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\title{Twin Cities Chapter}
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\item  Contact name: \textbf{Pericles Nacionales}
\item Website: \footnotesize{\url{http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Twin_Cities}}
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\section{Key Accomplishments}
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\item  Participation--several workshops and presentations--at the annual Minnesota GIS/LIS conference
\item  Birds of a Feather discussion of open source applications at the MN GIS/LIS conference
\item  Participated at the OSGeo code sprint in Toronto (GeoMoose and MapServer representatives)
\item  Members actively involved in Red and Mississippi Rivers flood response
\item  Helped promote use of the US National Grid
\item  Recognized the relevance of Open Street Map and its uses in private, and local and state government agencies
\item  Increased member participation in local chapter meetings and social events
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\section{Areas for Improvement}
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\item  Need more effort in promoting local chapter
\item  Need more effort in promoting open source geospatial tools
\item  More outreach to end users (as opposed to developers, although that is also desired)
\item  Be more inclusive (reach out to other open source projects)
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\section{Opportunities to Help}
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\item  Help with GeoMoose project
\item  More Open Street Map participation needed
\item  Help to secure booth space at the 2010 MN GIS/LIS conference
\item  Help to promote OSGeo and open source geospatial tools at said conference, and other local conferences
\item  Spread the word to increase local chapter membership
\item  Identify local open source geospatial projects and resources
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\section{Outlook for 2010}

In 2010, we can look forward to:

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\item  Paul Ramsey as keynote speaker for 2010 MN GIS/LIS conference
\item  Participation at the 2010 OSGeo Code Sprint in New York
\item  More presentations of important geospatial topics in meetings
\item  More outreach to local open source geospatial projects and resources
\item  Demo/Installfests
\item  Collaborations with other open source groups in the twin cities area
\item  Increase use of social networks
\item  Mapping parties
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