust. This web of trust is what ensures that no one can pretend to be you and that you can really believe that a message you receive from Dr. Jones is really from Dr. Jones. The more deep and tightly inter-linked the web of trust is, the more difficult it is to defeat. Sincerely, Tim Cook From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Wed Apr 18 00:26:28 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Tue Apr 17 22:55:57 2007 Subject: [participants] Announcement - Funding of Presenters Message-ID: <4624F534.7090200@pc.jaring.my> To All Those Who had Their Abstracts Accepted. Based on the records of travel cost estimates received so far and that includes gestimates for those who did not meet the datelines for request for submission, OSHCA is pleased to announce that it will be able to fund all presenters whose abstracts had been accepted (with some individual variation of level of support) subject to the following conditions: Presenters from developed countries pay their own conference registration fees (MYR350) and their own hotel (MYR180 per room with breakfast). We accept the IOSN South Asia gesture to fund 3 speakers, one each from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh for travel only and that OSHCA funds their hotel and conf reg. (OSHCA reserved the right not to fund hotel or conference registration fee). OSHCA will fund presenters to travel by low cost carrier when that mode of travel is available. This request will be made to individual presenters directly. There are a few minor changes such as not to fund ground travel at speakers home country etc. Despite the above conditions, OSHCA will spend a total travel budget of >MYR182,000 (approx. USD52,000) with the bulk going to fund people from countries with high HDI. The rest of the grant money would go to pay dinners, conf packages etc. After all that we would barely have MYR5000 left to provide support for participants from countries with intermediate to low HDI to attend the conference for whom the conference targets. The OSHCA Committee therefore approved the following guidelines to ensure that all presenters can make it to the conference and at the same time OSHCA would be able to provide partial support to participants from developing countries especially from Asia to enable them to also attend the conference. 1 ) that speakers from corporations in countries with high HDI be funded upto 50% and membership to OSHCA is made mandatory. Individual cases can be reviewed if the support is genuinely needed but can be increased upto max. of 80% of travel cost. KLIA express from airport toKL Sentral costing MYR35 will not be reimbursed. 2) that speakers from NGOs, academia and public sectors in countries of high HDI should be funded upto 80% and membership to OSHCA is also mandatory. Individual cases can be reviewed if the support is genuinely needed and can be increased upto 100% of travel cost. KLIA express from airport toKL Sentral costing MYR35 will not be reimbursed. 3) that speakers from countries with intemediate and low HDI will be funded for travel (using low cost carriers if available), hotel on twin sharing basis and conf registration. KLIA express from airport toKL Sentral costing MYR35 or MYR9 from LCCT will not be reimbursed. Membership to OSHCA is mandatory. Support for those from corporations should be limited to 80%. With the guidelines above, I believe we will have sufficient funds to provide partial scholarships of amounts equivalent to USD200-300 per person to participants from countries of intermediate and low HDI (from the public sector, healthcare related NGOs and academia only). If we promote OSHCA 2007 well, and participants paying the registration fee of MYR350 each, we should be able to provide such scholarships for at least 20-30 from this region, where FOSS in healthcare is needed most. This number will be increased by the increased generousity of the people of the developed countries. Target attendance is 200 with 150 as minimum. I would like to add that discretion would be used for individuals requesting for support or rejection of such support. Some individuals from developing countries may be very well off, had received repeated travel support before and such criteria will be taken into consideration when making such decisions. Similarly there will be some from developed countries who may need support as well. Due to big discrepancy in the cost of airfares purchased overseas and Malaysia, we are looking at the possibility of issuing pre-paid tickets. We will communicate with individual speakers directly on this. Apologies for this long announcement. See you all at the conference. Rgds, Molly From tw_cook at comcast.net Wed Apr 18 00:34:05 2007 