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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">A bit odd for me to be on the other side of this email for a change -- but I am very pleased to present you with Ottawa's bid to host FOSS4G 2017.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">We've had some technical problems converting to a PDF from Google Docs - and unfortunately I"m leaving at the moment for a meeting in London, UK ... so Jerome will be following up with the proposal.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">We look forward to hearing from you about our proposal.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Thanks,</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Dave</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Dave McIlhagga</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Chair - Ottawa Bid for FOSS4G 2017</p>
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