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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m reaching out for thoughts and ideas from the board. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I organize and host the monthly meetup for our OSGeo Alberta Chapter. I recently approached Jody Garnett and, on his suggestion, the Marketing Committee to talk about my hope for making the process and value of becoming an OSGeo member – specifically, getting the UserID – easier to understand and articulate. (I would like to see all our meetup.com membership become OSGeo members). Initial discussion suggested we might be better served to widen the focus to making the website generally more inviting to people who, like me, are not particularly technical and have only a general GIS understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Any input you have would be appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Scott.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Scott McHale </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>BA Champion.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>M</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>403.970.7640</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmchale/"><span lang=EN-CA>LinkedIn</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMchale">Twitter</a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>