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size=2>FYI...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
class=style81><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><FONT
color=#0066cc>The OpenMNND Project</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><BR></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=style71><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A </SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN class=style71><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Minnesota</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN class=style71><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> -- North Dakota Application Development
Collaborative</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
class=style71><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #666699"><FONT
face=Arial>Funded by a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) grant
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
class=style71><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #666699"><FONT
face=Arial>provided by the Federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank you
for your interest in OpenMNND. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are well
on our way to having an open-source, freely available product to help counties
and other local government units provide information to citizens through a
web-based map.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Demonstration sites with data from
several of our participants using our newly-designed interface for the powerful
GeoMOOSE software are now available on our web site – <A
title=http://www.openmnnd.org/ href="http://www.openmnnd.org/"><FONT
color=#800080>www.openmnnd.org</FONT></A>. In addition, we are contracting
for tool enhancements, documentation for developers, and a guide to
installation.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We’d like
to give you a guided tour of what the project is about, what the application
looks like, and how data like yours could be served through the application.
</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Join us for
a web demo on <B>Wednesday, March 28, </B></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12:15 pm</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to 1:00 pm</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (CDT). You can come in person to
the MCIT building in </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">St. Paul</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, or participate through a web/phone
meeting on Webex. We’d love to hear your comments and suggestions for
making this a high-quality, easy-to-use product.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Help us
find other ways to get the word out as well - are there user groups or other
meetings coming up where we could present a demonstration? Let us know.
Contact Randy Knippel (<A title=mailto:Randy.Knippel@CO.DAKOTA.MN.US
href="mailto:Randy.Knippel@CO.DAKOTA.MN.US">Randy.Knippel@co.dakota.mn.us</A>),
Nancy Read (<A title=mailto:nancread@mmcd.org
href="mailto:nancread@mmcd.org">nancread@mmcd.org</A>) or Bob Nutsch (<A
title=mailto:bnutsch@nd.us href="mailto:bnutsch@nd.us">bnutsch@nd.us</A>) to
arrange for a demonstration.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We look
forward to hearing from you!</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OpenMNND
Steering Committee</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Randy Knippel, Dakota Co.,
MN<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Doug Bartels,
Richland Co., ND<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bob
Nutsch, State of </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ND</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bismarck<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nancy Read, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MMCD</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MN<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Brian Fischer, Houston
Engineering</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Directions to MCIT building, 100
Empire Dr. (E. end of street), </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">St. Paul</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">:</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<A title=http://www.mcit.org/directions.htm
href="http://www.mcit.org/directions.htm">http://www.mcit.org/directions.htm</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Webex meeting instructions will be
sent to all receiving this mailing a few days before the meeting; if you know of
others interested please have them register on the OpenMNND web site or contact
us.</SPAN></P></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face=Arial>Brian
Fischer,</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>C</FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>FM</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>GIS Project
Manager<BR></FONT><B><I><FONT color=#005b45>Houston Engineering,
Inc.</FONT></I></B> <FONT size=2>|</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#005b45
size=2>Leave Nothing to Chance</FONT><SUP><FONT face=Arial color=#005b45
size=2>TM<BR></FONT></SUP><FONT face=Arial size=2>6901 East Fish Lake
Road</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>, Suite 140<BR>Maple
Grove, MN 55369<BR>Phone: 763.493.4522 / Fax:
763.493.5572<BR>Email: </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:bfischer@houstonengineeringinc.com"><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>bfischer@houstonengineeringinc.com</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Website:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.houstonengineeringinc.com/"><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>www.houstonengineeringinc.com</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN> </DIV>
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