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MAY
2008 GENERAL NEWS
CGIA
Board Nominations - Deadline Extended to May 16
The CGIA Board is still looking for the best and the brightest
of California's GIS professionals to serve as outstanding representatives
for the following nine sectors:
- Cities
- County Government
- Regional Government
- State Government
- Federal Government
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- Public Utilities
- Education
- Private Business
- Professional Societies & Non-Profits
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Nominate yourself or someone you know to join
the CGIA Board. Every year, CGIA members nominate and elect the
leadership team to provide vision and policy direction for the
state's premier organization promoting the coordination, collaboration,
and advocacy of Geographic Information Systems technology.
All CGIA members are encouraged to take part
of election process. This year's nomination and election schedule
is as follows:
| Election
Targets |
Date |
| Nominations |
Deadline
May 16 |
| Ballot
Issued |
Mid-May |
| Vote |
Deadline
June 10 |
| Board
Meeting to Announce Elected Board Members |
June
17 |
Please see the CGIA
By-Laws for details on the nomination and election process.
2007-2008
Georgia GIS Maturity Assessment
Georgia Institute of Technology's Center for Geographic Information
Systems has issued a summary of GIS service delivery in the state
of Georgia at all levels of government. The document "categorizes
geospatial program and project components necessary for better
decisions by anyone at any level in the public and private sectors."
Check out the 2007-2008 Georgia GIS Maturity Assessment here.
2008
Education Session on Financial Sustainability
BAAMA's January 2008 Education Session on Financial Sustainability
included speakers representing state government, county, and regional
best practice models. Presentations covered common themes including
political climate, governance approach, financial model, staffing,
technology implementation selection, stakeholder participation,
program outcomes, and lessons learned.
Baltimore
County, Maryland Request for Support
Baltimore County, Maryland recently conducted a GIS Strategic
Business Plan that explored the costs and benefits of the technology,
opportunities for expansion, and improvements based on industry
best practices. One of the recommendations of the study was to
put our data in the public domain. This goal of the survey, accessed
from the link below, is to poll the GIS community to see how other
organizations are performing this task. We would appreciate if
you would complete our survey using the link below. This survey
should take no more then 10 minutes to complete. We will publish
the results to the same listservers that the request for information
was posted to. Contact information is only being collected for
our reference so that we may follow up with certain individuals
if we need to. The contact information will not be published with
our results.
Baltimore County, Maryland would also appreciate
if you could pass this link to any GIS Managers or Coordinators
that may be willing to complete their survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=8W_2bH0wDLWCtVrmOFNKsi1Q_3d_3d
GIO
White Paper Initiative
The CGIA Board, along with members of the California GIS Council,
is currently developing a White Paper proposing the roles and
responsibilities for a State GIS position and support office.
We expect to have the paper in circulation within the next two
months; a discussion by the California GIS Council will be held
in the near future.
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