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\title{GRASS GIS}
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\item  Contact name: \textbf{Markus Neteler}, PSC Chair
\item Website: \url{http://grass.osgeo.org/}
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\section{Key Accomplishments}

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\item  Several GRASS 6.4.0 release candidates published which includes the new graphical user interface, native MS-Windows support new functionality and \href{http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.0RC5-News}{many fixes and improvements}
\item  New winGRASS 6.4.0RCsvn stand-alone package
\item  Google Summer of Code 2009 participation with two projects
\item  Start of GRASS 7 development with \href{http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures}{many new features}
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\section{Participation in conferences}
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\item  20-23 Oct 2009: \href{http://2009.foss4g.org}{FOSS4G 2009 in Sydney -- Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial} in Sydney, Australia
\item  17-18 Sep 2009: \href{http://geoinformatics.fsv.cvut.cz/wiki/index.php/Geoinformatics_FCE_CTU_2009}{Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2009} -- Free and Open Source Software in Geoinformatics, Prague, Czech Republic
\item  8-10 Jul 2009: \href{http://www.ogrs2009.org}{OGRS 2009} -- International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium
\item  17-19 Mar 2009: \href{http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/2009}{FOSSGIS 2009}, Hannover, Germany
\item  25-27 Feb 2009: \href{http://gfoss2009.crs4.it/}{Xth Meeting of the Italian GRASS and GFOSS users}, Cagliari, Italy
\item  February 2009: North Carolina GIS 
\item  August 2009: 17th Int. conference on Geoinformatics, Fairfax, VA 
\item  September 2009: Geomorphometry, Zurich 
\item  October 2009: Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual meeting, Portland, OR 
\item  December 2009: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual meeting, San Francisco
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\section{Areas for Improvement}
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\item  Develop migration guides for public administration
\item  Develop a sponsorship program
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