Notes from Chapter
Meeting
SACOG River Rooms
I.
Welcome attendees to 1st official chapter
meeting (Geney)
II.
Sponsor acknowledgement:
SACOG and Nolte Associates, Inc. (Geney)
III.
Introduction of Chapter Formation Committee – Karen
Beardsley, Diana Carolan, Bill DeGroff, Harold Feinberg, Kelly Rainwater, Robyn Starr, Geney Terry,
Robert Thomas, Kim Wilson, Charmaine Yeung (Geney)
IV.
Overview of remaining steps necessary to fully organize
the new chapter (Geney)
I.
Adoption of By-laws
(Geney)
o
Petition for Recognition and process to acquire
“organizing status” discussed; asked for show of hands of URISA National
members; minimum of 10 National members needed to sign petition
o
Group opted to read the Summary of Points from the Bylaws
rather than discuss each point line-by-line
o
No major concerns voiced regarding basic content of the
Bylaws
o
Motion was made and seconded to adopt the Bylaws as
presented
o
During discussion following the motion:
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Suggestion made to revise the Vision Statement to be more
inclusive by changing the phrase “GIS practitioners” to “urban and regional
information systems practitioners”
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Proposed change was favorable to the group
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The jurisdiction of the chapter was questioned. It was explained that URISA requires chapters
to define their jurisdiction, and the counties listed within the Bylaws are
those counties that were not previously claimed by any chapter plus the
counties BAAMA relinquished to the NorCal chapter.
o
Motion was amended
by original maker to include adoption with noted changes; Modified motion seconded
o
Vote taken: unanimously approval.
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Changes will be made to By-law document; Petition will be
written by Formation Committee, circulated for signatures and submitted to
URISA Executive Director in time for Board meeting on
II.
General Chapter Announcements (Geney)
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Each chapter is to have a GIS
Certification contact person. Geney
Terry will fill this position.
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Chapter web site at http://www.urisa.org/norcal/home.htm
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URISA
Annual Conference in Reno,
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Survey and Membership
Form – everyone asked to complete a survey; electronic version to be posted
on the web site
o
Will likely need a larger room to meet in for February
meeting; please provide suggestions for meeting locations
o
Future meeting dates: Tentatively scheduled for the 2nd
Wednesday of February, May, August, and November. Actual dates and times will be determined
based on input from the surveys
III.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers (Robert)
o
Paul Veisze - Dept of Fish & Game: “Digital Imaging
for Geographic Information Systems”.
Presentation materials available at http://ftp.dfg.ca.gov/outgoing/Itb/pveisze
and http://www.asprs.org/WGL/presentations/geographers-database.ppt
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Darla Erwin, Ray McDowell, & Terryl Kocsis - National Agriculture Image Project:
“Statewide Ortho Imagery Proposal”
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Break
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Mary Cook-Hurley - AirPhoto USA:
“Status of Aerial Imagery in
IV.
Final meeting announcements and thanks to our Sponsors and
Speakers