Notes from Chapter Meeting

February 9, 2005, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

PIA Showroom

 

 

                              I.       Welcome attendees to 2nd official chapter meeting

 

                          II.       Sponsor acknowledgement: PIA and AirPhotoUSA

 

                       III.       Accomplishments

 

·        Received recognition from URISA Board of Directors

·        Received $200 start up grant from URISA

·        Established Interim Board of Directors

·        Wrote and filed incorporation papers

·        Obtained our EIN

·        Filed Fictitious Business Name papers

·        Determined dues structure

·        Wrote marketing letter to solicit sponsorship

·        Revised web pages

·        Registered our own domain – www.norcalurisa.org

·        Meeting planning

·        Develop marketing contact database

·        Develop membership database

 

                        IV.       Upcoming Tasks

 

·        Establish bank account and set up accounting procedures

·        File forms for 501(c)(3) status

·        Send out invoices for 2005 dues

·        Send out letters requesting sponsorship

·        More meeting planning

 

                            V.       Interim Board of Directors

 

·        President – Geney Terry

·        Vice President – Harold Feinberg

·        Secretary – Kim Wilson

·        Treasurer – Diana Carolan

·        Director – Robert Thomas

·        Director – Lorri Peltz-Lewis

·        Director – Karen Beardsley

·        Director – Charmaine Yeung

 

                        VI.       Chapter Dues Structure

A.    Regular Members

1.         Individual - $40.00

2.         Student  - $20.00 (includes part-time status)

B.    Sponsoring Members

1.         Silver - $250.00

2.         Gold -  $500.00

3.         Platinum - $1000.00

                     VII.       Reminder of Upcoming Events:

A.    CalGIS Conference: March 16 - 18, 2005: Bakersfield, CA. See details at: http://www.calgis.org/2005attendee.htm

 

B.    NorCal URISA: Next two meetings will focus on Web Mapping technologies and issues: May 11th, and Aug. 10th 1 – 4 pm. Locations to be announced at a later date. Check http://www.norcalurisa.org for updates and details.

 

                 VIII.       Call for Presenters:


Internet Mapping - static maps, dynamic maps, map services, map interfaces, etc - have you ever been left feeling confused as to what Internet Mapping is and what is available? We all realize there are static maps, interactive web mapping, etc, but we want more on Dynamic Internet GIS! What software is available, how do these work, but then what is a GIS service, why do we need all these third party applications, what is the easiest to implement, what about the servers, sensitive data, customers inside and out, etc. - confused, well NorCal URISA wants to help clear this up!

The next chapter meeting will try to pull apart and define the various types of Dynamic Internet GIS, what is available in a basic how to approach, and provide presentations on what is being done locally. Since this subject matter is extensive this discussion will include 2 Chapter meetings - so if you would like to help out by either offering a presentation OR by helping to coordinate this please contact Lorri Peltz-Lewis!

 

                        IX.       Presentations:

 

A.    Bob Earle – County of Sacramento: “Database Design Concepts and Data Integration”.

B.    Danny Krouk - ESRI: “Geodatabase Concepts”.

 

                            X.       Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers

 

A.    Erich Seamon – City and County of San Francisco: “SF Enterprise GIS: interactions and uses of geospatial databases”.

B.    Charlie Crocker – Farallon Geographics: “The Oracle Enterprise Geodatabase (EGDB)”.

C.    Scott Christman – Ca. Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development: “Integrated Systems using ArcSDE with SQL Server”

 

                        XI.       Final meeting announcements and thanks to our Sponsors and Speakers.