Last Call for SCAUG Nominations

Call for Officer Nominations
The South Central Arc User Group is seeking nominations for the 2010/2011 Board of Directors. The positions up for election are President, Vice President, Secretary, Conference Coordinator Elect (two year term), Louisiana State Representative, Oklahoma State Representative, Mississippi State Representative, North Texas State Representative, and South Texas State Representative.

Please submit all nominations (name, email, and phone number) via email to jcure@ci.longview.tx.us by January 29, 2010. All individuals nominated will be contacted for more information.

Call for Founder’s Award Nominations
The Founders Award was created in 1990 to recognize exceptional contributions by an individual or agency, from either the private or public sector, that have significantly enhanced the importance of geospatial sciences and made significant contributions toward advancing the use of GIS. The individual or agency is identified as a GIS leader that has helped set a new standard of GIS within the SCAUG region. The award is based upon the innovative use of current technology, a creative approach to GIS business processes, the recent integration of major program initiatives, program effectiveness, the transferability of ideas to other organizations, education and training initiatives, and community outreach.

Please submit all nominations (name, email, and phone number) via email to jcure@ci.longview.tx.us by January 29, 2010.

Call for Thumb’s Up Award Nominations
The Thumb's Up award shall be given on an annual basis at the Regional SCAUG Conference. This award will be presented to a single person or agency, from the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma region that has been a friend to the Association by donating significant time and/or resources; going above and beyond normal expectations.

Please submit all nominations (name, email, and phone number) via email to jcure@ci.longview.tx.us by January 29, 2010.

CAPCOG Geographic Informations Systems Planning Council (GISPC) Meeting

The next GISPC meeting will be Friday, January 29, 2010 at 9:00 am at CAPCOG in the Pecan conference room.

First, Felicia Retiz from TNRIS will discuss the GEMSS/CSEC 9-1-1 Data Repository project. CAPCOG is participating in this pilot for Next Generation 9-1-1.

Next, CAPCOG’s Betty Voights will give an update on GeoMap 2010, Chris Ramser will give an update on Census 2010, and Sean Whitehead will give an overview of LiDAR basics.

Last, our staff will discuss upcoming training courses offered at CAPCOG in 2010.

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING COUNCIL
CAPCOG Pecan Conference Room
6800 Burleson Road, Bldg. 310, Suite 165, Austin, TX 78744

Presenters needed for the next North Central Texas Regional GIS meeting, which will be April 29th at NCTCOG in Arlington.

This is a great opportunity to get presentation experience, earn GISP points, and spread the word about whatever cool project you are working on.

Please email me if you are interested in presenting. sbroyles@nctcog.org. Presentation slots are first come/first serve.

Thanks!
Shelley.


Shelley Broyles Stenoien
Senior Information Analyst
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Research & Information Services
616 Six Flags Dr.
Arlington, Texas 76005
Ph# 817-695-9156
Fax# 817-640-4428

ESRI Spatial Roundtable - Planning 2.0 discussion

ESRI’s current spatial roundtable discussion is Planning 2.0 and social media. Planners and anyone interested are invited to participate in the discussion. The spatial roundtable is co-hosted by ESRI and the APA. The press release is out today:

http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/roundtable.html

The link to the Spatial Roundtable is:
www.SpatialRoundtable.com

2010-2011 Academic Scholarships

SCAUG is now accepting applications for three $1,500 scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year. Winners will be announced at this year's Regional Conference in Fort Worth. Applications need to be postmarked by February 28, 2010.

New this year, graduate students may submit for either a scholarship to apply towards qualified tuition and related expenses or a research grant to be applied towards expenses related to an approved project.

Applications are available for download here.

CAPCOG Workshops

Realtime Weather for GIS Workshop
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010
CAPCOG Offices, Pecan Conference Room
6800 Burleson Road, Austin, Texas
Cost: $240/person
To register: https://training.capcog.org/viewCat.asp?catid=16

Other workshops offered:

GIS Techniques for 9-1-1
March, 5, 2010

Publishing GIS Maps for the Masses
May 3, 2010

GPS Mapping for Emergency Response
June 7, 2010

Visualizing the 4th Dimension in GIS
TBD