<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;">Dear OSGeo Board,<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />We are happy to inform that the meeting regarding the<br _moz_dirty="" />OSGeo Vietnam Chapter was held on 11th March 2010 in<br _moz_dirty="" />Hanoi. It was our great privilege to have Board member<br _moz_dirty="" />Jeff McKenna and Charter Members Venka and Ned to<br _moz_dirty="" />attend this meeting and help us in setting up the chapter.<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />The minutes of the meeting on 11th March and the details<br _moz_dirty="" />about the Mission, Objectives and office bearers who were<br _moz_dirty="" />elected at this meeting are available at the links below.<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />meeting minutes - <a _moz_dirty="" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Vietnam_Chapter_Meeting_2010-03-11" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Vietnam_Chapter_Meeting_2010-03-11</a><br _moz_dirty="" />chapter home - <a _moz_dirty="" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Vietnam" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Vietnam</a><br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />We are also grateful to Jeff for his support in<br _moz_dirty="" />setting up the wiki, Chapter mailing list<br _moz_dirty="" />(<a _moz_dirty="" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/vietnam%29" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/vietnam)</a><br _moz_dirty="" />and for his strong lead in the formation of the Vietnam<br _moz_dirty="" />Local Chapter.<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />We are hoping for active cooperation with the OSGeo Foundation<br _moz_dirty="" />and would like to do our best to promote the adoption of<br _moz_dirty="" />OSGeo technologies in Vietnam.<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />As
I will be the official chapter representative to liaise with the Board,
on behalf of the OSGeo-Vietnam Local Chapter, I would like<br _moz_dirty="" />to request the board's approval to function as an Official<br _moz_dirty="" />OSGeo Local Chapter.<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />Best Regards,<br _moz_dirty="" /><br _moz_dirty="" />Bui Hong Son<br _moz_dirty="" />CIREN-HCMC<br _moz_dirty="" />Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment<br _moz_dirty="" />S.R. Vietnam<br _moz_dirty="" /></div>