<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Greetings with Love!</span></div><br style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope you are all doing well.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A few months ago, we had our first ever National Dialogue consultation session in the Philippines, that left us immensely inspired and excited for the next steps. Firstly, we would like to thank you for your enthusiastic participation and insightful suggestions. Secondly, we hope that you’ve had the time to reflect on those conversations, have further discussions amongst yourselves, and are now ready to take the next steps as a community.</span></p><br style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would now like to focus on building concrete action items that we can follow through quickly. In line with this, we would like to propose that we meet on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">August 14th, 2021 (4:00 PM Philippine Time)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and answer some important questions. Based on the first session and your responses to our email, we would now like to prioritize the following questions on the call: </span></p><br style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><ol style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you were to decide your priorities for mapping <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">the </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Philippines</span> as a community for the next six months to one year, what would that look like?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What activities are you interested in to develop <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">the Philippines'</span> mapping community?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">How can the Hub help you?</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would like to kindly request you to ponder on these questions and try to have conversations among yourselves prior to the call. You can also answer the questions in this </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEOOEmyvLWzcvwD9sBHNNJMSdYDBpWmX9EZujPgt17oOU7Lw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Google Form</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> before the call and forward the form/email to your network that may provide helpful insights.</span></p><br style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please feel free to let us know if you are not available on the above-mentioned date and time. We will try our best to find ways to accommodate everyone. We will also be forwarding you offline collaborative space (JamBoard, for instance), meeting minutes, and a recording for your reference. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will send a calendar invite once we hear back from you.</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Looking forward to your positive response.</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you.</span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#cc0000" size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif">MIKKO L. TAMURA</font></b></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><i>Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific</i></b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i>Community Manager</i></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></div><div><i style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>Founder</b></i><br></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i>Pilipinas Chubs X Chasers</i></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><b>Volunteer Mapper</b></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