You've definitely come to the right place! 
[FYI, for the benefit of our Northern Hemisphere readers, "SA" stands for "Somewhere (nondescript) in Australia"... 
[actually, its "South Australia", one of Australia's states]
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That's good to hear! I must admit, I've been bit of a lurker for a while now but my use of ODK and my interest in how it works has been increasing so I think its time I actually came out of the shadows...
I'm afraid in this case the SA stands for South Africa 
I forgot about the South Australia usage...
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Hi all,
New to ODK and the Community, but from reading posts over the last couple of weeks I'm really impressed by the wealth of information here and how helpful everyone is, quite encouraging.
I'm based in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar and working for a small charity here, SEED Madagascar. We have a whole bunch of existing ODK Collect/Aggregate projects, collecting data from households, fishers, community agents etc, set up by various specialists over the last few years.
I'm currently engaged in a slightly more ambitious ODK project involving ODK 2 or ODK-X, which will use custom UI and multi-lingual translations over the top of ODK Tables. Quite a lot to learn but the docs have been great, and happily my background in web/software development in the past is rather relevant.
You can follow me via my blog at danielgwood.com, or @danielgwood on various platforms.
Cheers!
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My bad. But hopefully you’ll excuse my error - ‘round these parts “SA” typically refers to our cousins across the Tasman. 
Either way, yer now in the right place, both wrt ODK Forum, and NZ...
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Fellow Humans
I am a software developer from South Africa and currently work for a not-for-profit organisation who, among other things, does a lot of community research. Our organisation has been using paid third-party software for all our data collection activities in the past, but now encountered a context in which we need a more customised solution; hence we started exploring ODK's potential. On the personal side of things: I like music, maths, philosophy, TV series, swimming and doughnuts.
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Hi My name is Phil. I work for an Agroforestry company in Lao PDR called Burapha. We grow mainly eucalyptus sp. plus some Acasia, Teak and bamboo. We're experimenting with ODK for data collection in our plantations.
If you want to know more about the company you can see here: http://www.buraphawood.com/home/
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hi i'm happy to read you my name is isidore kikissagbe and i study statistics i want become your friend and i work together because i like the research which improve my level. it is my mail: elsadore04@gmail.com
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Hello,
I am Godsway, a data analyst in Ghana , Specifically Ghana Health Service at the sun national level. First encounter with odk was when I am looking for a platform different from the Epi info platform because I needed multiple data submissions from different mobile users for a Hospital Ward audit tool.
Odk has since become my number choice when collecting data with mobile devices.
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Hi All
My name is David, I have been using ODK for a couple of years and love the vibrancy of the community and the pace of development around ODK.
I live in the UK and have been working in technology for more years than I care to mention in various management roles; currently working as an IT director in the agriculture sector.
I help out with various causes and charities when I have time as well as doing a bit of cricket related stuff on the side.
Innovative uses of technology is a passion of mine which has drawn me to the ODK community!
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Hello! I'm Marlena. I live in the Dominican Republic and use ODK with the non-profit I work with, Edify, to collect data about the schools we partner with. It's been an invaluable tool for us as we grow and standardize our measurement process. 
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Am Hayatu Mohammed Suleiman an academician, Botanist with specialization on plant pathology.I may want share a bast knowledge with those who specized or having intrrst in my field.
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Hello, My name is ShariF from Bangladesh working in WHO SEARO as Data Management Officer. My objective to open ODK account to enhance my knowledge and contribute to others.
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Hello everyone
My name is Fadzai, I am based in Zimbabwe. I have just started using ODK last month as our organisation is doing an outcome survey.
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Hi! I am Temitope from Nigeria.
I am a Social Scientist and have been using ODK since early 2015.
FUNFACT: A colleague showed me how to design a simple xls form on Microsoft Excel, and I could not think of any other extracurricular activity for more than a month. It was so much fun for me.
Pleased to meet everyone.
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Ronald Ssenfuka, M&E based in Uganda. I have some errors and l cannot access my tool on mobile application. I receive an error Xpath evaluation error. How can l solve this?
Here is the link to the tool https://kobo.humanitarianresponse.info/#/forms/ahvkXznPFVtTmjjefbwe5n
Hello everyone,
I live in Nairobi, Kenya and work with an organization called Ona. Ona is a social enterprise located in Kenya and Washington DC, and provides technological solutions to users.
My work at Ona involves providing support to users of the Ona platform in authoring XLSForms, recommending best practices of XLSForm authoring, and troubleshooting for issues encountered by users when using ODK Collect.
I learnt of the ODK Community in Nov of 2018 when I joined Ona and it has been of immense help in providing solutions to issues raised by clients.
I’m a fun of the outdoors. I love taking walks and going hiking. You will find me watching movies and listening to music I can dance to or sing along to whenever I’m indoors.
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My name is Cornelius Murombedzi from Zimbabwe, currently based in the UK. I am a development practitioner and once in a while do research. Had of ODK about 3 years ago but have literally been afraid to explore it. Have decided to take the leap to set up ODK to start using it to collect data, analyse and generate reports. Will need support to effectively navigate all the corners and get it running.
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Hi Nat here. I am from Perth Western Australia. I have been in mapping and spatial science for 20+ years and have worked with many softwares in this field. I am keen to see data collection and mapping in the hands of the many. Internationally there is tonnes of environmental and climate data available but the stories told with these data are still led by government and scientists. I would like to see communities making their own maps to show their own stories. I currently spend my holidays teaching students and Indigenous communities how to collect the data and make maps they are interested in. I am new to ODK and am interested to see if this software and process can help get mapping and data collection into community hands.
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