Missouri GIS Advisory Committee Agenda—September 11, 2008
Department of Conservation—Credit Union Building-9:00 am
Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction of Members and Attendees
Ex-Officio Members
Mark Duewell—excused
Tim Haithcoat—excused
State Members
Debbie Briedwell—present
Colin Duewell—absent
David Finch—absent
Matt Hesser—absent
Donna Rehagen—absent
Renee Robinson—present
Jeff Schloss—absent
Tracy Schloss—excused
Tony Spicci—excused
Beth Struempf—absent
Mike Sutherland—absent
Arnold Williams—absent
Cooperating Members
Elizabeth Cook—Treasurer—present
David Drum—Secretary—present
Mike Duncan—absent
Ray Fox—Vice-chair—excused
Pam Kelrick—excused
Curtis Koons—absent
Kevin Kuhlmann—absent
Jim LaScala—present
Steve Marsh—Chair—present
Greg Resz—absent
Ed Siegmund—absent
Diane True—present
Other Attendees
Tim Donze, Surdex
Nicholas Erlacker, National Guard
Jamie Schieber, Custom Meeting Planners
Kim Burns, ESRI
Terry Gordon, Crawford Electric Cooperative
Frank Burkhardt, Crawford Electric Cooperative
Jeff Patridge, DHSS (proxy for Tracy Schloss)
Aaron Addison, Washington University in St. Louis
Mark Allen, Lafayette Co
Kevin DeSain, MSPS
Approval of the Minutes
No quorum; deferred.
MGISAC Administration
State GIO Report—Tim Haithcoat
No report. Tim is at NSGIC
By-laws
No submissions.
Nominations
Still waiting for letters both for renomination and new members.
Project Updates
Data Sharing Position Statement
Overview of updates. No vote due to lack of quorum.
Phone Bridge Option Findings
No report
Discussion Topic/Presentation
None
Subcommittee Reports
Data Development—Ray Fox/Jeff Schloss
Liz C: met 8/26 in JC among partners interested in LiDAR acquisition. Liz created a map of regions of interest; very little overlap except for Springfield. Will next develop data specifications and pursue a Federal IDIQ contract. Holding a second regional LiDAR workshop on 10/29 at Washington University in St. Louis. Still working on the agenda to ensure various speakers do not overlap material. Looking for someone knowledgeable in sinkhole mapping and vegetation assessment. Sign-up will be available soon.
Finance—Liz Cook
Have a proposed budget for FY09. Purpose of budget is to create spending categories within which money could be spent more fluidly. Discussion. Assumption is that GIO/CIO will continue to pay NSGIC membership ($3,000 annually). Each spending action would still have to be approved by the committee. Vote on budget deferred due to lack of quorum.
Funding & Grants—Pam Kelrick, Tony Spicci, Mark Duewell
No report
Homeland Security/Emergency Management—Debbie Briedwell
Big funding meeting has taken place. Was asked to present MERIS on short notice. Received $100,000 to continue to develop data in the New Madrid seismic zone. David Finch put in $150,000 to integrate data into MERIS. Geospatial investment is now on the list of approved spending for regional grant money. Presenting new GIS viewer to the National Guard on the 26th. Tim D: any news on the Google Earth Enterprise server? Debbie: progressing, but delayed in procurement.
Local Government Group—Mark Allen
Will pursue new funding coming out of Homeland Security. Have been asked to present GIS at e911 conference in March.
Outreach & Education—Mark Duewell
No report
Strategic Planning—Eric Foster
Eric sent out an email but apparently it did not go to the MGISAC list.
Liaison Reports
GIT Architecture (MAEA)—Tim Haithcoat
No report
Policy & Legislation—Tony Spicci
No report
MSDIS Activites—Mark Duewell
Discussion about availability of new 2ft imagery. Will ask Mark for clarification. Tim D: first block of new imagery will be available at the end of September and the second block will be available in October.
Missouri GIS Conference—Tony Spicci
Jamie S: all content for the brochure and the web site should be ready by September 22nd. Jamie's partner Tammy will attend beginning November; Jamie is expecting in January. [Congratulations, Jamie!]
Conference Chairs—Tony Spicci, Mark Allen
Plenary—Hilary Perkins, Kim Burns
Jamie S: Lynn DuPont from New Orleans has been confirmed as a keynote speaker on Tuesday. Kim B: suggestion of a panel discussion during the closing lunch. Other discussion.
Programs—Steve Marsh, Pam Kelrick, Colin Duewell
Jamie S: working on a draft schedule. Steve M: don't believe it is going to change much from two years ago.
Workshops—Ray Fox, David Drum, Liz Cook, Renee Robinson
Exhibits—Jim LaScala
Jamie S: vendor brochure should be in the mail this week, ahead of schedule. Jim: have rearranged booths to create an island of four booths in the middle of the room.
Projects Showcase—Liz Cook
Will have a system for electronic slides.
Publicity—David Drum
Jamie S: will need welcome letter from chair, final keynotes, workshop descriptions to put into preliminary program.
Awards—Mark Duewell
No report
Social—Diane True, Kevin Kuhlmann
Jamie S: not having any luck. May have to abandon an activity. Extended discussion about how to get alcohol involved.
MAGIC Consortium—Tony Spicci
No report
Cooperating Agency/Organization Reports
Federal/NRCS—Liz Cook
Working on NAIP cost-sharing to ensure that the state has access to uncompressed imagery.
Federal/USGS—Ray Fox
No report
Missouri Association of Councils of Government
No report
Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership—Diane True
Have a job opening for an ecologist with GIS skills. Go to jobs.missouri.edu and click on Research. Looking for color infrared imagery but the most recent is from 2003. Interested in leaf-on color infrared. Tim D: that would be a potential buy-up for NAIP in 2010. Mike Shanta is looking for partners to process color infrared from 2007 and 2008.
Missouri Mappers Association—Jim LaScala
No report
Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors—John Teale
No report
National States Geographic Information Council—Tony Spicci
NSGIC Mid-year taking place right now in Aspen.
Round Table Discussion—all
Mark Allen: putting in a GIS network. Do not recommend wiring 200 year old courthouses.
Aaron A: looking extensively at products like ArcGIS Explorer and integrating GeoRSS feeds from multiple feeds in real-time. Would like to talk to anyone else interested in this.
Debbie B: would like to talk to anyone familiar with putting ArcGIS Server on the web.
Renee R: Stuart Harlan at DNR could help, Debbie.
Frank Burkhardt: have been working on their GIS for a couple years.
Kim B: 9.3 roll-out in St. Charles the week of October 16th.
Renee R: utilities project has been finished. Really getting buy-in as a result.
Steve M: Jeff Haney has taken a position in Colorado. His position (development) is open. Job will be posted on MSDIS. Working on georeferenced trail signs to assist 911 operators dispatch assistance.
Announcement of next meeting
October 9, 2008 @ Conservation Credit Union
Adjournment
Adjourned at 11:16 a.m.
