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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Season’s Greetings HOT,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We all have another reason to celebrate this weekend, our #mapthedifference campaign has passed our goal of $30,000 USD. This enables us to launch the micro-grant program and directly support the growth of local OSM communities around the globe in 2017. Don’t hesitate to continue donating (<a href="https://donate.hotosm.org/">https://donate.hotosm.org/</a>) – the more funds, the further the program can reach.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A big thanks to DigitalGlobe for pushing us over the mark with a $10K donation; Mapbox for their $10K donation challenge, and all of the 175 donors so far. Speaking of DigitalGlobe, I mentioned last week that we’ll be working together to assist the Clinton Health Access Initiative eliminate malaria, jump onto <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2396">project #2396</a> if you have some time to help.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have a great weekend/Happy Holidays,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=Russ<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russell Deffner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://hotosm.org/">http://hotosm.org</a><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>