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      <title>WIGICC Network Forum Open!</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span class="forumnormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Those attending the first WIGICC Network meeting on October 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; identified a number of topics they felt should be top priorities for WIGICC. Break out sessions identified and recorded interests, issues, and action items for each. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span class="forumnormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;What are they? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wigicc.org/PARTICIPATE/NetworkForum/tabid/148/Default.aspx"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span class="forumnormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Check out the WIGICC Network Forum today!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ESRI Master Purchase Agreement Finalized!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2" color="black"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;We are very  happy to report that the Master Purchase Agreement (MPA) with Environmental  Systems Research Institute (ESRI) has been finalized.&amp;#160; For the next two years  the State of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state w:st="on"&gt;Wisconsin&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and partner agencies will be able to  obtain products and services at a more favorable rate through this agreement.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WIGICC stakeholder "Network" Kick-off Meeting Sceduled for October 28!</title>
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&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cc0000"&gt;&lt;font color="#006600"&gt;Mark your calendars for an important statewide&amp;#160;stakeholder "Network" meeting on October 28th!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;On &lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, October 28th&lt;/strong&gt; (9:00 am - 4:00 pm) a meeting will occur in &lt;strong&gt;Appleton&lt;/strong&gt; (Radisson Paper Valley Hotel) that will have an impact on the future of Geographic Information (GIS) in Wisconsin. We are now ready to kick-off another critical component of WIGICC, a vibrant statewide stakeholder "Network". The Network will identify issues and make recommendations to the Council on actions and policies relating to statewide geospatial initiatives. We envision that the Network will reach beyond traditional&amp;am</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Coordination Council Members Named, Meetings Planned</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"&gt;The interim Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council (WIGICC) is forming! The process to select members of the new Council is nearly complete, with 14 of the 15 members now named. The first council meeting is scheduled for September 23rd in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"&gt;Madison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"&gt;, followed by a statewide stakeholder "Network" meeting on October 28th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Coordination Council Formation and First Meeting</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="WithBreaks" dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" size="2"&gt;Stakeholder groups from around the state are in the final stages of identifying representatives for an interim Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council. If all goes as planned, the first meeting of the Council should happen in late September of 2008.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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