# Hi, Hello, Welcome New OEG Connect People
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/hi-hello-welcome-new-oeg-connect-people/9343
**Category:** The Plaza
**Tags:** featured
**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/hi-hello-welcome-new-oeg-connect-people/9343 "2026-09-04T18:10:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/hi-hello-welcome-new-oeg-connect-people/9343/1 "2026-09-04T18:10:41Z")
It’s on my calendar as a monthly task, but as those things go, its slipped since June for me to send a welcome to people who have recently signed up to be part of OEG Connect.
Let’s say “hi”, “hello” or how a colleague from Fiji greets in email, “Bula” (which google suggests means “life, health, and happiness”) to @itsmhassaan, @YLB, @JenSpacagna, @Greg, @Andrew01, @ADAM_YAKHOUB_MOUSSA, @Muze-n, @Samara, @Arren_Martinez, @meghanto, @Harorudo, @Juergen_Hubert, @lekhankala, @JohnKenya, @Mathi, @mnmsrus, @chrisyounkin, @elm.yahay.mohamed, @MeganBFZara, @Jkwaning, @gkn307, @POL, @acardinale, @headlandsprep, @Arenal, @Ayaakkawi, @Nomathemba, @atiafolayan, @adrianaadamico, @AQS_AGENCY, @Roboral, @pilarvega1968, @APPPLETON, @anp, @aliisingor, @AdrianoGio_81, @edupath, @Mauricio, @MurielK12, @Jennryn_W, @Gouda, @maykamel, @Helton, @mdashraful777, @tugbatosuncobanoglu, @Birhanu, @luffy, @MSimmons
_Wikimedia Commons photo [Hi (in Helvetica) - panoramio.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hi_%28in_Helvetica%29_-_panoramio.jpg) by [Weixi Zeng](https://web.archive.org/web/20161025234801/http://www.panoramio.com/user/1668101?with_photo_id=75912964) licensed [CC BY-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)_
We hope you start and add to the conversations here, and maybe right now, reply to this 'hi" and let us know more about the reason you signed up and your work/interests in Open Education.
Just for numbers and exercising of my spreadsheet skills, from the database I can share we have 2073 open educations who have signed to be part of OEG Connect here 2020, representing 85 countries including:
> Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia.
We hope to hear from you soon and also maybe some hi, hello, bula back from the many others who have been here a while.
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### Author:  [@Mclifford](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Mclifford)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/hi-hello-welcome-new-oeg-connect-people/9343/2 "2026-09-06T02:03:54Z")
Xin Chao! I’m here in Hanoi, Vietnam. Don’t forget to add to country list! 🙂
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/hi-hello-welcome-new-oeg-connect-people/9343/3 "2026-09-06T02:27:39Z")
Tôi xin lỗi!
I will make sure Vietnam is listed, and welcome.