From: tw_cook at comcast.net (Tim Cook) Date: Tue Apr 17 23:03:30 2007 Subject: [participants] Announcement - Funding of Presenters In-Reply-To: <4624F534.7090200@pc.jaring.my> References: <4624F534.7090200@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: <1176827645.3268.157.camel@oship> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 00:26 +0800, Molly Cheah wrote: > > Apologies for this long announcement. See you all at the conference. > > Rgds, > Molly No apologies needed. Information to this detail is greatly appreciated (at least I do anyway). Cheers, Tim From rcr at rcresearch.us Wed Apr 18 01:25:51 2007 From: rcr at rcresearch.us (rcr@rcresearch.us) Date: Tue Apr 17 23:47:06 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: participants Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 Message-ID: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> Oshca Principals and Molly; I am very much interested in getting assistance for travel and lodging. Where can I get the cost estimate form? I have priced air travel from Sacramento, California to KL, and have an estimate. How do I get the form? From rcr at rcresearch.us Wed Apr 18 01:25:51 2007 From: rcr at rcresearch.us (rcr@rcresearch.us) Date: Tue Apr 17 23:47:06 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: participants Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 Message-ID: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> Oshca Principals and Molly; I am very much interested in getting assistance for travel and lodging. Where can I get the cost estimate form? I have priced air travel from Sacramento, California to KL, and have an estimate. How do I get the form? From fouadbajwa at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 02:16:41 2007 From: fouadbajwa at gmail.com (Fouad Bajwa) Date: Wed Apr 18 00:46:06 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: participants Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> References: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> Message-ID: <701af9f70704171116j276eb012lea9e778c28575ed5@mail.gmail.com> Hi, Just to share, some of the participants may have set their list message recieving to digest mode and that would be limiting you to recieve individual messages that are basically notifications from the organizing committee to the participants. So the rememdy for this is to log into http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants and scroll down to where it says unsubscribe/edit options, give your email address, it takes you to the next page that asks for the password that you used to sign-up to the list and when you are logged in, scroll down to where the where select/deselect options are and change the digest mode to no so that you can recieve individual messages and notifications to the list. I faced a bit of problem since I signed up with digest feature enabled and missed the notification about requesting Travel/Conference Assistance but am still hopeful for assistance. Just to introduce myself, I have been working in Pakistan promoting the FOSS movement now for over four years and have managed to include Ubuntu Linux/FOSS in streamline govt. FOSS capacity building plans as well as within the social sectors of Pakistan. I have been working in close communication with World Vista for introducing the VisTA HMIS framework in Pakistan and interacted with medical and health care services companies as well as hospitals on their needs and the possible challenges after a leader cancer research hospital shifted from VisTA to a proprietary Oracle based health system and look forward to sharing these key insights with the OSHCA Community. Cheers. Fouad Bajwa Would love to be meet you all From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Wed Apr 18 06:22:42 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Wed Apr 18 04:52:05 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: participants Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> References: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> Message-ID: <462548B2.5020307@pc.jaring.my> Here is the form for anyone who had not completed and returned. rcr@rcresearch.us wrote: >Oshca Principals and Molly; > >I am very much interested in getting assistance for travel and lodging. >Where can I get the cost estimate form? I have priced air travel from >Sacramento, California to KL, and have an estimate. How do I get the >form? > > > >_______________________________________________ >participants mailing list >participants@oshca.org >http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: travel-expense-estimate_form-001.odt Type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text Size: 14690 