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2008 GENERAL NEWS
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.
Podcast
Available - 2008 Education Session on Financial Sustainability
If you did not attend the January 2008 Education Session on Financial
Sustainability, BAAMA has made a podcast of the event available
for your listening pleasure.
The education session 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. To learn more about "the nexus of GIS technology
and organizational structure" as it relates to the financial
sustainability of GIS programs, check out www.baama.org.
CGIA
Board Nominations
It is once again time to rally the best and the brightest of California's
GIS professionals to join the CGIA Board of Directors. 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
April 30th |
| Ballot
Issued |
Mid-May |
| Vote |
Deadline
June 10 |
| Board
Meeting to Announce Elected Board Members |
June
17th |
Please see the CGIA
By-Laws for details on the nomination and election process.
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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