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src="cid:image001.gif@01CA1298.216C11E0" alt="NW Users Group Logo"></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Northwest GIS
User Group has a new website. It has a new URL (</span><a
href="http://nwgis.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nwgis.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> ), a new look and
feel, fresh information, interactive capabilities to gather your input, and a
host of social networking features. In addition to learning about the Northwest
GIS User Group and our activities, you can participate in our community:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vote on your choice
for conference locations and other </span><a href="http://nwgis.org/polls"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>polls</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment on our </span><a
href="http://nwgis.org/blog"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>blogs</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and posts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Share your photos in
our </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/nwgis/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Flickr photo pool</span></a>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Follow our updates
via </span><a href="http://nwgis.org/rss.xml"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RSS</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><a href="http://twitter.com/nwgis"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter</span></a> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and </span><a
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/NWGIS/112924197768"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Facebook</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Post topics to our </span><a
href="http://sunriver2009.nwgis.org/Forum"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>conference forum</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Our revamp is not finished. We'd like to continue to add features to our
website, so that it is a live, interactive and useful forum for you. Please
share </span><a href="http://nwgis.org/blog/what-do-you-think-new-design"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>what you think of the
new design</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
and your ideas of how we can make it better serve our community. Some ideas
we've discussed are allowing all users to post blog entries, cataloguing
regional web mapping services, and providing an online GIS help desk.<br>
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The new website also has information and links to the 2009 Northwest GIS User
Conference in Sunriver, Oregon. This year's theme is "Doing More
With Less: Applying GIS in Today's Economy". The conference has its
own website (</span> <a href="http://sunriver2009.nwgis.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sunriver2009.nwgis.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) built along the
same lines as the user group's. You can now register for this year's conference
on the conference site.<br>
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Check out both </span><a href="http://nwgis.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nwgis.org</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and </span><a
href="http://sunriver2009.nwgis.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>sunriver2009.nwgis.org</span></a> <span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Follow NWGIS on </span><a
href="http://twitter.com/nwgis"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><a
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/NWGIS/112924197768"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Facebook</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and </span><a
href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/nwgis/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Flickr</span></a> <span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<br>
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We hope to see you in person at the conference October 12-16th in Sunriver!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bart Butterfield<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Idaho Department of Fish and Game<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>600 S. Walnut, Box 25<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>(208) 287-2722<o:p></o:p></p>
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