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070418/79fe6dab/travel-expense-estimate_form-001-0001.bin From haroonroedad at hotmail.com Wed Apr 18 13:24:50 2007 From: haroonroedad at hotmail.com (khan haroon) Date: Wed Apr 18 11:54:10 2007 Subject: [participants] Important notice - Travel cost estimates form In-Reply-To: <4621E6F3.2050600@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070418/f87b9dde/attachment.html From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Wed Apr 18 13:43:30 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Wed Apr 18 12:12:45 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: participants Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: <701af9f70704171116j276eb012lea9e778c28575ed5@mail.gmail.com> References: <47250.152.131.12.192.1176830751.squirrel@207.44.156.96> <701af9f70704171116j276eb012lea9e778c28575ed5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4625B002.5040600@pc.jaring.my> My advise is since this list is a short term list specifically devoted to provide announcements and updates related to the conference, please "do not " set to digest mode as you may not receive important notices on time. OSHCA will not be responsible if you miss these announcements. As you're aware of the problems that may arise from organising a conference for 200 people (we work using volunteer services only) I would like participants/presenters to initiate the queries to this list (if you think the queries may bring about a response that will be useful to others) or direct the queries to conference@oshca.org Rgds, Molly Fouad Bajwa wrote: > Hi, > Just to share, some of the participants may have set their list > message recieving to digest mode and that would be limiting you to > recieve individual messages that are basically notifications from the From rafael.marins at neociclo.com Thu Apr 19 05:23:54 2007 From: rafael.marins at neociclo.com (Rafael Marins) Date: Thu Apr 19 03:53:05 2007 Subject: [participants] Announcement - Funding of Presenters In-Reply-To: <4624F534.7090200@pc.jaring.my> References: <4624F534.7090200@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: Dear Dr. Molly, As already informed to Mr. Forman, I'll be able to support the costs of lodging at hotel and transfer from/to airport-hotel. Please, give me the instructions on how to proceed with the flight ticket arrangements. Any other procedures I should take? Regards, -- Rafael Marins Neociclo - phone: +55 (24) 22 42 08 56 email: rafael.marins at neociclo.com - mobile: +55 (24) 81 11 62 30 On 4/17/07, Molly Cheah wrote: > To All Those Who had Their Abstracts Accepted. > > Based on the records of travel cost estimates received so far and that > includes gestimates for those who did not meet the datelines for request > for submission, OSHCA is pleased to announce that it will be able to > fund all presenters whose abstracts had been accepted (with some > individual variation of level of support) subject to the following > conditions: > > Presenters from developed countries pay their own conference > registration fees (MYR350) and their own hotel (MYR180 per room with > breakfast). > > We accept the IOSN South Asia gesture to fund 3 speakers, one each from > Pakistan, India and Bangladesh for travel only and that OSHCA funds > their hotel and conf reg. (OSHCA reserved the right not to fund hotel or > conference registration fee). > > OSHCA will fund presenters to travel by low cost carrier when that mode > of travel is available. This request will be made to individual > presenters directly. There are a few minor changes such as not to fund > ground travel at speakers home country etc. > > Despite the above conditions, OSHCA will spend a total travel budget of > >MYR182,000 (approx. USD52,000) with the bulk going to fund people from > countries with high HDI. The rest of the grant money would go to pay > dinners, conf packages etc. After all that we would barely have MYR5000 > left to provide support for participants from countries with > intermediate to low HDI to attend the conference for whom the conference > targets. > > The OSHCA Committee therefore approved the following guidelines to > ensure that all presenters can make it to the conference and at the same > time OSHCA would be able to provide partial support to participants from > developing countries especially from Asia to enable them to also attend > the conference. > > 1 ) that speakers from corporations in countries with high HDI be funded > upto 50% and membership to OSHCA is made mandatory. Individual cases can > be reviewed if the support is genuinely needed but can be increased upto > max. of 80% of travel cost. KLIA express from airport toKL Sentral > costing MYR35 will not