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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>For those of you planning to attend the Esri Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) meeting next week in Jacksonville, please review this announcement for details on a <b>Homeland Security/Emergency Management Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting </b>being held <b>Wednesday, May 4<sup>th</sup> from 1:00pm – 3:00pm</b>. Registration for SERUG is <u>not</u><b> </b>required to attend the SIG. We look forward to seeing you there! </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>If you have any questions please contact Leah Schwizer (<a href="mailto:leah.schwizer@associates.dhs.gov">leah.schwizer@associates.dhs.gov</a> or 202-579-0958) or Robin Hoban (<a href="mailto:robin.hoban@associates.dhs.gov">robin.hoban@associates.dhs.gov</a> or 202-604-5754). Please free to forward this announcement to others who may also be interested.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thank you!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=816 style='width:8.5in'><tr><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=22 style='width:16.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=26 style='width:19.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=2 style='width:1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=89 style='width:66.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=516 style='width:387.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=7 style='width:5.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=79 style='width:59.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=3 style='width:2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=34 style='width:25.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=17 style='width:12.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=21 style='width:15.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr style='height:6.0pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt'></td><td width=816 colspan=11 rowspan=4 valign=top style='width:8.5in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=816 height=152 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC0438.D7E328D0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CC0438.D7E328D0"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:95.25pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:95.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:9.75pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:1.5pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:1.5pt'></td><td width=22 rowspan=8 valign=top style='width:16.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:1.5pt'></td><td width=773 colspan=9 valign=top style='width:579.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:1.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=773 height=2 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC0438.D7E328D0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CC0438.D7E328D0"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:1.5pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:19.5pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:19.5pt'></td><td width=794 colspan=10 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:595.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:19.5pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:1.5pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:1.5pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:524.25pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:524.25pt'></td><td width=28 colspan=2 rowspan=5 valign=top style='width:21.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:524.25pt'></td><td width=691 colspan=4 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:518.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:524.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Homeland Security / Emergency Management (HLS /EM) Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting—Wednesday, 4 May 2011 from 1 - 3 pm at Esri SERUG</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>What: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Homeland Security / Emergency Management Special Interest Group Meeting</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Where: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront <b>- </b>City Terrace 9 (located on the 3rd floor)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>When: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Wednesday, May 4, 2011 from <b>1:00 pm - 3:00 pm</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Who: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Homeland Security, Homeland Defense, Emergency Preparedness Response and Recovery, Civil Support and Infrastructure Protection mission partners and geospatial analysts and managers supporting those missions are invited to participate. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:4.5pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Registration: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Registration will take place on site at the SIG meeting. There is <u>no cost to attend</u> even if you are not attending the Esri Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) conference. Please note that if you are attending the SERUG luncheon that day, the SIG meeting will start promptly at 1pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speakers will include:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data (HIFLD) Southeast Region Representatives - Federal Programs and Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Florida’s Orange County Fire and Rescue - The Importance of a Data Distributed System During Disasters</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geospatial Liaisons Program - Geospatial Response Assets</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Florida’s Alachua County Public Safety/E911 - Mobile GIS Trailer - A Regional Response Asset</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) - Protective Security Advisor (PSA) Program</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) - State Visualization Platforms</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Join other regional homeland security; homeland defense; emergency preparedness, response, and recov­ery; critical infrastructure protection; and law enforcement colleagues to discuss the use of geospatial tech­nologies and data to support these important missions. Hear what others are doing to geospatially enable their operations for situational awareness and better decision making. The session will include an overview of the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level-Data (HIFLD) Working Group, HIFLD to the Regions (HTTR), and other federal programs that focus on identifying and facilitating acquisition of authoritative geospatial data, enhancing awareness and sharing of information. Representatives include members from all levels of government presenting on topics ranging from geospatial datasets, infrastructure analysis, visualization tools and mobile operations across the emergency management community. <b>Outcomes will include discussion of future regional networking and partnering opportunities for enhanced regional <br>geospatial coordination.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=75 colspan=4 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:524.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt'></td><td width=89 rowspan=3 valign=top style='width:66.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt'></td><td width=523 colspan=2 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:392.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=523 height=120 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CC0438.D7E328D0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CC0438.D7E328D0"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=154 colspan=5 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:115.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:87.0pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:87.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'></td><td width=677 colspan=7 valign=top style='width:507.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>