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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ross Rader wrote: (the emphasis is mine):</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The PDP is our policy development process. It is </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><U><B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">NOT</FONT></SPAN></B></U><B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> our issue understanding process, </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><U><B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">NOT</FONT></SPAN></B></U><B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">our information gathering process, </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><U><B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">NOT</FONT></SPAN></B></U><B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">our getting our technology acts together process. </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Each of these is distinct and important, but we need to keep them separate from the policy development process</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I agree. This is an informed thought to start the year.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Philip</FONT></SPAN>
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