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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>Thanks Aaron. I will
look trough your presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>Landon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Aaron Racicot<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 26, 2008
3:41 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSGeo
Discussions</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [OSGeo-Discuss]
Looking for OSGeo Slide Show/Presentation Material</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Landon,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I keep a few
presentations (some focusing on OSGeo, but all open source related) archived
at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.reprojected.com/geoblog/presentations/">http://www.reprojected.com/geoblog/presentations/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>feel free to grab
whatever you might find useful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Aaron<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Landon
Blake</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 26, 2008
3:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSGeo
Discussions</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking
for OSGeo Slide Show/Presentation Material<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>I’ve been invited to give a
presentation on OSGeo at the local GIS user group and my company has agreed to
cover my time out of the office. (They even offered to sponsor the refreshments
for the meeting.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>I was hoping some other OSGeo members have
done similar presentations. If anyone has material on the basics of the OSGeo
(the organizations history, its goals, its structure) they would let me use in
my own presentation I would really appreciate it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>The presentation will be on October 23, 2008
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jackson</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>, if any nearby OSGeo members are
interested in attending. (I’d welcome help with the presentation.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>I’m hoping I can use the presentation
to generate some more interest in OSGeo among local GIS users. I might also try
to use it to kick-start a <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
or Central California OSGeo Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>The best part of this whole deal is the user
group used to be dedicated to ESRI software. ESRI stopped sponsoring the local
user groups so now they can have a wider variety of speakers. I’ve often
wondered who in ESRI’s marketing department made the decision to kill
support for the local user groups…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>Landon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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