Meetings
Rooms 1 and 2 of the Learning Resorce Center (LRC) are reserved for ad hoc business and special interest group meetings that may be scheduled throughout the length of the conference. Sign up on the meeting doors to reserve the rooms. Please limit your reservation to no more than an hour per meeting.
Friday, 22 Feb 2008
GSDI Executive Committee Meeting
Time: 9:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00
Location: Holiday Inn Express Suites
Purpose: Preparatory meeting
Participants: President, Past President, President Elect and GSDI Staff
Contact: Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director, onsrud@gsdi.org
Saturday, 23 Feb 2008
GSDI Board Meeting
Time: 9:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00
Location: Holiday Inn Express Suites
Purpose: Regular business meeting of the GSDI Board.
Participants: All elected and appointed members to the GSDI Board plus GSDI staff and explicitly invited guests.
Contact: Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director, onsrud@gsdi.org
Sunday, 24 Feb 2008
GSDI Council Meeting
Time: 13:00-17:00
Location: Holiday Inn Express Suites
Purpose: Regular business meeting of the GSDI Council.
Participants: All delegates from Full Member Organizations, Ex Officio Members from other organizations, GSDI staff and explicitly invited guests. All individual members of the GSDI Association are invited as guests.
Contact: Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director, onsrud@gsdi.org
Monday, 25 Feb 2008
Workshop Sessions
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008
GSDI Technical Working Group Committee Meeting and Round Table Discussion (TS 5)
Time: 90 minutes, 14:00-15:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Discussion of plans for addressing technical topics essential to the creation of compatible spatial data infrastructures.
Participants: Committee members and anyone else interested
Contact: Greg Yeltman, Co-Chair, gyetman@ciesin.columbia.edu
GSDI Sponsored Projects Committee Meeting and Round Table Discussion (TS 10)
Time: 90 minutes, 16:00-17:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Addressing matters that involve the GSDI Association with regard to sponsorship of funded projects, including grants, cooperative agreements and contracts.
Participants: Committee members and anyone else interested
Contact:Carmelle Terborgh, Co-chair, cterborgh@esri.com
Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008
GSDI Industry Advisory Committee and Round Table Discussion (TS 15)
Time: 90 minutes, 14:00-15:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Assessment of organization in meeting past recommendations of industry members of the organization and recommendations and plans for further progress.
Participants: Committee members and anyone else interested
Contact: Carmelle Terborgh, cterborgh@esri.com
GSDI Legal and Socioeconomic Committee Meeting and Round Table Discussion (TS 20)
Time: 90 minutes, 16:00-17:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Discussion of past activities and plans for future activities of the organization in regard to public policy, legal, economic and social approaches supporting cooperation among nations in sharing spatial data and spatial technologies.
Participants: Committee members and anyone else interested
Contact: Roger Longhorn, Co-Chair, ral@alum.mit.edu
Thursday, 28 Feb 2008
GSDI Conference Planning Committee
Time: 90 minutes, 14:00-15:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Discussion of past, current and future GSDI global conferences. Lessons learned and future plan.
Participants: Past, present and future conference organizers and planning committees.
Contact: Al Stevens, Chair, astevens@usgs.gov
GSDI Communications Committee Meeting and Round Table Discussion (TS 35)
Time: 90 minutes, 16:00-17:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Discussion of communication methods of the organization and their improvement including the association web site, newsletters, and discussion lists
Participants: Committee members and anyone else interested
Contact: Mark Reichardt, Chair, mreichardt@opengis.com
Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies
Time: 90 minutes, 16:00-17:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 1, LRC
Purpose: Planning and progress on joint initiatives
Participants: Heads of geospatial societies
Contact: Ian Dowman, idowman@ge.ucl.ac.uk
Friday, 29 Feb 2008
Global Map / ISCGM Meeting
Time: 90 minutes, 9:00-10:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Informal reporting of progress and plans
Participants: ISGM Members and anyone else interested
Contact:
GSDI Association Open Brainstorming Session
Time: 90 minutes, 14:00-15:30
Location: Mtg. Rm. 3 (corner room), LRC
Purpose: Solicitation of ideas from members and conference attendees on what they would like to see the GSDI Association achieve over the near and distant future and what each would be willing to contribute.
Participants: Anyone interested
Contact: Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director, onsrud@gsdi.org
GSDI Board Meeting
Time: 19:00-21:00
Location: yet to be determined
Purpose: Continuation of the regular business meeting of the GSDI Board.
Participants: All elected and appointed members to the GSDI Board plus GSDI staff and explicitly invited guests.
Contact: