NSGIC Conference Report 1
The 2008 NSGIC Conference started on Sunday, September 7, with a morning Board Meeting and continued into the afternoon with a State Members Caucus meeting at which the states shared ideas, concerns and plans for the conference and the coming year. After a "meet the candidates dinner," at which those running for the Board and for the position of President-Elect had a chance to introduce themselves to the members. Afterwards, the Coastal States Caucus held an evening meeting.
The more formal start to the conference was on Monday, September 8, with a welcome from NSGIC president Cy Smith and from the conference "host," Jon Gottsegen, of Colorado. The balance of the morning was given over to a Roll Call of the states at which lead delegates for each state, and representatives of sponsors and corporate partners, gave short updates on their activities.
Lunch breakout sessions focused on the update of the national metadata standard and on using geospatial data to help with emergency preparedness efforts.
After lunch, Colorado CIO Mike Locatis gave a keynote address. Mr. Locatis was brought in by a new state Governor and assigned the task of building a statewide IT infrastructure out of what had become a series of stove-piped and separate agency-specific IT sections. He outlined his efforts to centralize those functions that should be centralized in order to free-up agency CIO's to focus more on their own agency lines of business. He pointed to GIS support and architecture as IT infrastructure needed by all agencies.
Several of the NSGIC members who are also members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) discussed the early efforts of the Committee and future plans.
After the board and President-Elect candidates made formal presentations to the membership, the whole large group trooped outside for the traditional group photo. This year, the photographer brought his own lift to get the elevation needed to capture the whole crowd.
After a short break, members of the NSGIC Outreach Committee gave a presentation on the Federal Coordination Factors model (PDF) that NSGIC has been working on to help state GIS Coordinators improve their relationship with federal partners.
A panel of experts from Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.; 3001, Inc.; Sanborn; and Surdex Corporation discussed issues of data storage and dissemination for large orthophotography and LiDAR projects. the discussion included a look at the realities of growing file sizes and the demands on staff that a successful project can generate.
That session closed the formal plenary session for the day. NSGIC Board members met after that with representatives of Platinum Sponsors and later, following a Sponsor Reception and dinner, with the NSGIC Corporate leadership Council to discuss future partnership efforts and ways to bring more private sector partners into NSGIC.
The more formal start to the conference was on Monday, September 8, with a welcome from NSGIC president Cy Smith and from the conference "host," Jon Gottsegen, of Colorado. The balance of the morning was given over to a Roll Call of the states at which lead delegates for each state, and representatives of sponsors and corporate partners, gave short updates on their activities.
Lunch breakout sessions focused on the update of the national metadata standard and on using geospatial data to help with emergency preparedness efforts.
After lunch, Colorado CIO Mike Locatis gave a keynote address. Mr. Locatis was brought in by a new state Governor and assigned the task of building a statewide IT infrastructure out of what had become a series of stove-piped and separate agency-specific IT sections. He outlined his efforts to centralize those functions that should be centralized in order to free-up agency CIO's to focus more on their own agency lines of business. He pointed to GIS support and architecture as IT infrastructure needed by all agencies.
Several of the NSGIC members who are also members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) discussed the early efforts of the Committee and future plans.
After the board and President-Elect candidates made formal presentations to the membership, the whole large group trooped outside for the traditional group photo. This year, the photographer brought his own lift to get the elevation needed to capture the whole crowd.
After a short break, members of the NSGIC Outreach Committee gave a presentation on the Federal Coordination Factors model (PDF) that NSGIC has been working on to help state GIS Coordinators improve their relationship with federal partners.
A panel of experts from Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.; 3001, Inc.; Sanborn; and Surdex Corporation discussed issues of data storage and dissemination for large orthophotography and LiDAR projects. the discussion included a look at the realities of growing file sizes and the demands on staff that a successful project can generate.
That session closed the formal plenary session for the day. NSGIC Board members met after that with representatives of Platinum Sponsors and later, following a Sponsor Reception and dinner, with the NSGIC Corporate leadership Council to discuss future partnership efforts and ways to bring more private sector partners into NSGIC.
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