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.
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
Your Input is
Needed!!
Please fill out our
Web Poll on how the Chapter is doing to meet your training and
networking needs and a web survey on upcoming URISA Workshop Topics!
Your feedback is important and we appreciate you taking a few moments out of your busy day to help us.
We are seeking information on your preference for URISA workshops topics for this
Fall.
Feel free to add comments at the end of the survey.
Please give us your feedback on how we are doing:
Please
click here to begin the
Workshop Topic survey.
CalGIS 2009 Registration is
Coming Soon!!!
The California GIS conference to be held in Sacramento on April 23-25, 2008, provides an
excellent opportunity to educate each other on how we all use GIS... California's
Geospatial Future - Opening doors for New Opportunities!.
2008-09 Elections for New Board Members
is Completed!
The ballots have been tailed and the following are your 2008-09
Chapter Board of Directors that begin their term on July 1,
2008.
Congratulations go out to the following:
President: David Hansen
President-Elect:
Linda Wright
Secretary: Maria Clay
Treasurer:
Lorri Peltz-Lewis
2 year Member-at-Large
Directors: Jenna Michaelis
and Cindy Starr
Many thanks to Daniel Henderson, GISP and Gary Darling for
their willingness to participate in the chapter
by running for a director position. We hope that both will
volunteer on the new chapter committees that are being formed.
Reminder, any member can participate on any activities committees and attend board meetings.
OUR NEWEST SILVER SPONSOR OF THE 2008-09 YEAR!!
Thanks to CD-DATA
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 FIRST RENEWING SILVER SPONSOR OF THE 2008-09 YEAR!!
Thanks to the GIS Training Mutual for being our first
Silver sponsor to renew their support for the upcoming year. We are grateful for their support which will allow us to really enhance the Chapter's processes
and programs to better serve you.
