<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Junior<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am going to send out an email this week coming giving an update. The plan is to open the nominations for another short window of time agains, then hold a vote from all committers to decide which of the nominees actually get community voter rights.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 19 Jul 2016, at 2:01 PM, DelazJ <<a href="mailto:delazj@gmail.com" class="">delazj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">Hi PSC,</p><p dir="ltr" class="">I was just wondering what was the current state of community members voting. I may have missed it but are there some results somewhere? Or was the process abandoned?</p><p dir="ltr" class="">Regards,<br class="">
Harrissou</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">Le 12 mai 2016 00:44, "Tim Sutton" <<a href="mailto:tim@kartoza.com" class="">tim@kartoza.com</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11 May 2016, at 23:35, DelazJ <<a href="mailto:delazj@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">delazj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hi all,<br class=""></div>Tim, thanks for your answers and constant efforts to improve the process. Questions:<br class=""></div>Should
I have the agreement of a nominee before nominating him/her or would
this be checked at the end of the process if he/she is in top10? the
latter will surely be better, imho.<br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes indeed it would be better. I think we can do this at the point of selection though - just nominate who you like and if one of the top ten is not available we will just take the next person in the list. Again I just want to keep things simple and there will be long lag times while we wait for people to respond to nomination approval emails from individuals.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Is the
<a href="http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/settings/members" target="_blank" class="">http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/settings/members</a> page supposed
to be accessible to anybody? I do not have access (403) but hope the
concerned people have it.<br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ok well spotted thanks. Here is the list:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span class="">4everskiff <br class="">Alessandro Pasotti<br class="">Alexander Bruy<br class="">Etienne Tourigny<br class="">Gary Sherman<span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span>Manager<br class="">Giovanni Manghi<br class="">Giuseppe Sucameli<span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><br class="">Jürgen Fischer<br class="">Larry Shaffer<br class="">Marco Hugentobler<br class="">Martin Dobias<br class="">Matthias Kuhn<br class="">Médéric RIBREUX<br class="">Paolo Cavallini<br class="">Radim Blazek<br class="">Raymond Nijssen<br class="">Richard Duivenvoorde<br class="">Saber Razmjooei<br class="">Tim Sutton<br class=""><br class="">I will add this to the email that I send out.<br class=""></span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><br class=""></span><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">There's a minor typo issue: "Redline" instead of “Redmine"<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks - it is my spell checker - it has no idea what Redmine is :-) I will fix it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I had some off list feedback from Vincent too asking for the timeline to be longer - I will make the deadline end of next week then since it seems Europe was on holiday last week… That does mean that we will have a very compressed time for voting for the board etc. but I think we will manage.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>Regards...<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">2016-05-11 23:31 GMT+02:00 Nyall Dawson <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 12 May 2016 at 07:08, Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:tim@qgis.org" target="_blank" class="">tim@qgis.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">
> Hi<br class="">
><br class="">
> Ok sorry for the noise all but here is one more amendment because I have<br class="">
> just been revising the nominations so far and we don’t have enough unique<br class="">
> nominations so I am going to take on board Nyall’s proposal that each person<br class="">
> can nominate up to 10 individuals. Could I also call on the PSC to make<br class="">
> their nominations as I fear we do not have enough participation otherwise.<br class="">
<br class="">
</span>Thanks Tim! I think this is a good idea that will likely result in a<br class="">
better representation for final community members.<br class="">
<br class="">
Nyall<br class="">
<div class=""><div class=""><br class="">
<br class="">
><br class="">
> Updated draft follows:<br class="">
><br class="">
> -----------------------------------Hi all<br class="">
><br class="">
> Firstly my apologies if things are not all as clear as they should be for<br class="">
