Please join us Tomorrow Friday May 20^th for our next CT GIS User Network Meeting!

CT GIS User Network to Serve as Advisor for Statewide GIS Matters

On May 6th the Connecticut GIS User to User Network received a letter from the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management indicating that the Connecticut GIS User to User Network will be officially consulted for recommendations in an advisory capacity for statewide GIS matters.   Specifically, this will initially include assisting in revising and updating the former GIS Council's Strategic and Business Plans, updating the former GIS Council's Cadastral data standard and the development of an address point data standard.   The U2U Executive and Steering Committees have been involved in the discussions leading to this step and have begun making organizational changes to accommodate this important charge such as the formation of three additional Committees:   Education, Standards and Communications.   We are also looking to expand the membership of the Steering committee to better reflect our membership and statewide GIS needs.

 Please join us at our next meeting on May 20th at SCSU to hear about the next steps in this process as well as provide your knowledge and experience in developing the policies and standards that are needed to help develop statewide GIS policies, datasets and resources that are important to you and your organization.   There will be an opportunity for you to volunteer you time, knowledge and experience in making this a reality.

Mark Goetz

Let us know if you are attending by completing a quick (1 question) survey:

http://goo.gl/forms/TaEuZhlPtD

This is a FREE event! Parking, coffee, and snacks included!

WHEN:

Friday May 20^th 2016

8:00am-12pm

WHERE:

Southern Connecticut State University

Engleman Hall C Room 112

501 Crescent Street

New Haven, CT 06515

PARKING: Visitors are welcome to park in any legal spaces in lot P-2 in front of Engleman Hall (Building 11).  Legal spaces are referred to as any space that does not have a reserved sign.  No parking lot attendant will be on site that day.

Campus Map:

https://www.southernct.edu/files/general/maps/scsu-map.pdf

WHAT :

8:00 – 8:30      Networking

8:30 – 8:45      Welcome – SCSU

8:45 – 9:30      Network Business

-          Non-Profit Representative

-          GeoMentors

-          New Committees

-          U2U Advising OPM

9:30- 9:40        Break

9:40- 10:40      Presentations

-          2016 Aerial Project Update

-          Call Before You Dig Program Using ArcGIS GeoEvent Extension – Aaron Nash

-          The Impacts of GPS Technology on Law Enforcement – Michael Gaffney

-          Locating Missing Autistic Children with GIS – Marwin Gonzalez

10:40 – 10:50 Break

10:50 – 11:30  Committee Breakout

11:30 – 12:00  Committee Breakout Review & Closing

Information is posted on the CT GIS User Network page http://ctgis.uconn.edu/

Looking forward to seeing you all there!