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    Completely unacceptable. The scope needs to be limited to the Irish
    Free State, aka Irish Republic. There can be no question of a local
    'chapter' that presumes to include Northern Ireland as part of an
    entity dominated by the Irish Republic.<br class="">
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/08/2019 19:23, Heather Leson
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        <div class="">Dear OSMF</div>
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        <div class="">The OSM community in Ireland has submitted an application
          to be a local chapter. <br class="">
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        <div class="">Please provide any input by Thursday, September 5, 2019. 
          The board welcome input on this list or to the board directly.
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        <div class="">Details:<br class="">
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        <div class="">Thank you to the Ireland team for this submission. <br class="">
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          <div class="">Heather <br class="">
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