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	<title>Discourse &#38; Data</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Farewell blog</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2008/farewell-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2008/farewell-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are only so many hours in a day and although this site has been an old friend for many years, it is time to put it to bed and let it lie. For some strange reason, people were reading these posts when I was a city councillor. Those days have gone and so has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/wishing-you-all-a-safe-and-happy-holiday-season/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/wishing-you-all-a-safe-and-happy-holiday-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope each one of you has a wonderful festive season with your family and friends.
I wish you luck and prosperity for the coming year. May 2008 be all you could hope for.
Best Wishes - I will be back here in the New Year.
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		<title>Dangers of icons</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/dangers-of-icons/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/dangers-of-icons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[graphics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GUI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[icon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mambo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UI]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lynnepope.net/2007/dangers-of-icons/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at Mambo we are currently planning changes to the User Interface. Most GUI (graphical user interface) screens use icons to graphically represent the function or action a user can take. But choosing the right icon, that has the same meaning across languages and cultures can be a real challenge.
Programmers are not know for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you use a CMS?</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/should-you-use-a-cms/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/should-you-use-a-cms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[content management systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mambo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[techsoup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[typo3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All over the Net, on every open source CMS forum, you will find people asking whether or not they should use that CMS. The answer is not an easy one, but can be given in a two-word sentence, &#8220;that depends&#8221;.
If you are new to content management systems you may find it difficult to understand just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Times, they are a&#8217; changing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/times-they-are-a-changing/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/times-they-are-a-changing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[city council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[councillor]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lynnepope.net/2007/times-they-are-a-changing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who visit here regularly will have noticed there have been a few changes. The site name has changed - no longer, &#8220;Lynne Pope, City Councillor&#8221;, the site is now &#8220;discourse and data&#8221;.  The words are self-explanatory.  I did not seek a third term as a city councillor so on 13th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finalist in the New Zealand Open Source Awards</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/finalist-in-the-new-zealand-open-source-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/finalist-in-the-new-zealand-open-source-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mambo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[awards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[disastersearch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hurricane Katrina]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lynnepope.net/articles/finalist-in-the-new-zealand-open-source-awards/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago I received an email notifying me that I had been nominated as New Zealand&#8217;s Open Source Ambassador in the forthcoming New Zealand Open Source Awards, and that I had been judged a finalist.  I was both honoured and humbled by this news and decided to share it with some colleagues.
&#8220;Oh, yeah, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty politics (this website is back online)</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/dirty-politics-this-website-is-back-online/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/dirty-politics-this-website-is-back-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[city council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you find it coincidental that this site was down from 21st September until today, well then perhaps you should consider on what date the local government elections voting papers were sent out!
Yes, folks, lynnepope.net went offline and instead, a vote for Heather Tanguay image was here. Did I do that? NO!  I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August in Review</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/august-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/august-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mambo]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[hurricane Katrina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[â€œIf you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.â€
anon. (Often attributed to comedian Lucille Ball, but known as far back as William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
It seems a lot of people have taken that old saying to heart and the demands on my time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National award for PNCC roading process</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/national-award-for-pncc-roading-process/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/national-award-for-pncc-roading-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[city council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Civic News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PNCC Press Release
The City Councilâ€™s innovative process to include glass as part of its roading foundations has been recognised nationally.
At the weekend the City Council received a Packaging Council of New Zealand award as the winner in the glass recycling category from the Acting Minister for the Environment, David Parker.
The Council, in conjunction with Higgins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Initiatives Funding now available</title>
		<link>http://lynnepope.net/2007/local-initiatives-funding-now-available/</link>
		<comments>http://lynnepope.net/2007/local-initiatives-funding-now-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lynnepope.net/articles/local-initiatives-funding-now-available/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Does your organisation want to develop a project that has the potential to contribute to the City Councilâ€™s community outcomes and its Community Development Plan?
Or perhaps you have an idea for developing a new and unique community group?  Then the Local Initiatives Fund may be able to assist.  
Community outcomes are defined as [...]]]></description>
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