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Welcome to the website for the Northern California Chapter of URISA (NorCal URISA).  The counties contained within the chapter's territory are listed above. If you live and/or work in any of these counties, or in the vicinity, you are welcome to join the NorCal URISA Chapter. (PLEASE NOTE:  If you live and/or work in the Bay Area, you may wish to check out the Bay Area Automated Mapping Association (BAAMA) website. BAAMA is the URISA chapter representing the Bay Area Region.)

It is the goal of the Northern California Chapter of URISA to provide educational opportunities to the local GIS community and to further the goals and objectives of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. We welcome any input regarding desirable chapter activities, please visit our contact page to send us your comments or suggestions.  We will use this input to plan upcoming chapter events and/or make improvements to the Chapter.

We thank you for visiting our site and hope that you'll become an active participant in our organization.

Signed,
2007 Board of Directors

Mission and Vision


Mission Statement

The Northern California Chapter of URISA is dedicated to serving its constituent region through professional development activities, objective educational outreach, open networking opportunities, and advocacy for effective uses of geospatial technologies and information.

Vision Statement

To become the essential professional organization for urban and regional information systems practitioners in the Northern California region, promoting both the individuals and organizations engaged in the use and integration of geospatial information technologies for the management and improvement of both the environment and our communities.

 

Announcements
Quarterly Chapter Meeting: May 21, 2008:

Open Source GIS

When:  May 21, 2008 1 pm – 4 pm
Where:
City of West Sacramento Civic Center 1110 West Capitol Ave West Sacramento, California

With the evolution of GIS, we find ourselves with many different software options for analysis, web mapping, and databases. There are many new Open source product offerings that can be utilized as cost effective options for deploying GIS, especially for small-medium sized municipalities, as well as large organization.

Come join us for an afternoon of information and demonstrations of what's new in the open source GIS community. We will have presentations on:

  • Basics of Open Source
  • Developing Mapping Applications in Open Source
  • Implementing GForge at CaSIL

You do not have to be a chapter member to attend this meeting, but we encourage you to join this organization and lend your support to future topics and meetings.

Click here for a flyer, or visit our meeting page http://www.norcalurisa.org/meetingminutes.htm


2008 Elections for New Board Members Coming Up!!

Just a reminder that from 07-20May2008, the Northern California Chapter of URISA is conducting our annual elections to fill the upcoming Board vacancies. Look in your inbox for a ballot and fill it out.   Results will be announced at the upcoming Chapter meeting on May 21, 2008.

A copy of the Board of Directors duties with position descriptions can be found on our website, click here.

For questions pertaining to this election, or information on becoming a National Member, please contact the Election Committee at elections@norcalurisa.org.

Reminder, Any member can participate on any activities committees and attend board meetings.


OUR NEWEST SILVER SPONSOR OF THE YEAR!!

Thanks to MUNSYS for being our latest Silver sponsor for the year. We are grateful for their support which will allow us to really enhance the Chapter's processes and programs to better serve you. 

Who will be next?


OUR NEWEST SILVER SPONSOR OF THE YEAR!!

Thanks to the GIS Training Mutual for being our first Silver sponsor for the year. We are grateful for their support which will allow us to really enhance the Chapter's processes and programs to better serve you. 

Who will be next?


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