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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">I recently attended the GIS In Action as well as the Open Source GIS Unconference at Portland State University and was very impressed by the Portland "chapter" of OSGEO. I talked with the members there and it was suggested I try to find like-minded people in Michigan and see what can be done to either meet with an existing group, or try to form a new one if none already exists.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">I am based out of Grand Rapids and was wondering if anybody on this list serv is from W. Michigan and if you could contact me. I would even be interested in hearing from people outside of W. Michigan if they meet semi regularly to find out more information about their meetings.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Thanks,</font> </p>
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<br>T.J. Maciak<BR>Senior Programmer, Community Research Institute<BR>Johnson Center for Philanthropy<BR>Grand Valley State University<BR>616-331-7029<BR><a href="http://www.cridata.org">www.cridata.org</a><BR><BR><BR><br><br><BR>
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