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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to let you know that I’ll be retiring at the end of July to seek greener pastures. I plan to move to Huntsville,AL, close to where my family lives, so I can see them more than twice a year. I’ll be getting a new job there in
GIS I hope. I’ve enjoyed the collaboration that Open Source brings out and intend to delve even deeper into using it as the opportunity presents itself. If no user group exists, I’ll have to find the nearest BBQ shack and start one. Thanks to everyone
for their help and insights and I hope I’ve returned the favor. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Be seeing you at the conferences,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jim <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.2pt">Jim Dickerson
<span style="color:#990033">| </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase"> Minnesota geospatial information office
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.0pt">GIS services coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.0pt">MN.IT Services,<span style="color:#990033">
</span>Central</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt;line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%">651-201-2484 (w)
<b>| </b> 612-555-1090 (f) <b>|</b> </span><a href="mailto:Jim.Dickerson@state.mn.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%">Jim.Dickerson@state.mn.us</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#5C83B4;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <b>|</b> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span><a href="http://www.mn.gov/oet"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">mn.gov/mnit</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#5C83B4;letter-spacing:1.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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