Tucson GIS Co-op

Attendees

Agenda

1. Introductions

2. 2008 ESRI User Conference Technical Workshops

3. Open Floor

1. Introductions - Bryn Enright COT Water chaired the meeting and introductions were made. Attendees provided some information on their current projects.

2. The City purchased the 2008 ESRI User Conference Proceedings on DVD. City staff will be able to view the proceedings at their leisure on an intranet site. City DOT will host the intranet site and the address will be available once an index page has been created.

In addition to the website, the co-op will host viewings of the technical workshops followed by a group discussion. It is believed that this format will help to facilitate the learning process and users can share some of their experiences. These workshops will be open to all co-op members, public and private (On 10/22, Bryn Enright confirmed with ESRI account rep, Colleen Burke, that this would be acceptable and not violate the enterprise-license agreement)

The attendees at today’s meeting agreed that the workshops should be held on a day separate from the regularly scheduled co-op meetings. It was agreed to hold the first workshop on a Thursday at 12:30 (specific date and location TBD). Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch.

Co-op members are encouraged to send Bryn Enright a “wish-list” for their top 3 most desired workshops. Bryn will compile the list and coordinate the workshop seminars.

Please send your lists to Bryn (Bryn.Enright@tucsonaz.gov) no later than Friday October 31^st.

3. Open Floor

a. Josh Pope COT UPD provided some information on a symposium being held at the U of A College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture called “Plug In. Power Up! Collaborative Digital Design – capabilities of new digital tools in environmental design”

i. The symposium will be held on Saturday November 8, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 5 PM at the UA Campus, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Room 202 (NE corner Mountain Ave and Speedway Blvd.)

ii. Josh will be attending and is willing to take your questions and find out more information for if you are interested but unable to attend.

iii. Josh also provided the following link for more information on BIM Building Information Modeling which is a process that will be highlighted at the U of A seminar.

http://www.vector1media.com/dialogue/interview/interview:-a-gis-guru-explores-the-bim-opportunity/

b. Robert MacAuthur U of A recounted his experience at the AGIC conference which was well attended and had workshops similar to what is available at the ESRI conference. Robert presented on “Using GIS and Web 2.0 in a Telediagnostics Project”.

c. Kaoru Johansen PC DOT (Kaoru.Johansen@dot.pima.gov) is selling raffle tickets for the November GIS Fair. Prizes include an Apple iTouch.