be reimbursed. > > 2) that speakers from NGOs, academia and public sectors in countries of > high HDI should be funded upto 80% and membership to OSHCA is also > mandatory. Individual cases can be reviewed if the support is genuinely > needed and can be increased upto 100% of travel cost. KLIA express from > airport toKL Sentral costing MYR35 will not be reimbursed. > > 3) that speakers from countries with intemediate and low HDI will be > funded for travel (using low cost carriers if available), hotel on twin > sharing basis and conf registration. KLIA express from airport toKL > Sentral costing MYR35 or MYR9 from LCCT will not be reimbursed. > Membership to OSHCA is mandatory. Support for those from corporations > should be limited to 80%. > > With the guidelines above, I believe we will have sufficient funds to > provide partial scholarships of amounts equivalent to USD200-300 per > person to participants from countries of intermediate and low HDI (from > the public sector, healthcare related NGOs and academia only). If we > promote OSHCA 2007 well, and participants paying the registration fee of > MYR350 each, we should be able to provide such scholarships for at least > 20-30 from this region, where FOSS in healthcare is needed most. This > number will be increased by the increased generousity of the people of > the developed countries. Target attendance is 200 with 150 as minimum. > > I would like to add that discretion would be used for individuals > requesting for support or rejection of such support. Some individuals > from developing countries may be very well off, had received repeated > travel support before and such criteria will be taken into consideration > when making such decisions. Similarly there will be some from developed > countries who may need support as well. > > Due to big discrepancy in the cost of airfares purchased overseas and > Malaysia, we are looking at the possibility of issuing pre-paid tickets. > We will communicate with individual speakers directly on this. > > Apologies for this long announcement. See you all at the conference. > > Rgds, > Molly > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Mon Apr 23 12:55:51 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Mon Apr 23 11:25:30 2007 Subject: [participants] To all speakers at the OSHCA conference Message-ID: <462C3C57.80704@pc.jaring.my> To all speakers at OSHCA conference 2007 Dear all, If you have not received the go ahead email from Jason to purchase your tickets, please go ahead and do so with the replies to conference@oshca.org immediately. I am away in Cape Town at the moment and am trying very hard to communicate with Jason on this. If you don't know what to do please email to conference@oshca.org immediately. Thanks, Molly From xga at comitan.com Tue Apr 24 19:01:51 2007 From: xga at comitan.com (Xavier Gonzalez Alonso) Date: Tue Apr 24 17:29:59 2007 Subject: [participants] Expectations? Message-ID: <000001c7865f$f7b52f10$e71f8d30$@com> Hi I work for IPPF, the largest sexual & reproductive health worldwide provider, with clinics in 180 countries. We are participating at OSHCA 2007 with the following expectations: . To explore collaboration opportunities including sharing technical knowledge in Free/Open Source Health Care Projects according to OSHCA objectives. . To analyze and compare software options suitable for application in IPPF Member Associations . To establish and document relevant contacts with OSHCA developers and participant organizations Many thanks Xavier Gonzalez (Mexico) From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Thu Apr 26 16:23:10 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Thu Apr 26 14:52:26 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: Corrected Travel Form In-Reply-To: <2C3E4337-21A8-4BD9-8051-AF2CD51EA198@minformatics.com> References: <2C3E4337-21A8-4BD9-8051-AF2CD51EA198@minformatics.com> Message-ID: <4630616E.8090507@pc.jaring.my> Hi Will, Are you subscribed to the participants@oshca.org mailing list? We will be providing announcements on that list for all participants and wound-be-participants on the conference, ground travel arrangements etc. Don't use the digest function though. When you are arrive at KLIA take the elevator down to Ground floor where the KLIA Express Train is. It cost MYR35 for a 28 min ride to KL Sentral. We're working with the Taxi Owners Association to ferry participants to the hotel for a coupon price of MYR10. I don't have the details of this yet but we hope to make this announcement at the participants@oshca.org mailing list soon. Those arriving at LCCT by low cost carrier, the airbus (red coloured buses) will ferry passengers to KL Sentral as well and the trip to