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Thank you for the assistance. Per your question: “Q: Does GITA have a partner relationship with OSGeo?”<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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GITA does not have an MOU or similar in place with OSGeo. However,<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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SharedGeo runs all of GITA’s operations (we are the entity behind the curtain),<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
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So going forward I hope you will think of the GITA-SharedGeo team as an unsigned, but very proactive partner. We would very much like to officially promote OSGeo Live at the GITA Phoenix Conference: <a href="http://www.gitasw.org" style="color: purple;" class="">www.gitasw.org</a>.
As such, the presentation by Bob, and the USNG track which follow will be open to the public for free.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="">Is this enough info to use for setting up a Press release? Should I start up something?</div>
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<div class="">On Feb 1, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class="">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p class="">Bob, if ok with you, would you mind CCing this thread to live-demo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:live-demo@lists.osgeo.org">
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<p class="">I like Jody's idea of a news item. I suggest draft it up a joint OSGeo-Live/GITA press release at:
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<p class="">You could add a quote from GITA. Get a quote from one of the <big title> people at OSGeo Live to add legitimacy.</p>
<p class="">"Angelos Tzotsos, chair of OSGeo Live and vice president of the OSGeo Foundation said ..." (assuming ok with Angelos)</p>
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<div class="">Quickest way is to get a thumbs up for OSGeo Live team, and ask them to make a blog post (<a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/</a>). Which is a good idea in any
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