Georgia URISA

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The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a non-profit professional and educational association that promotes the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems. It is a multidisciplinary association where professionals from all parts of the spatial data community can come together and share concerns and ideas.

Georgia URISA is a state chapter of URISA International, and proud recipient of URISA's 2007 and 2002 Chapter of the Year award!

Georgia URISA is led in 2008 by President Clare Brown | GIS Manager | City of Atlanta | Department of Watershed Management. Read the 2007 State of the Chapter letter from Immediate Past President, Danielle Ayan | Research Scientist | Research Scientist | Georgia Tech Center for GIS.

Newsletter has arrived!! The Georgia URISA newsletter is complete. The Georgia URISA Newsletter contains articles about members, corporation accomplishments and GIS events. The newsletter will be published twice a year. Please read the latest Georgia URISA Newsletter - GeorgiaURISANewsletter

Georgia URISA Events 2008

STUDENT AWARD/CAREER DAY
Each year Georgia URISA sponsors a career day and student award. This year's Thomas Mettille Student Achievement Award and Career Day event will be held on Tuesday April 8, 2008 at Kenessaw State University.

The Winners of the 2008 Thomas Mettille Student Achievement Award:

1st place Undergraduate award of $500 goes to Daniel Scott Miller of Georgia State University for his project entitled, "Revealing Environmental Injustices Through the Metric of Dereliction in Atlanta, GA"

2nd place Undergraduate award of $250 goes to Charles O'Bailey of Gainesville State College for his project entitled, "Evaluation of Imagery Analysis in Wildfire Damage Severity Assessment and Recovery Prioritization"

1st place Graduate award of $500 goes to Jason Vargo of the Georgia Institute of Technology for his project entitled, "Collecting Objective Measures of Parks With Network Analyst"

2nd place Graduate award of $250 goes to Rajith Mukundan of the University of Georgia for his project entitled, "Effect of Soil Data Resolution on Stream Flow and Sediment Modeling"

BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
Georgia URISA annually sponsors one major GIS event, which alternates between a multi-day workshop and a regional conference. This year, Georgia URISA is sponsoring a 4 day conference with pre-conference workshops | Oct 14-17th | Athens, Georgia. Workshop topics, descriptions, speaker bios, etc. will be posted to this website as soon as the details become available.

MONTHLY LUNCHEONS/NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Georgia URISA sponsors a monthly luncheon on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, which provides the following forum: 11:30 am - noon: Lunch is served & professional networking | Noon - 12:10 pm: Georgia URISA/URISA International/other announcements | 12:10 - 1:30 pm: Presentation/panel by guest speaker(s). For more detail regarding monthly luncheon topics, speakers, and attendees, please see our Calendar.

LOW-COST WORKSHOP
Georgia URISA will be holding 4-hour and 8-hour Low-Cost Workshops throughout 2008. More info forethcoming on this site.
For information about upcoming events sponsored by Georgia URISA, please contact Event Coordinator Chris Ogier at PhotoScience 404.564.9843.

Georgia URISA Welcomes NEW 2008 Board Members!

At-Large: Certification & Education Chair: Carl Anderson | IS Manager | Fulton County

At-Large: Corporate Membership: Ron Mulberry | President | Binary Bus, Ltd.

Secretary: Jason Kandrick | GIS Coordinator Senior | City of Atlanta | Department of Watershed Management

Georgia URISA Says Good-bye to 2007 Board Members

Former Membership Chair/Vice President/President/Immediate Past President: Natalie Culpepper | Local Government Representative | ESRI
THANK YOU, NATALIE, for your 6-years of service!!

Former Secretary/Treasurer: S. Muthukumar (Muthu) | Research Scientist | Georgia Tech Center for GIS

Former Certification & Education Chair: Jimmy Nolan | University of Georgia | Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS)

International Events 2008

This year's Annual URISA International Conference will take place in New Orleans, LA on October 7-10, 2008. CALL FOR PAPERS (due February 4, 2008). More information can be found at the URISA International conference page.

Read more about other URISA International Conferences & Workshops.

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