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<p style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;line-height:16.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">Northwest GIS User Conference<br>
September 30 - October 4, 2012 - Portland, Oregon</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">Hello all and Happy Holidays!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">The NW GIS Users Group is active planning the next conference. Here's the news& we're joining forces with URISA and their GIS-Pro 2012 50th Anniversary Conference in Portland, OR,
Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2012. Classes are on Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 and the conference follows.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">This should be an outstanding conference for a number of reasons and not just the fact that we've joined forces. Paramount is the fact that this will be a crossing of cultures:
Management & Technology. Traditionally, URISA is more of a management focus and NWUG is more of a technical group. The combination will offer you a lot of outstanding choices!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">We have three representatives from the NWUG on the planning committee and we're working for you. For instance, our typical registration fees and business partner fees have been
somewhat less than theirs. We're negotiating these prices to help you get the biggest bang for your buck!
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">We'll have more information for you as we approach the conference date, but for now, mark these dates on your calendar!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">Also, please be thinking about paper presentations or short 1-2 hour workshops. The Call For Papers should be sent out the first part of the year AND there is an EARLY DEADLINE!
(February!) Be thinking now about your presentations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">Summary:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sept. 30 - Oct. 4, 2012 - put it on your calendar and in your budget<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0D0D0D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Put together ideas for presentations (Feb. deadline)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0D0D0D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Keep an eye out for more announcements<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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Watch for us at <a href="http://nwgis.org">http://nwgis.org</a>. We hope to see you there. Follow us on
<a href="twitter.com/nwgis">twitter</a>, <a href="www.facebook.com/nwgis">facebook</a> and
<a href="www.linkedin.com/groups/Northwest-GIS-User-Group-3892010">Linkedin</a> .</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D">
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