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<p class="MsoNormal">Utilities FIT theme members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You are receiving this email because you are signed up to receive information regarding the Utilities Framework Implementation Team via the Utilities FIT list serve. I don’t believe this team has met in a while and it is currently without
a designated leader. There is a FIT Lead nomination process that I am following to fill current FIT lead vacancies. To that end, we have received a nomination for a new Utilities FIT leader: Sephe Fox.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a little blurb about Sephe: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">I have been a GIS professional in Oregon for 15 years. I started in fish biology consulting, then moved to forestry (with ODF), where I worked first in Tillamook, then Salem with State Forests and also filled
in as the Agency GIS Coordinator, and was also a lead GIS Specialist on wildland fires. Finally, I have worked for Clatskanie PUD as their GIS Analyst for the last five years. My wide background has given me a deep appreciation for the importance of complete
and consistent data, as well as the value of networking and communication between GIS peers and within industries. More specifically, while attending OPUC workshops and meetings focused on utility wildfire mitigation in the last couple of years, a common
theme was the lack of consistent utility data, particularly in regards to service areas and pole ownership. I would like to step up and do more for the Oregon GIS community in general by creating a solid utility data framework, as well as form bonds with other
GIS professionals in the utility industry. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are receiving this email, it is important that you take 30 seconds to vote Yes/No for Sephe to be the new Utilities FIT leader. I need at least 2/3 of the listserve members to vote. Please use this survey monkey link to
<b>cast your vote by this Friday, January 7<sup>th</sup></b>: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M6CYPZK">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M6CYPZK</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If 2/3 of the list serve vote to approve Sephe, I will ask OGIC to endorse her as the new Utilities FIT lead at the next OGIC meeting. If we don’t get a successful vote, then I will return to this group for discussion and new nominations.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rachel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b>Rachel L. Smith<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">State Geographic Information Officer | Deputy Chief Data Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Enterprise Information Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Data Governance and Transparency<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Cell: (503) 877-7221<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><i><span style="color:#2E74B5">“Ensuring user-friendly, reliable and secure state technology systems that serve Oregonians.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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