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<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000; font-size:10pt;"><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Hello All,</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">It took a while but we are up and running for 2017!!.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">We intend to host 3 mapping parties from February 2017 to March 2017 in:</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Lagos (Business Capital)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Abuja (Administrative Capital)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Ibadan (Numerous Educational Institutions)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">In each of these cities we intend to bring together new and existing users of OSGeo products and start to organise the efforts from this part of the world in a clearer manner.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Each city is strategic in this initial run, since we intend to invite people from all spheres of work and life.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">An important part of these agendas will be to create awareness, and encourage participants to start groups that can improve / contribute to all of OSGeo initiatives.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">I have setup the pages on <a target="_blank" href="http://attending.io">attending.io</a>, OSM wiki and also updated the upcoming events section on the OSgeo Nigeria page</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><a target="_blank" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nigeria">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nigeria</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">I was having some issues adding the dates to OSM current events wiki page.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt;">Please share to where you feel may be relevant.</span></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Wishing all a successful 2017.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Regards</font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva">Ayo Akinseye</font></div><div style=""><br></div><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><br> </div> </blockquote></span>
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