From owner-vgin-sa@virginiainteractive.org Tue Apr 29 15:35:26 2008 X-SBRS: None X-HAT: Group: RELAYLIST, Policy: $RELAYED Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: VGIN_State-Agencies_Listserv: Shenandoah Valley GIS Users Group: Meeting May 2, 2008: Agenda Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:35:00 -0400 Message-ID: <0AF9EAF829C0584FB8843A29A42A9003C29D74@DITEXCHANGE3-CL.ditlan.dit.state.va.us> Thread-Topic: Shenandoah Valley GIS Users Group: Meeting May 2, 2008: Agenda Thread-Index: AciqL79MVjlafbJuSWOhnsanuP6WpAAACYRg From: "Hall, Samuel" <Samuel.Hall@vita.virginia.gov> To: <vgin-sa@virginiainteractive.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Apr 2008 19:34:40.0341 (UTC) FILETIME=[112D9050:01C8AA30] Precedence: bulk X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.99c.4 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Sent on behalf of James Wilson at JMU: From: James W. Wilson [mailto:wilsonjw@jmu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:32 PM To: Hall, Samuel Cc: James W. Wilson; Kraenzle, Helmut Subject: Shenandoah Valley GIS Users Group: Meeting May 2, 2008: Agenda Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Please find below the agenda for the Shenandoah Valley GIS Users Group meeting on Friday, May 2, 2008. Please note that we will meet in the Allegheny Room of the JMU Festival Conference and Student Center. The Allegheny Room is in the same building we usually meet and have our lunch. The following web address will give you driving directions to the Festival and additional maps of our meeting location: http://www.jmu.edu/festival/directions.shtml You will be treated to a continental breakfast, compliments of JMU's Department of Integrated Science and Technology. Our lunch will be on campus at the Festival, an eating facility featuring domestic and international foods. However, you will be responsible for paying for your lunch. ******************************************************************* *Please send an e-mail to "Kraenzle, Helmut" <kraenzhx@jmu.edu> <mailto:kraenzhx@jmu.edu> by Wednesday, April 30, 2008, if you will attend the Shenandoah Valley GIS Users Group Meeting! * ** *If you have already sent me an e-mail a few days ago that you plan to attend, I kindly ask you to reply to this email again. This time, I need a fairly exact head count in order to plan for the continental breakfast.* ******************************************************************* If you park in the C11 or C12 parking lot you will not need a parking permit for Friday (see map: http://www.jmu.edu/map/skyline.shtml). We are looking forward to seeing you, and we hope we will have a successful and productive meeting. Best wishes, Helmut Kraenzle & James Wilson James Madison University College of Integrated Science and Technology Applied Spatial Research Center Shenandoah Valley GIS Users Group Meeting James Madison University, Festival Conference & Student Center, Allegheny Room May 2, 2008 Agenda 8:15 Continental Breakfast Allegheny Room 8:40 Welcome Dr. Helmut Kraenzle, JMU Dr. Polly Cushman, JMU Dr. James Wilson, JMU 8:50 Introduction of meeting participants All 9:15 An Introduction to Geospatial Data & Interoperability Standards Dan Zimble, ESRI 9:45 Federal Perspective Robert Dollison, Geospatial One Stop (GOS) Project Manager, FGDC/USGS 10:15 Coffee Break 10:30 Virginia Perspective Dan Widner, Coordinator, Virginia Geographic Information Network 11:00 ESRI Perspective & Technical Briefing Dan Zimble, ESRI 11:30 Standards: Opportunities for the Shenandoah Valley? Dr. James Wilson, JMU 11:35 Round Table Discussion All * Discussion * Announcements * Next Meeting (tentative: September 12, 2008) / Topics * Various 12:15 Lunch at the Festival / Adjourn -- James W. Wilson, PhD Assistant Professor of Geographic Science Dept. of Integrated Science and Technology MSC 4302 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 540-568-2757 (p) wilsonjw@jmu.edu 540-568-8741 (f) http://www.gs.jmu.edu