2006 NSGIC Conference: Day One, Sunday, October 1
My '"live-blogging" of the NSGIC conference won't be as immediate and impressive as I had hoped. Little Rock's Capitol Conference Center does not have public wifi. We checked on the availability of for-pay wifi, but no one wants to spend the more than $100 per day that that would cost.
As a result, I will take notes during the day and try to post updates to the NSGIC blog when I can get back to the hotel and its wifi system.
Day one, yesterday, was active. Meetings started at 8:30 a.m.. My first meeting -- on Ramona -- was in the hotel, so I was able to post a report from that meeting. After that, the NSGIC board met for several hours before lunch.
In the afternoon, the state members of NSGIC met in caucus to discuss issues from the state perspective then joined with staff from USGS for a joint meeting. Partnerships between the states and USGS are key to meeting the objective of creating a National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
After dinner, there was a meeting of states that have received, and states hoping to apply for, a Fifty States grant from the federal government to support the development of effective statewide geospatial coordination programs. This meeting was packed; whether states get grants to support their efforts or not, all are interested in discussing the challenges of statewide coordination and sharing ideas and solutions.
That meeting, and Day One of the NSGIC Conference, ended at 9:00 p.m.
As a result, I will take notes during the day and try to post updates to the NSGIC blog when I can get back to the hotel and its wifi system.
Day one, yesterday, was active. Meetings started at 8:30 a.m.. My first meeting -- on Ramona -- was in the hotel, so I was able to post a report from that meeting. After that, the NSGIC board met for several hours before lunch.
In the afternoon, the state members of NSGIC met in caucus to discuss issues from the state perspective then joined with staff from USGS for a joint meeting. Partnerships between the states and USGS are key to meeting the objective of creating a National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
After dinner, there was a meeting of states that have received, and states hoping to apply for, a Fifty States grant from the federal government to support the development of effective statewide geospatial coordination programs. This meeting was packed; whether states get grants to support their efforts or not, all are interested in discussing the challenges of statewide coordination and sharing ideas and solutions.
That meeting, and Day One of the NSGIC Conference, ended at 9:00 p.m.
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