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<div class="">I don't know if you remember me or not, but I think we've met a couple times through my late colleague Sylvia Gaines, here at Arizona State U. I'm writing today wearing a different hat, as a member of the GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee. </div>
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<div class="">On the occasion of your retirement, the GRASS GIS community wanted to again honor you for your contributions to open science while advancing the field of geospatial technologies. We've done so on the GRASS GIS web page ("<a href="https://grass.osgeo.org" class="">https://grass.osgeo.org</a>"),
with a link to an article on your accomplishments and role in GRASS ("<a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2021_06_04_fred_limp_retirement_note/" class="">https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2021_06_04_fred_limp_retirement_note/</a>"). </div>
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<div class="">In case you don't visit the page regularly ;-), I wanted to make you aware of it and know that this international community greatly appreciates all that you have done. If your retirement gives you a bit more discretionary time, we also want you
to make sure you are very welcome to continue participating in this international effort. </div>
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<div class="">We wish you the very best</div>
<div class="">Michael Barton, on behalf of the GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee</div>
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<div class="">Markus Neteler (Project Lead)<br class="">
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<div class="">Verónica Andreo (PSC Chair)</div>
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<div class="">Helena Mitášová<br class="">
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<div class="">Martin Landa</div>
<div class="">Moritz Lennert<br class="">
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<div class="">Michael Barton<br class="">
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<span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;" class="">C. Michael Barton <br class="">
Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity<br class="">
Director, Network for Computational Modeling in Social & Ecological Sciences<br class="">
Associate Director, School of Complex Adaptive Systems<br class="">
Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change<br class="">
Arizona State University<br class="">
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402<br class="">
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voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-965-8130/727-9746 (CSDC)<br class="">
fax: 480-965-7671(SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC)<br class="">
www: <a href="http://shesc.asu.edu" class="">http://shesc.asu.edu</a>, <a href="https://complexity.asu.edu" class="">https://complexity.asu.edu</a>, <a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton" class="">http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton</a></span></div>
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