the hotel is also being worked out. I believe there is also a van arrangement, sight-eeing tours etc that need to be announced quickly. I'm copying this to the participants list as well since this impact others attending. Rgds, Molly will ross wrote: > Dear Conference, > > My exact travel plans have changed from the earlier form that I > sent. The correct travel itinerary is attached. I am traveling on > a different airline, which also allows me to leave on Thursday > afternoon instead of Thursday morning. > > I am hoping, as we get closer to the conference, that we can do some > networking to share rides from the airport to the hotel. As I am > arriving on Monday afternoon, I would be happy to wait at the airport > and travel in with another conference attendee, rather than try to > figure out the ground transportation on my own. > > With best regards, > > [wr] > > - - - - - - - - > > will ross > chief information officer > mendocino informatics > 216 west perkins street, suite 206 > ukiah, california 95482 usa > 707.462.6369 [office] > 707.462.5015 [fax] > www.minformatics.com > > - - - - - - - - > > > - - - - - - - - > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.10/774 - Release Date: 4/23/2007 5:26 PM > > From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Thu Apr 26 19:08:36 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Thu Apr 26 17:37:45 2007 Subject: [participants] Visa requirements for Malaysia Message-ID: <46308834.8040104@pc.jaring.my> For those who still don't know if they need a visa to Malaysia, here's the url for reference. http://www.learn4good.com/travel/malaysia_visa.htm *Who requires a visa?* Most visitors do not require a visa to enter Malaysia if the period is less than 1 month and the purpose of the visit is business or social (see below for more detailed requirements). However, visas are required at all times by nationals of the following countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China (PR), Congo (Rep), Congo (Dem Rep), C?te D?Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Western Sahara (nationals of these countries may be granted visa relaxation for transit through Malaysia, for less than 5 days, via a Malaysian international airport, if in possession of confirmed onward airline tickets to a third country before arriving). British Overseas Citizens also require a visa. *Visas are not required by the following for social or business visits:* (a) 1. nationals of EU countries for stays of up to 3 months (except nationals of Ireland for stays of up to 2 months and Greece and Portugal for stays of up to 1 month); (b) 2. nationals of Commonwealth countries (except nationals of those countries mentioned above who do require a visa) for stays of up to 1 month; nationals of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa for up to 3 months. (c) 3. nationals of Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Jordan, Korea (Rep), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USA and Yemen for stays of up to 3 months; (d) nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and holders of a Portuguese Certificate of Identity or a Macao Travel Permit for stays of up to 14 days; (e) nationals of all countries other than those mentioned above for stays of up to 1 month; (f) travellers on transit to another country, for less than 5 days, with a confirmed ticket via a Malaysian airport. *Note: *Nationals of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka must apply for a visa from the consulate, embassy or Malaysian Immigration Department in their countries of residence. Visitors intending to stay longer than the granted period should write to the Immigration Department at the Malaysian High Commission in the country in which they are applying. Restricted entry: Nationals of Israel and Serbia and Montenegro (unless in transit and staying inside the airport). Foreign women who are at least 6 months pregnant (unless in transit) and those of scruffy appearance may be denied entry. *What documents will be required?* A valid passport or other travel documents recognised by the Malaysian government required by all. The former must have enough pages for the embarkation stamp upon arrival and be valid for at least 6 months at date of entry. The latter should be endorsed with a valid re-entry permit. Note: All visitors must also have proof of adequate funds and an onward or return sea or air ticket. Application and enquiries to: Malaysian High Commission; see Contact Addresses section. Application requirements: (a) Passport valid for at least 6 months. (b) Two passport-size photos. (c) Fee (payable in cash or postal order only). (d) Two completed and signed application forms (at a charge of ?0.25 each). (e) Proof of sufficient funds (including original and photocopy of most recent bank statement). (f) Onward or return ticket or travel itinerary from travel agent. (g) Compulsory yellow fever vaccination certificate for all visitors coming from infected areas as listed by WHO. (h) Letter of introduction (and copy) from applicant?s employer, college or university. *Time required to issue visa:* Same day ? morning submission of the application (0900-1200) and afternoon collection (1530). *What is the cost of a visa?