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All,

 

This is just another reminder that the Connecticut GIS User to User Network Annual Business Meeting will take place in 1 week, Friday March 29, at 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, on the campus of Central Connecticut State University, in Sprague-Carleton Room within the Student Center. The meeting will provide an opportunity for professional networking, educational presentations, and updates to Network business. Additionally, elections for open positions on the Network Steering Committee will be held. The agenda for the meeting will be:

 

8:30 – 9:00          Networking

 

9:00 – 9:05          Introduction

 

9:05 – 9:25          Art van Meeteren, New England Institute of Technology, Drone Education Programming  

 

9:25 – 9:35          Mike Towle, WESTCOG, 2020 Census Boundaries, Why it matters, What’s your role

 

9:35 – 9:45          Break

 

9:45 – 10:00       Steering Committee Elections

 

10:00 – 10:30     John Guszkowski and Mark Goetz re: Connecticut SB 550, An act concerning geographic Information Systems

 

10:30 – 11:30     Neil MacGaffey, NSGIC, NSGIC Intro and National Geospatial Data Act

 

11:30 – 11:40     Cori Grainger, Yale University, modeling the vulnerability of households to natural disasters in the Himalaya region of India

 

11:40 – 11:50     Bryce Mase, ECSU

 

11:50 – 12:00     Isabelle Smith, Conn. College, New London Urban Forestry

 

12:00 – 12:30     Committee Updates

 

The Steering Committee has the following open roles. If you have ever considered joining this group of committed individuals, this is a great opportunity to fulfill that desire! You can nominate yourself or a willing colleague during the meeting!

 

Role

2018 candidate

2019

President

Steven Birney

open

Vice President

Cary Chadwick

open

Secretary

Mark Hoover

open

Private

Kristen LaBrie

open

Regional

Carl Zimmerman

open

Member At large

Dan Bourret

open

Member At large

Jason Courter

open

Member At large

Kevin Dunkin

open

Member At large

Steven Birney

open

Member At large

Mark Hoover

open

Member At large

Meredith Metcalf

open

Member At large

Kristen Ponak

open

Member At large

Erik Snowden

open

 

 

I am looking forward to seeing you all at this very important meeting!

 

Kind regards,

Thad

 

 

Thad Dymkowski, GISP

GIS Analyst

 

Town of South Windsor

Engineering Department

1540 Sullivan Ave

South Windsor, CT 06074

Phone (860) 644-2511, ext. 218

Fax (860) 644-6187

http://www.southwindsor.org

 

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