<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Frank and the rest of the Chicago 5, <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm looking forward to participating and helping to take open source geo-spatial solutions up to the next level. It is also a very good fit with my ongoing activities to introduce Open Technology Development practices and solutions into the US Federal Government. The OSGF serves as additional infrastructure demonstrating that these are mature and supported technologies that can compete with proprietary solutions. We'll get into more of the details as we move along.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>See you Friday.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Mark (from the <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.4px;">Lausanne 4)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.4px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.4px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>