* Social: single- and multiple-entry visa prices are flat-rate fees of ?10, except for Indian passports, in which case the multiple-entry fee is ?20. Prices are subject to change. Enquire at the Malaysian High Commission for details. *How long is the visa valid for?* The permitted length of stay is entered on the visa at the time of issue and is at the discretion of the issuer. Normally 1 to 3 months from date of issue. Extensions are possible. Enquire at the Malaysian High Commission for further details. *Other information:* Temporary residence (Special pass for employment): Those wishing to take up employment should apply for a job in advance. Their prospective employers should then apply on their behalf for a Professional or Employment Pass by contacting the Malaysian Immigration Head Office, Block I, Pusat Bandar Damansara, Bukit Damansutra, 50550 Kuala Lumpur (tel: (3) 2094 5096; fax: (3) 2093 9092). For further details contact the Malaysian High Commission (see Contact Addresses section). *Embassy contact information:* Please contact the nearest Malaysia embassy for information on what documentation you may require to enter Malaysia. From tanboonteck at gmail.com Thu Apr 26 22:24:04 2007 From: tanboonteck at gmail.com (Jason Tan Boon Teck) Date: Thu Apr 26 21:27:55 2007 Subject: [participants] OSHCA Conference 2007 - Malaysia Airlines Message-ID: Dear participants/speakers, Malaysia Airlines has provided an exclusive offer to the participants of the OSHCA Conference 2007. As you can see from the quotation (attached), it was given by the marketing office in Kuala Lumpur. Feel free to contact your nearest MAS ticketing office to take advantage of these rates. Regards, Jason Tan Boon Teck OSHCA Conference 2007 Logistics Committee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: MAS-OSHCA_1.PNG Type: image/png Size: 20282 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070426/44256aed/MAS-OSHCA_1-0001.png -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Attending OSHCA2007 is a great opportunity to begin an open source health care web of trust that can be taken back to your own country and expanded on from there. If you are unfamiliar with a web of trust then you could review this document: http://www.rubin.ch/pgp/weboftrust.en.html By participating in a web of trust key signing you are not certifying anyone persons credibility, only that they are, who they say they are, and that they own a specific public key. The process to participate is described in the document: http://www.oshca.org/Members/twcook/keysigningevent/view In the event that there is no room in the formal schedule for this key signing event I will coordinate a time and place to hold it. I will then notify all those that have sent in their information and interest to participate. 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As you can see from the quotation > (attached), it was given by the marketing office in Kuala Lumpur. Feel > free to contact your nearest MAS ticketing office to take advantage of > these rates. > > > Regards, > > > Jason Tan Boon Teck > OSHCA Conference 2007 > Logistics Committee From dalmolin at e-cology.ca Fri Apr 27 05:40:31 2007 From: dalmolin at e-cology.ca (Joseph Dal Molin) Date: Fri Apr 27 04:05:22 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: Request for Invitation Letter In-Reply-To: <20070426211231.71FB92612F@mailwash27.pair.com> References: <20070426211231.71FB92612F@mailwash27.pair.com> Message-ID: <46311C4F.50905@e-cology.ca> Hi Fouad Jason will follow up with a letter for you. Joseph Fouad Riaz Bajwa wrote: > Hi, > I would like to make a request to the Conference Committee to kindly issue > us "Official Invitations" individually where required on the OSHCA > letterheads and email in pdf formats. > > I checked with the Malaysian Embassy in Islamabad and they have advised me > to avail "Visa on Entry" at the airport for holders of Pakistani Green > Passports and present the letter at the Visa/Immigration Counter in KL. > > Is there a specific Committee member that we can write to in this regard? > > Regards > ----------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > > > . > From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sat