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<p>Dear GovHack and Linux Australia colleagues and friends, </p>
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<div>We'd like to thank you all for your wonderful support of
GovHack - you’ve helped us grow over the years to become one of
the biggest annual government open data competitions in the
world. For 2016 we hit a record number of participants,
locations, data sets and projects (see our achievements in our <a
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href="https://acc-gh16.alan.id.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GovHack-2016-Review.pdf">GovHack
2016 Review</a>).</div>
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<div>As GovHack has grown it has helped drive the release of open
data by governments across Australia and New Zealand and
demonstrated the potential of open data to benefit the community
as witnessed by the amazing apps, websites, augmented and
virtual reality projects that continue to push the boundaries of
open data each year.</div>
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<div>GovHack and Linux Australia are proud to announce that
GovHack's current scale, influence and strength of support make
2017 the right year to establish GovHack as an independent
organisation whilst continuing to champion our shared spirit of
openness, awesomeness and respect.</div>
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<div>Open source and open data are more important than ever, yet
they mean nothing without your involvement, your ingenuity, your
brilliance – that’s why both GovHack and Linux Australia are
determined to keep growing to enable more people to play a part
of our respective communities.</div>
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<div>GovHack would like to thank Linux Australia for its
sensational support as an auspicing body in 2016 and looks
forward to working closely together in the future to continue to
promote the tremendous benefits of open source and open data for
Australia, New Zealand and the entire planet! </div>
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<div>GovHack and Linux Australia<br>
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Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia
0418 130 636
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au">president@linux.org.au</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linux.org.au">http://linux.org.au</a>
Linux Australia Inc
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
ABN 56 987 117 479
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