Notes from Chapter Meeting
February 8, 2006, 1 to 4 PM
West Sacramento City Hall,
Attendance: 20+
Board
Members Present: Lorri
Peltz-Lewis, Harold Feinberg, Robert Thomas,
David Hansen, Charmaine Yeung, Linda Wright, Diana Carolan, Geney Terry
I.
Welcome
attendees to Sixth Chapter meeting; meeting called to order by Geney Terry
II.
Sponsor
acknowledgement- Thanks for your support!
1.
Refreshments
provided by: ESRI, California Office.
2.
Meeting Host:
City of West Sacramento.
I.
Chapter Updates &
Announcements: Geney Terry provided a summary of Chapter
status since last meeting.
1.
New Board of
Directors has been Elected & Seated.
2.
A new
Membership category has been created.
Corporate Membership allows for 5 individuals to be members for only
$150.00/ year ($50 savings).
3.
General
Announcements:
A.
GISCI has over
1,016 GISPs.
B.
Upcoming Hazus
Training
C.
Committee
Recruitments for Communications, Workshops, & Events.
D.
CalGIS in
April 5-7, in Santa Barbara (http://www.calgis.org).
4.
Attendees were
encouraged to join as Chapter members. Annual dues are $40.00 ($20.00 for
students). Members will not be charged for URISA sponsored workshops held by
the Chapter
5.
The next
Chapter meeting will be in May and the topic will be on Addressing: Is it even
possible?
6.
Calendar for
rest of the year: May 10, 2006, August- TBD, Nov 8, 2006 are the next chapter
meetings. Board meetings are first Wed
of the Month; either in person or via conference call. All members are welcome to attend. Dates,
locations, and times for those meetings will be available on the Chapter web
site. (http://www.norcalurisa.org).
7.
The next
annual conference for URISA will be in Vancouver, British Columbia, September
26-29, 2006.
II.
Presentations - The remainder of the afternoon program was
devoted to local examples on Disaster Management & Response, A G/IS
Perspective.
1.
Kris Higgs, Office
of Emergency Service (OES): Discussion on FIRESCOPE, OES response, Incident
examples, etc.
2.
Victoria Smith,
Bureau of Land Management: Incident Command System Organization, GISS Position
description, training requirements, Standard Operating Procedures, etc.
3.
Cynde Porter,
Sacramento County & Joe Concannon, SACOG: Countywide collaborative
information maintenance program that supports local, State and Federal
emergency planning and response services.
III. Final meeting announcements and thanks to our Sponsors and Speakers