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August 2008 News from WV GIS Coordinator: WVAGP Formal Recognition / Stategic Planning
CORRESPONDENCE from WV GIS COORDINATOR:
(1) Click here to view letter regarding formal recognition of WVAGP
(2) Click here to view slide presentation on WV GIS Coordination and GIS Strategic Planning
2008 Annual Report
The annual report is submitted in accordance with the bylaws and summarizes important work done by the membership, board, and committees from 15 March 2007 to 9 June 2008.
View Report View Presentation
WVAGP Surveys
We need your feedback! If you have not done so, please complete the 2008 WV GIS Conference Survey and WVAGP Membership Survey.
Suveys Link: http://www.wvagp.org/survey.asp
2008 GIS Conference Photo Gallery
The 2008 West Virginia GIS Conference was a resounding success! A photo gallery of the event can be seen here:
http://wvagp.org/conference/2008/gallery.asp
2008 WV GIS Conference speaker presentations
Speaker presentations for the paper sessions (June 11-12, 2008) of the 2008 WV GIS Conference can be veiwed at http://wvagp.org/conference/papers.asp.
2008-09 Officers
During the June 12 WVAGP board meeting, the following new officers were elected. The term of office is from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Jennings Starcher, President
Larry Evans, Vice- President
Kurt Donaldson, Secretary
Katherine Paybins, Treasurer
GIS Certification
The GIS Certification Institute's (GISCI) Grandfathering Provision Ends December 31, 2008. Click here for more information.
State Strategic Planning Workshop SURVEY
The
WV GIS Coordinator's Office administered an informational opinion
survey at the 2008 GIS Conference as a preliminary step in the state's
process of developing a new State Strategic Plan for GIS. Anyone in the
WV GIS community was welcome to participate, and for those who didn't
make it to the conference or would like to provide more detailed
answers, the survey can be accessed online here (Word or Adobe pdf).
Word Document: Download
PDF: Download
Completed surveys can be mailed to:
Katherine Kapo
WV Office of GIS Coordinator
1124 Smith Street, Ste. LM-10
Charleston, WV 25301
Alternatively, surveys can be emailed to kkapo@gis.state.wv.us, and survey results will remain anonymous beyond the WV Coordinator.
Please return your surveys by Friday, June 27th. Thanks to all who participated, and updates will follow.
Eastern Panhandle GIS Users Group Meeting (26 Aug 2008)
EASTERN PANHANDLE WEST VIRGINIA GIS USERS GROUP MEETING
Sponsored by: Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council (Region 9)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
8:30-3:15 PM
Holiday Inn, Martinsburg
RSVP via email at info@region9wv.org or call 304-263-1743 by Friday, August 22nd
Please feel free to pass this email along to any and all interested parties. If you have any questions or need any information, please feel free to contact me!
Thanks, Matt
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Matthew T. Mullenax, GISP
GIS Coordinator
FX - 304-262-3127
mmullenax@berkeleycountycomm.org
Monongahela Spatial Users Group (10 July 2008)
Dear geospatial technology folks, The first official meeting of the northern West Virginia Geospatial Users Group (officially name MoSpatial - the Monongahela Spatial users group). This meeting will take place on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM in Room 324 Brooks Hall on the WVU campus. A presentation will be given by Sue Bergeron of the Dept of Geology and Geography who will be talking about 3D GIS and Visualization.
I hope to see you at the next meeting.
Sincerely,
Jesse Rouse
jesse.rouse@mail.wvu.edu
State Strategic Planning Workshop at the 2008 WV GIS Conference - June 10, 2008
Time/Place: Tuesday, June 10,
The WV GIS Coordinator would like to invite any interested GIS professionals and other GIS stakeholders to participate in a workshop to discuss the modernization of the State Strategic Plan for GIS. No conference registration or membership of any type is required to participate. The WV GIS Policy Council will be overseeing the development of a new GIS strategic plan, in alignment with the Fifty States Initiative from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). To ensure the success of the state plan, input from all GIS stakeholders and user groups is critical from the very beginning of the process. The purpose of the workshop will be to provide an opportunity for the GIS community to communicate their needs and ideas for how coordination, development, and implementation of GIS technology can be improved and modernized in WV, before the strategic planning process formally begins.
Katherine Kapo
WV GIS Coordinator
WV Office of State GIS Coordinator
1124 Smith St., Rm LM-10, The Greenbrooke Building
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 558-4218
Fax: (304) 558-4963
Email: kkapo@gis.state.wv.us
Annual Membership Meeting - June 9, 2008
Annual Meeting: Our next membership meeting is the annual meeting on Monday, June 9, 2008, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Charleston House, Charleston, WV. At this meeting the WVAGP board and standing committees will present the annual report to the membership. There is no registration fee to attend the annual meeting. Non-members are welcome to attend the meeting but only members can vote on matters presented to the membership.
Register now for 2008 WV GIS Conference
GIS Conference Keynote Speaker
Cy Smith will be a keynote speaker for the 2008 WV GIS Conference. He is currently the Oregon Statewide GIS Coordinator and President of the National States Geographic Information Council. He is also a past member of the GISCI Board of Directors.
Bio: Katherine Kapo, new WV GIS Coordinator starting April 1, 2008
Katherine is a native of
WV GIS Inventory
The WV Geospatial Community encourages GIS stakeholders and especially data producers to complete the user profile and all survey questions located on the Ramona GIS Inventory website. This web-based inventory tool is part of a nationwide GIS inventory system supported by the National States Geographic Information Council. If necessary, you will need to create a user account to complete this survey. If you are the designated GIS contact for your organization, then please make sure that you coordinate the responses of all GIS personnel within your organization.
2008 GIS Roll Call
All WVAGP members and exhibitors are asked to complete the 2008 roll call for your oganization. Please submit your roll call report by May 1. The report will be published in June and will be made available in electronic format to all WVAGP members and conference attendees. The report will be published in June and will be made available in electronic format to all WVAGP members and conference attendees. Click here for more information.




