October
1, 2002
RE: October 17, 2002 WAGIC Meeting
Dear
WAGIC Colleague,
The
theme for the October 17th WAGIC meeting is GIS in Support of
Tribal Government. The proposed
agenda has presentations from three tribal organizations: Northwest Indian
Fisheries Commission (Troy Matheny), the Yakama Tribe (Roy Wiseman) and,
Suquamish Tribe (Tom Curley). I look
forward to hearing about tribal use of GIS and urge you to invite your tribal
colleagues to attend the meeting. Along with continuing the practice of
theme-based meetings, the October WAGIC meeting will touch on some topics key
to production and maintenance of spatial data needed for homeland security.
September
11, 2001, is a date we will always remember.
The World Trade Center attack occurred while the National States
Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) was conducting its 2001 Annual
Meeting. It comes as no surprise that
the topic of Homeland Security and GIS were at the forefront of the 2002 NSGIC
annual meeting – which coincided with the one year anniversary. Al Leidner, Director, New Your City GIS
Utility spoke about lessons learned.
Tony Spicci, State of Missouri GIS Coordinator, spoke about his
experience as a member of one of the first FEMA emergency response teams to
arrive on the scene. This single event
in history will have impacts on what and how we collect and store data for
years to come.
The business portion of the meeting will touch on several areas including data infrastructure, imagery, standards, and plans. Most of the items will be informational, however, we will be reviewing a document that the NSGIC has asked us to consider for endorsement – “Saving Lives and Saving Money, An Urgent Call to Build the National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Support of Public Safety.” While we will not vote at the meeting, you may want to review the document before the meeting in order to have thoughtful discussion. You can find the document at:
http://www.wa.gov/gic/public_safety_nsdi_version_5_nsgic.pdf
October 17, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
DIS Video Conference Sites (Bellingham, Lacey, Pasco, Seattle, Spokane, and Vancouver) Note: Yakima Community College site will be on line for Yakama Tribal presentation
If
you have questions about the meeting agenda, video conference locations, or
WAGIC in general, you can contact Jeff Holm at (360) 902-3447, or myself at
(360) 709-5515. Or, check out our web
site at http://www.wa.gov/gic/. Also feel free to contact me if you have
ideas about the direction of WAGIC and GIS.
Until then, I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.
Sincerely,
George
Spencer