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    Likely of interest to Canberra based subscribers.<br>
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    On 29/08/2011 1:08 PM, Steve Schmid wrote:
    <blockquote cite="mid:46424.1314587318@otf.org.au" type="cite">
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi Cameron, </span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I trust you
            are well</span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Please find
            attached - an invitation to our launch of the OTF.</span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Should be a
            great event - I hope you can make it </span></p>
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                style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">PLEASE</b> forward
              to those in your networks that you feel would be
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Open
            Technology Foundation [OTF] Chairperson – Dr Terry Cutler
            cordially invites you to join Senator Kate Lundy and the OTF
            Council for our launch from Old Parliament House - Canberra.</span></p>
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              style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></o:p></p>
        <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt" class="MsoNormal"><i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span
              style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The OTF is
              an organisation dedicated to leveraging relationships
              between academia and industry to support the Australian
              and New Zealand government sector in the research,
              evaluation, </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
            normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">trialling
              and uptake of open technologies, standards and methods<o:p></o:p>
            </span></i></p>
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              style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></o:p></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DATE      
            Wednesday 14 SEP 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">TIME      
            10:30 AM - 11:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">WHERE   Members
            Dining Room 1,</span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">                O</span><span
            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ld Parliament
            House,</span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">                </span><span
            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Canberra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">RSVP<span
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            target="_blank" sschmid@otf.org.au?,??,??,??)?=""><span
              style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: #0000ff; FONT-SIZE:
              12pt">sschmid@otf.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span
              style="mso-tab-count: 2">                </span>+61 8 8110
            9939</span></p>
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            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">                (e</span><span
            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ssential for
            escorting and catering)</span></p>
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        <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Recent press
            releases about the OTF:</span></p>
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                  href="http://www.cmu.edu.au/pdf/otf/OTF_PressRelease_August24_Final.pdf"
                  target="_blank">http://www.cmu.edu.au/pdf/otf/OTF_PressRelease_August24_Final.pdf</a></span></div>
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href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/267945,terry-cutler-to-chair-open-technology-foundation.aspx"
                  target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
                    FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/267945,terry-cutler-to-chair-open-technology-foundation.aspx</span></a></span></div>
          </li>
        </ul>
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        <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Warm regards,</span></p>
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                  Schmid <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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                – The Open Technology Foundation | Carnegie Mellon
                University <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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                mso-text-raise: 3.0pt">Network: </span></span><a
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