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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Recently, I was asked to submit an article about GIS in Oregon to CIO Applications magazine.  It was published today (</span><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="https://www.cioapplications.com/cxoinsights/gis-and-collaborative-governance-nid-1487.html" target="_blank">article</a>)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">. 
 It’s pretty brief.  The topic is collaborative governance and describes some of what we were trying to address with HB2906.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">cy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Cy Smith, GISP, State GIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">OSCIO Geospatial Enterprise Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Past President, Urban Regional Info. Systems Association (URISA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Past President, National States Geographic Info. Council (NSGIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">(503) 378-6066,
<a href="http://gis.oregon.gov/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://gis.oregon.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Eva Gomes [mailto:eva@cioapplications.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 04, 2018 4:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SMITH Cy * DAS <Cy.SMITH@oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: CIO Applications : Contributory Article Invite<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Hello Cy,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">I am pleased to let you know that we have published your
<a href="https://www.cioapplications.com/cxoinsights/gis-and-collaborative-governance-nid-1487.html" target="_blank">
article</a> online. Let me know your thoughts on this!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Regards, <br>
Eva<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Eva Gomes<br>
<a href="https://www.cioapplications.com/" target="_blank">CIO Applications</a><br>
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