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MARCH 2008 GENERAL NEWS

Imagery Business Plan and Best Practices Project Status Report

With the workshop sessions completed, the new report on the status of the Imagery Best Practices Project will be drafted in March for feedback.

• February 2008 Project Status Report

The Phase 2 California GIS Strategic Plan Progress Report

A report presenting the findings and recommendations from the Phase 2 Strategic Planning Project is being drafted in March.

• February 2008 Monthly Status Report

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:

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 The contact information will not be published with our results.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.

CGIA Membership
Have you renewed your CGIA membership? We need your support.

Like a public radio station, CGIA cannot continue to serve the nearly 700 people who receive the monthly NewsFlash without the financial support of our members.

Thank you for remembering to renew your membership for 2007-08. We are counting on your support.

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