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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">One thing I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">d</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">like to</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">come away</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">with</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">from</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">o</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ur</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">face-to-face</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">is a</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">strategy for promoting OSGeo projects.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For example, I feel we</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">re not</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">doing anything to promote MapServer or GRASS beyond what they can do themselves.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s as important if not more important to do this as it is to p</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">romote OSGeo itself. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I say this because I believe that if MapServer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">or GRASS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">get</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> more users</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">enlarges</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">heir</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">community as a result of being part of OSGeo, the foundation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">w</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ill be a clear</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">success</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> for them and the users of that software</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Gary</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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