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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Many of you probably saw this email on the SHRUG listserv,
but I wanted to see whether DEP is considering an official response in support
of this initiative. If it’s not currently on the radar, is there someone
in the press office who might be interested in putting together a statement of
support?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please see the email excerpt below and visit the link
provided for more info.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Brian Clark<br>
<br>
GIS Analyst / ES III<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>
Geological Survey<br>
Department of Environmental Protection<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">903</st1:City> W. Tennessee St., <st1:State
w:st="on">MS</st1:State></st1:place> 720<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">FL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">32304-7700</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
<a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/</a><br>
<br>
(850) 487-9455 x 153</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:brian.g.clark@dep.state.fl.us">brian.g.clark@dep.state.fl.us</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<DIV STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"><EM><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">The Department of Environmental
Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and
improving the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of
service you received. <eXclaimer:HTML_ONLY>Simply click on <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://survey.dep.state.fl.us/?refemail=Brian.G.Clark@dep.state.fl.us">this link to the DEP Customer
Survey</A>.</eXclaimer:HTML_ONLY> Thank you in advance for completing the survey.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Pence, Patrick<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 15, 2009
10:57 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SHRUG-L (E-mail)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> shrug-l: FW: GIS for the
Nation Information</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>ESRI is supporting a proposal for a GIS for the Nation as part of the
Obama Stimulus package. The time is short in getting this activity into the
stimulus bill. We need your help in reaching out to the GIS community.
Please review the proposal and ppt presentation on <a
href="http://www.gis.com/gisnation" title="http://www.gis.com/gisnation">www.gis.com/gisnation</a>
and decide if you would be willing to contact your Congressperson or Executive
Management to support the proposal. You can use the following message as a
basis for your communication:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><br>
The United States Congress is strongly considering funding the GIS for
the Nation as part of the economic stimulus package. We are reaching out
to organizations and individuals we believe would benefit from the decision to
build a national GIS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A National GIS promises many benefits including creating jobs,
providing funding to the private sector, supporting state and local governments
with planned infrastructure projects, and creating a series of base data for
responding to local and national disasters. Some other key benefits
include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span></font><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Creation of 24,000 high tech jobs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span></font><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Cost savings by making government more efficient<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span></font><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Better decisions based on accurate and timely data<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span></font><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>A more competitive <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span></font><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Stimulus money allocated by geography<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span></font><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Transparency of funded projects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The time frame to receive support is very short. To learn more about
this proposal, please visit <a href="http://www.gis.com/gisnation"
title="http://www.gis.com/gisnation"><font color=black
title="http://www.gis.com/gisnation"><span title="http://www.gis.com/gisnation"><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.gis.com/gisnation</span></span></font></a>. We
invite you to join us in this effort by sending a note to your representatives
in Congress asking them to support this proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Adam Carnow<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray;font-style:italic'>ESRI-Charlotte<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray;font-style:italic'>phone:
704-541-9810 x8679<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray;font-style:italic'>email:
</span></font></i><i><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D;font-style:italic'><a
href="mailto:acarnow@esri.com" title="mailto:acarnow@esri.com">acarnow@esri.com</a></span></font></i><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#0d0d0d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0D0D0D'>Plan to attend ESRI’s <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) Conference,</span></b>
April 27-29, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Jacksonville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place>.
For registration and other conference information, visit the SERUG website at <a
href="http://www.esri.com/serug" title="http://www.esri.com/serug">www.esri.com/serug</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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