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<i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#CC9933;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal">The
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000;letter-spacing:-.75pt">Northwest GIS Users' Group</span></i><i>
</i><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#CC9933;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal">is pleased to announce that we are
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal">co-hosting</span></i><i>
</i><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#CC9933;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal">our conference with
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000;letter-spacing:-.75pt">URISA</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#CC9933;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal">Join us in Portland for our 27<sup>th</sup> Conference and URISA's 50th Anniversary Conference!<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#CC9933;letter-spacing:-.75pt;font-weight:normal">GIS-Pro 2012</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">It will be a<span class="ecxapple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#CC9933">golden
opportunity</span></strong> <span class="ecxapple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#CC9933"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">to
share, celebrate, and learn.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:red">This is your conference;</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333"> it is jointly happening with GIS-Pro
2012 and offers you an incredible opportunity for learning and networking that doesn't happen often in the Northwest. Don't pass on this opportunity to experience a local/national conference. All abstracts and registrations will be handled by URISA, but rest
assured, </span><b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:red">this is a Northwest Conference</span></i></b>
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">
as well and we are working hard for you.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">URISA is now accepting abstracts for<span class="ecxapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">GIS-Pro 2012:
URISA's 50th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:red">Submissions are due on or before February 17, 2012</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:red">
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">Start writing your abstract now! Click
<a href="http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012_call"><span style="font-weight:normal">here</span></a> for more info: You
</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:red">ARE</span></i></strong>
<strong><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">a member of the NW GIS Users' Group if you receive this email. Please remember that when filling out the abstract submittal form.</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">The educational program (one and two-day workshops) is developed through a review of submissions received through the Call for Presentations.<em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif""> </span></em></span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">The committee welcomes the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, luncheon presentations, panels, and lightning talks and has proposed a list of
<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">suggested topics</span></u></strong><span class="ecxapple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>for consideration (note that all abstracts received will be reviewed and considered for the conference
program regardless of the list below):</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Reflections on the Past 50 years of URISA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Reflections on what it is to be a NW GIS member</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">GIS Return on Investment (ROI)</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Addressing</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Server Technology/Cloud Computing</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Transportation & Transit (planning/mapping/management)</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Geospatial Future</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Open Sourcery</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Maps in the Cloud</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">"New" Uses for GIS</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">GIS in the Social Sciences</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Leveraging the Tablet Explosion</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Data storage: cloud or in-house; new methods for compression; data de-duplication</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Education: how to cope with reduction in budgets and still keep your people on top of the fast-paced changes</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Map communication: how to not make the "normal" mistakes</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">GIS in the First Nations / Tribal Agencies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Base map updating/maintenance</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Business process reengineering</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">GISP Certification</span>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Esri ArcGIS Certification</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Mobile Applications</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Come up with you own idea!</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">Abstract submissions will be accepted until<span class="ecxapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"">Friday,
February 17, 2012</span></strong> . Abstract submissions should include a presentation title and descriptive abstract text not to exceed 250 words. Click
<a href="http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012_call">here</a> for more info.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">NW GIS User Group contacts for the upcoming conference:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">Bruce Kessler, Kessler GIS
<a href="mailto:bruce@kesslergis.com">bruce@kesslergis.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">Nathalie Smith, ESRI
<a href="mailto:nsmith@esri.com">nsmith@esri.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#333333">Paul Ferro,
<a href="mailto:geotrek_@hotmail.com">geotrek_@hotmail.com</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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