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AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A WORSHOP TO SOLICIT COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES. The Committee for Spatial Information (CSI) as established under section 5 of the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Act (Act 54.of 2003) developed the South African Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI) Compliance Guidelines. The purpose of the Compliance Guidelines is to enhance the implementation of the SDI Act as well as to ensure consistency in the application of the Act, Policies and supporting Legislation. You are hereby invited to participate in the consultation workshops which will be conducted nationally to gather contributions and comments from members of the Geo-information community. Attached please find a provisional programme for the workshop. Your cooperation and participation in these workshops will be highly appreciated. Note: This is a free workshop, no cost required to attend the workshops. However for planning purposes you are kindly requested to complete the attached RSVP form and forward to nsif@ruraldevelopment.gov.za by latest 25 October 2013. For any enquiries please contact: Ms S Manele @ smanele@ruraldevelopment.gov.za alternatively call on 012 312 8717 Looking forward to seeing you at the workshops Kind Regards Dr. Derek Clarke Chairperson of the CSI