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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/">
GIS in Action conference</a> this year is being held in Vancouver, WA just across the bridge from Portland. I want to strongly encourage participation at this conference. It will be a working conference, with excellent opportunities to share ideas with, and
learn from, GIS professionals from Oregon and Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Washington and Oregon chapters of URISA and the Columbia River Region of the ASPRS invite you to join your colleagues at the combined 2015 Oregon and Washington GIS conference. Workshops will be May 4
and the conference will be May 5 - 6 at the Hilton Vancouver Hotel and Conference Center in Vancouver, Washington. This will be a joint conference, combining the annual GIS in Action Conference (sponsored by Oregon URISA and the Columbia River Region of ASPRS)
with the annual Washington GIS Conference (sponsored by Washington URISA). Our three organizations have joined together this year to host a single, combined conference that includes the best elements of these well-established conferences!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cy Smith, GISP, State GIO<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Past President, Urban Regional Info. Systems Association (URISA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Past President, National States Geographic Info. Council (NSGIC)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Past Chair, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(503) 378-6066, <a href="http://gis.oregon.gov/">http://gis.oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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