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<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">You are invited to</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial Black">OPEN SPACE AUSTIN</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">where pioneers and visionaries, activists and advocates </FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">in Community Information and Communications Technology</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">will open a space to articulate a strategic agenda for our field</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Seventh Annual Community Networking Conference will consist of a CN7 Workshop Day and a Strategic Leadership Summit: "Open Space Austin"</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CN7</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">W</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">orkshops on Thurs. April 28</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Open Space Austin Summit April 29-30.</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Vision: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Convergence and Alignment of Positive Social Forces behind Community ICT</FONT><B></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Open Space Austin (OSA)</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">will be an intensive two day strategy meeting, designed to spark common alignment, new alliances and individual actions for anyone passionate about community & independent media, community networking, community wireless, community informatics & research or community technology and the relevance of these to community and economic development. The format will consist of a variety of large and small group discussion around self-selected topics, with a standard reporting system that will dynamically generate a conference report available at the conclusion of the meeting. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Website</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.openspaceaustin.net"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.openspaceaustin.net</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT><B> </B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(Working) Agenda</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for O</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pen</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">S</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pace Austin</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://wiki.cuwireless.net/wirelessWiki/OpenStructuredAgenda"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://wiki.cuwireless.net/wirelessWiki/OpenStructuredAgenda</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CN7 Workshops</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> will include a BPL/Wireless full-day track and other workshop sessions currently under development. </FONT><B> </B> </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Location</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: Holiday Inn South, Austin, Texas</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Your leadership at OSA is critical to our field.</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sincerely,</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Michael Maranda, AFCN</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Richard Civille, RTC</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Gene Crick, TCRC</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Michael Gurstein, CIRN</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sascha Meinrath, CUWiN</FONT></B></SPAN>
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