Apr 28 21:28:34 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sat Apr 28 13:57:19 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: Request for Invitation Letter In-Reply-To: <200704262112.l3QLCP8P045721@mx17.jaring.my> References: <200704262112.l3QLCP8P045721@mx17.jaring.my> Message-ID: <46334C02.1050506@pc.jaring.my> Dear all, I notice that participants are using different email addresses to the one they subscribe to the list to post subsequent messages. As a result, messages get held up and will not be posted to the list. The letters we generated pdf files for individuals (with no signatures) for other requests have no problems. Otherwise, for social visits to Malaysia, Visa on Entry for less than one month stay is the way to go. Rgds, Molly Fouad Riaz Bajwa wrote: >Hi, >I would like to make a request to the Conference Committee to kindly issue >us "Official Invitations" individually where required on the OSHCA >letterheads and email in pdf formats. > >I checked with the Malaysian Embassy in Islamabad and they have advised me >to avail "Visa on Entry" at the airport for holders of Pakistani Green >Passports and present the letter at the Visa/Immigration Counter in KL. > >Is there a specific Committee member that we can write to in this regard? > >Regards >----------------------- >Fouad Bajwa > > > > > > From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sat Apr 28 21:31:45 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sat Apr 28 14:00:25 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: CONFERENCE DRESS CODE, etc. In-Reply-To: <3c6717fa0704261348h3cc92717j35f01cfb40f62f21@mail.gmail.com> References: <3c6717fa0704261348h3cc92717j35f01cfb40f62f21@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46334CC1.40803@pc.jaring.my> Thanks for asking this. In fact we hadn't thought about this. However, "smart" casuals will be accepted dress code in Malaysia. Please note that the air-conditioning may be a bit cold for some people. Rgds, Molly Francisco Sarmiento III wrote: > Dear Molly, > > Is there a prescribed dress code for the conference? > > Also, may we know if there are specific restrictions in the bringing > of foodstuffs and other items into Malaysia since I was thinking of > briniging some for my Malaysian friends. > > Best regards, > > Francis > > -- > 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, Dietary Building, PGH Compound > Taft Avenue, 1000 MANILA, Philippines > Telefax no: +00 63 2 5256501 > Mobile: +63 915 8501111 > Website: www.iosn.net > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/776 - Release Date: 4/25/2007 12:19 PM > > From wross at mendocinohre.org Sat Apr 28 22:29:18 2007 From: wross at mendocinohre.org (Will Ross) Date: Sat Apr 28 20:56:45 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: CONFERENCE DRESS CODE, etc. In-Reply-To: <46334CC1.40803@pc.jaring.my> References: <3c6717fa0704261348h3cc92717j35f01cfb40f62f21@mail.gmail.com> <46334CC1.40803@pc.jaring.my> Message-ID: <75FA5D89-DD7A-4E1C-8C07-08D7309FCA17@mendocinohre.org> Dear Molly, Next question. What are the import rules for bringing a bottle of wine? Canada allows me to bring in two bottles with no levy or tax. What does Malaysia allow? With best regards, [wr] - - - - - - - - On Apr 28, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Molly Cheah wrote: > Thanks for asking this. In fact we hadn't thought about this. > However, "smart" casuals will be accepted dress code in Malaysia. > Please note that the air-conditioning may be a bit cold for some > people. > Rgds, > Molly > Francisco Sarmiento III wrote: > >> Dear Molly, >> Is there a prescribed dress code for the conference? >> Also, may we know if there are specific restrictions in the >> bringing of foodstuffs and other items into Malaysia since I was >> thinking of briniging some for my Malaysian friends. >> Best regards, >> Francis >> >> -- >> 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, Dietary Building, PGH Compound >> Taft Avenue, 1000 MANILA, Philippines >> Telefax no: +00 63 2 5256501 >> Mobile: +63 915 8501111 >> Website: www.iosn.net >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: >> 269.6.1/776 - Release Date: 4/25/2007 12:19 PM >> > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > [wr] - - - - - - - - will ross chief information officer mendocino health records exchange 216 west perkins street, suite 206 ukiah, california 95482 usa 707.462.6369 [office] 707.462.5015 [fax] www.mendocinohre.org - - - - - - - - "Getting people to adopt common standards is impeded by patents." Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 - - - - - - - - From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Sun Apr 29 23:00:04 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Sun Apr 29 09:28:09 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: CONFERENCE DRESS CODE, etc. In-Reply-To: <75FA5D89-DD7A-4E1C-8C07-08D7309FCA17@mendocinohre.org> References: <3c6717fa0704261348h3cc92717j35f01cfb40f62f21@mail.gmail.com> <46334CC1.40803@pc.jaring.my> <75FA5D89-DD7A-4E1C-8C07-08D7309FCA17@mendocinohre.org> Message-ID: <4634B2F4.3080903@pc.jaring.my> Please note that if you go to the customs web-site, the infomation there are mainly for "business". They are not strict if things are brought in for personal use. We are surrounded by poorer countries with some people (not attending conferences) coming in to peddle their goods for sale. There is a question of bringing in cooked food? Why? Malaysia is a paradise for eating, any type of food, you name it. The Federal Hotel is surrounded by food, food, food, all within walking distance. The food served at the conference will be "halal". We will cater for vegetarians if its indicated in their registration form. Don't forget to bring extra money for shopping! It's a shopping paradise too. * Wine, spirit, malt liquor not more than 1 litre. (bringing in an additional bottle of wine will not be a problem. A friend who tried to declare that extra bottle was waved to move on). They won't bother to stop anyone going through the green lane. But don't try smuggling drugs!!! They can "smell that by just looking at your face :) * Tobacco not more than 225 gram (equivalent to 200 cigarettes). (I hope no one does though). http://www.customs.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=28 Molly Will Ross wrote: > Dear Molly, > > Next question. What are the import rules for bringing a bottle of > wine? Canada allows me to bring in two bottles with no levy or > tax. What does Malaysia allow? > > With best regards, > > [wr] > > - - - - - - - - > > On Apr 28, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Molly Cheah wrote: > >> Thanks for asking this. In fact we hadn't thought about this. >> However, "smart" casuals will be accepted dress code in Malaysia. >> Please note that the air-conditioning may be a bit cold for some >> people. >> Rgds, >> Molly >> Francisco Sarmiento III wrote: >> >>> Dear Molly, >>> Is there a prescribed dress code for the conference? >>> Also, may we know if there are specific restrictions in the >>> bringing of foodstuffs and other items into Malaysia since I was >>> thinking of briniging some for my Malaysian friends. >>> Best regards, >>> Francis >>> >>> -- >>> 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, Dietary Building, PGH Compound >>> Taft Avenue, 1000 MANILA, Philippines >>> Telefax no: +00 63 2 5256501 >>> Mobile: +63 915 8501111 >>> Website: www.iosn.net >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: >>> 269.6.1/776 - Release Date: 4/25/2007 12:19 PM >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> participants mailing list >> participants@oshca.org >> http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants >> > > [wr] > > - - - - - - - - > > will ross > chief information officer > mendocino health records exchange > 216 west perkins street, suite 206 > ukiah, california 95482 usa > 707.462.6369 [office] > 707.462.5015 [fax] > www.mendocinohre.org > > - - - - - - - - > > "Getting people to adopt common standards is impeded by patents." > Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 > > - - - - - - - - > > > _______________________________________________ > participants mailing list > participants@oshca.org > http://mailman.oshca.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/participants > > From jerichorivera at gmail.com Mon Apr 30 21:26:23 2007 From: jerichorivera at gmail.com (Jericho Rivera) Date: Mon Apr 30 19:53:16 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: Dress Code Message-ID: Sir, Greetings! Is there a dress code for the conference-workshop? Is there a proper attire for us to follow? J. Rivera -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.oshca.org/pipermail/participants/attachments/20070430/817e9813/attachment.htm From drcheah at pc.jaring.my Mon Apr 30 22:31:27 2007 From: drcheah at pc.jaring.my (Molly Cheah) Date: Mon Apr 30 20:58:39 2007 Subject: [participants] Re: Dress Code In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4635FDBF.7070709@pc.jaring.my> > However, "smart" casuals will be accepted dress code in Malaysia. > Please note that the air-conditioning may be a bit cold for some people. Jericho Rivera wrote: > Sir, > > Greetings! > > Is there a dress code for the conference-workshop? Is there a proper > attire for us to follow? > > J. 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