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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Organising Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>After tallying up the votes for the venue for the <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">FOSS4G 2009</st1:PersonName> Conference everyone has voted to go with
SCEC. So we will lock in the dates of Wednesday 21<sup>st</sup> to Friday the
23<sup>rd</sup> of October 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With the workshops it seems that most people would prefer them
to be on Tuesday 20<sup>th</sup> October. Denisa and I are looking at venues
for the workshops and think that we will be able to hold them on this date.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Code sprint would then be on Saturday 24<sup>th</sup> October
either at Cameron’s office (Cameron we should make a time to discuss/ confirm
this) or at an off site venue such as the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Maritime</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We will therefore start advertising the Conferences as
running from Tuesday 20 – Friday 23 October 2009 (we will not advertise
the date of the code sprint as it is invite only).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Janelle Driscoll</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
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<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Janelle Driscoll</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><font
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</span></font><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Conference Co-ordinator</span></b><font
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tel: +61(2) 9265 0770<br>
Fax:+61(2) 9267 5443<br>
<a href="mailto:jdriscoll@tourhosts.com.au"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>jdriscoll@tourhosts.com.au</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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(CSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting - Sydney 2009<br>
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