> the community voting member nomination process - please bear in mind that we<br class="">
> are bootstrapping the <a href="http://qgis.org/" target="_blank" class="">QGIS.org</a> and the governance of it and we can certainly<br class="">
> expect some teething troubles along the way. I would like to respond to some<br class="">
> of the queries that have been raised and extend the deadline for voting to<br class="">
> accommodate those who still have doubts. I am going to write mainly in<br class="">
> bullet points to keep things as clear as possible.<br class="">
><br class="">
> Eligibility to nominate:<br class="">
> =================<br class="">
><br class="">
> * all people with commit rights to any official QGIS repository on GitHub :<br class="">
> <a href="https://github.com/orgs/qgis/people" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://github.com/orgs/qgis/people</a> (note that page is paginated so check<br class="">
> the subsequent pages if you are not on the first page)<br class="">
> * language maintainers and admins for any officially translated language on<br class="">
> transifex for any of these transifex projects: QGIS Desktop, QGIS<br class="">
> Documentation, QGIS Website - <a href="https://www.transifex.com/qgis/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://www.transifex.com/qgis/</a><br class="">
> * any Redline user with ‘manager’ status in this list<br class="">
> <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/settings/members" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/settings/members</a><br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
> Nomination process:<br class="">
> ================<br class="">
><br class="">
> * if you fall into any of the above groups you can nominate UP TO TEN<br class="">
> persons who you consider to be a good candidate to be a QGIS Community<br class="">
> Voting member<br class="">
> * once all of the nominations are in, we will count the nominations and<br class="">
> elect the community voting members based on the number of votes they have<br class="">
> received.<br class="">
> * in the event of a tie breaker (e.g. the number of nominees exceeds 11<br class="">
> nominees with the lowest number of votes have the same amount of votes so we<br class="">
> cannot determine the ’top eleven’), we will provide an opportunity to do<br class="">
> another round of nominations for the contested places.<br class="">
> * Make your nomination using this form: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/vkoYZkE03C" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://goo.gl/forms/vkoYZkE03C</a><br class="">
> * PSC members may also participate in the nomination process but are not<br class="">
> eligible for nomination<br class="">
> * I encourage you to be diverse in your nominations - QGIS aspires to be a<br class="">
> welcoming community to people from all walks of life and we do not<br class="">
> discriminate based on coders, non-coders, religion, race, gender, sexual<br class="">
> orientation, geographic community etc. See our diversity statement:<br class="">
> <a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html</a><br class="">
> and code of conduct:<br class="">
> <a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/codeofconduct.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/codeofconduct.html</a><br class="">
> * The deadline for nominations has been extended until Midnight CET, Friday<br class="">
> 13 May 2016<br class="">
><br class="">
> User groups:<br class="">
> ============<br class="">
><br class="">
> * User groups may replace their voting member at any time<br class="">
> * These members are NOT eligible to elect the community voting members<br class="">
> unless they are also in one of the groups listed above in ‘eligibility to<br class="">
> nominate'<br class="">
> * The following representatives of user groups will automatically be assumed<br class="">
> to be the user group voting member representatives:<br class="">
><br class="">
> Contact person QGIS User Group name<br class="">
> ——————————————————————————————————<br class="">
> 1 Brent Wood NIWA QGIS USer Group<br class="">
> 2 Anibal Alarcon Lima Perú QGIS User Group<br class="">
> 3 Paolo Cavallini Gruppo degli utenti italiani di QGIS<br class="">
> 4 Lene Fischer QGIS Brugergruppe Danmark<br class="">
> 5 Ross McDonald QGIS UK - Scottish User Group<br class="">
> 6 simon miles England<br class="">
> 7 João Gaspar QGIS Portugal<br class="">
> 8 Kevin Williams Wales (Cymru)<br class="">
> 9 Thomas Schüttenberg QGIS Anwendergruppe Deutschland e.V. (QGIS-DE e.V.)<br class="">
> 10 Andreas Neumann QGIS User Group Switzerland<br class="">
> 11 Milena Nowotarska Polska Grupa Użytkowników QGIS<br class="">
><br class="">
> What happens next?<br class="">
> ================<br class="">
><br class="">
> * After the nomination process for the QGIS Community Voting members there<br class="">
> will be 23 voting members consisting of:<br class="">
> * 11 User group voting members<br class="">
> * 11 Community voting members<br class="">
> * 1 OSGEO board voting member<br class="">
> * The voting members will elect the board<br class="">
