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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-CA" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">I’m Scott McHale. I host the small, informal, OSGeo Alberta Chapter meetup each month here in Alberta, Canada. I am reaching out to you as a Board/Committee member or Project Officer to ask your help on an initiative regarding the OSGeo website. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">I am not particularly technical and until recently I have not been involved in much of the OSGeo work beyond my chapter meetup. I have a personal goal of having the majority of my <a href="http://meetup.com" target="_blank">meetup.com</a> members officially sign up with OSGeo, meaning attaining their OSGeo UserID. When I took the step of getting my User ID, I found the UX to be somewhat disorienting. I found I had a hard time articulating both the benefits and the process of getting the ID, based on what I found on the website. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">I approached the Marketing Committee about creating a project to make that process more easily understood by folks who, like me, aren’t particularly technical and might not know OSGeo well. The committee suggested a broader website effort might be worthwhile. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">To that end, I’ve committed to gathering the views and opinions of stakeholders regarding what they, and the communities they represent, need the OSGeo website to accomplish and how well it is meeting those needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">Please take the time to fill out our brief survey: <a href="https://limesurvey.osgeo.org?r=Website">https://limesurvey.osgeo.org?r=Website</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">I will summarize the results in the coming month to help us decide on next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US"> Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang="EN-US">Scott.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Scott McHale </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>industryus</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang="FR" style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>M</span></b><span lang="FR" style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>403.970.7640</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang="FR" style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmchale/">LinkedIn</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang="FR" style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMchale">Twitter</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang="EN-US" style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><img src="https://d5k-gW04.na1.hs-salescrm-engage.com/Cto/DQ+23284/d5k-gW04/R5R8b48ksN7zCdGG2fDrFW1YZYck1YZ0rhW3H38Xh1X07bvW1Gytc322Sp-DW1-_jMv3DLRbnW3DK4lv1W_KPKn22XB224W1" width="1" height="1" style="display:none!important;"></body></html>