<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Here is a message we got on the info list. Seems like a reasonable site as far as such things go. Can' t call it a high brow news site, but it adds to our google score. Added it to our wiki for the future.<SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> <DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Douglas Henderson <<A href="mailto:doughenderson21@yahoo.com">doughenderson21@yahoo.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 16, 2006 4:11:09 PM CDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:info@osgeo.org">info@osgeo.org</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Andy Updegrove <<A href="mailto:andrew.updegrove@gesmer.com">andrew.updegrove@gesmer.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>[OSGeo-info] Please Send Press Releases</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:info@osgeo.org">info@osgeo.org</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman">To Whom It May Concern:<SPAN defanged_style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Helv"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt;
mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Helv"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size="3"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">I would be grateful if you would add the following email address to your press release distribution list:<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:submit.news@consortiuminfo.org">submit.news@consortiuminfo.org</A> following which we will include ! appropriate press releases from your organization at the</SPAN><SPAN class="HTMLTypewriter2"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> News Portal</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN class="HTMLTypewriter2"><SPAN defanged_style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Courier New"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman">of ConsortiumInfo.org (see <A href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/news/">http://www.consortiuminfo.org/news/</A> ), as well as consider them for inclusion in future issues of the Consortium Standards Bulletin (see:<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/">http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/</A> ).<O:P></O:P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><O:P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </FONT></O:P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="Mso!
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mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please note also that we have added a profile of your organization and links to your website at our Consortium and Standards List ( <A href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/links/">http://www.consortiuminfo.org/links/</A> ), which is utilized by thousands of visitors a month to locate and reach consortia.<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is no charge for any of the above, but we would welcome a link at your site to ConsortiumInfo.org if you so choose.<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Linking information can be found at <A href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/link/">http://www.consortiuminfo.org/link/</A><O:P></O:P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><O:P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </FONT></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We would also welcome your members to subscribe for a free subscription to the Consortium Standards Bulletin.<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A subscription form may be found at:<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/subscribe/">http://www.consortiuminfo.org/subscribe/</A><O:P></O:P></FONT></FONT></SPAN> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><O:P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </FONT></O:P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman">If there are other ways that we co! uld work together, please let us know.<SPAN defanged_style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information about the host of these services, see <A href="http://www.lgu.com/practice_areas/consortium.shtml">http://www.lgu.com/practice_areas/consortium.shtml</A><O:P></O:P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><O:P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </FONT></O:P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,<O:P></O:P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I defanged_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN defanged_style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><O:P><FONT size="3"> </FONT></O:P></SPAN></I></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" defanged_style!="MARGIN: DEFANGED_0in DEFANGED_0in 0pt; DEFANGED_LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt;
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