> * All current PSC members will (unless they request otherwise) be candidates<br class="">
> for election to the board<br class="">
> * Voting members may nominate additional candidates for the board election<br class="">
> * The candidates can be ANY QGIS community member (i.e. not only those<br class="">
> identified in the eligibility to nominate section above)<br class="">
><br class="">
> * The PSC currently consists of<br class="">
> * 1 Tim Sutton (Chair),<br class="">
> * 2 Paolo Cavallini (Vice chair),<br class="">
> * 3 Otto Dassau<br class="">
> * 4 Marco Hugentobler<br class="">
> * 5 Anita Graser<br class="">
> * 6 Andreas Neumann (treasurer)<br class="">
> * 7 Richard Duivenvoorde<br class="">
> * 8 Paolo Cavallini<br class="">
> * 9 Jürgen Fischer<br class="">
> * 10 Gary Sherman (project founder, honorary member for life)<br class="">
><br class="">
> * The voting members will elect the Board consisting of 9 elected members +<br class="">
> Gary Sherman by electronic vote<br class="">
> * The Board, when elected, will elect a chairman<br class="">
> * We will announce the election results at the AGM meeting in Girona to be<br class="">
> held May 26 at the end of this track:<br class="">
> <a href="http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/international-qgis-user-and-developer-conference/conferencia-qgis/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/international-qgis-user-and-developer-conference/conferencia-qgis/</a><br class="">
> (details still pending on that page)<br class="">
><br class="">
> * The voting members will be asked to approve the <a href="http://qgis.org/" target="_blank" class="">QGIS.org</a> budget each year<br class="">
> (by electronic vote)<br class="">
> * The voting members will be asked to approve the project status report from<br class="">
> the chair each year (by electronic vote)<br class="">
> * The voting members will be asked to vote on board member elections<br class="">
> * Voting members will NOT be required to attend meetings in-person in order<br class="">
> to vote, but will be expected to vote and stay informed about the QGIS<br class="">
> project in order to make a meaningful vote.<br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
> This is all rather complicated...<br class="">
> =======================<br class="">
><br class="">
> Yes I know and I can only apologise for that! We are trying to keep things<br class="">
> as simple as possible whilst still keeping it democratic and fair. Its not<br class="">
> easy to balance these things and we expect to iteratively improve and refine<br class="">
> the process over time. As an organisation there are various statutory<br class="">
> requirements we need to adhere to and various procedural requirements that<br class="">
> we need to follow if we are to change our voting system etc. I expect that<br class="">
> we will do a revision to the above process based on your (constructive)<br class="">
> feedback, but we need to limit these amendments to as few as possible<br class="">
> because it is a high administrative overhead to deal with changes to the<br class="">
> <a href="http://qgis.org/" target="_blank" class="">QGIS.org</a> statutes.<br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
> Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries, I will try to help /<br class="">
> address your concerns<br class="">
><br class="">
> With thanks,<br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
> ---<br class="">
><br class="">
> Tim Sutton<br class="">
> QGIS Project Steering Committee Chair<br class="">
> <a href="mailto:tim@qgis.org" target="_blank" class="">tim@qgis.org</a><br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
><br class="">
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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><span><span><span><img height="118" width="150" apple-inline="yes" id="A2D76F36-2EAC-4D56-BA97-228F0C55B93A" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1A5DF6DE-E302-4C28-BFBD-29663CBF1351" class=""></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Tim Sutton</b></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Co-founder:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kartoza</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Project chair:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://qgis.org" class="">QGIS.org</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Visit <a href="http://kartoza.com/" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(71, 135, 255);" class="">http://kartoza.com</span></a> to find out about open source:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Geospatial web development</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">GIS Training</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Consulting Services</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Skype</b>: timlinux </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">IRC:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>timlinux on #qgis at <a href="http://freenode.net" class="">freenode.net</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial</div>
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