From gisday_watch@esri.com Sun Oct 3 14:02:24 2004 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:23:26 -0700 From: GIS Day WatchTo: Ramachandra T.V. Subject: GIS Day Watch, September 2004 [ The following text is in the "UTF-8" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] [spacer.gif] Manage Your Subscriptions [spacer.gif] GIS Day Watch, September 2004 [spacer.gif] Welcome to the September edition of the GIS Day Watch newsletter. This newsletter brings you news and information about GIS Day 2004 and related information about geographic learning and literacy. If you know someone who would like to be updated with the latest GIS Day news, visit http://gis.esri.com/newsletters/ pubs_form.cfm to subscribe to this newsletter. We hope you enjoy this month's issue. Register Your GIS Day 2004 Event Today Only Nine More Weeks to Go! GIS Day 2004 is quickly approaching! To register your 2004 event, go to http://www.gisday.com/registration.html. Registration ensures that your event is searchable on the Web site. Remember to update your listing as new information becomes available. Get Involved With GIS Day >From open houses and software demonstrations to school presentations and hands-on workshops, you can reach the goal of educating adults and children all over the world about the benefits of GIS. One of the easiest ways to become involved is to give a short presentation on GIS Day to a local school. Grade specific lesson plans are available on the GIS Day Web site. Kudos to New England The GIS Day Committee would like to extend a warm thank you and congratulations to the six New England states and New York who will participate in GIS Day 2004 on November 17. This is the sixth year Massachusetts will be celebrating and the fourth GIS Day for Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. New York and Maine will celebrate their third GIS Day and Vermont, its second. Although all the states proclaimed GIS Day in past years, this is the first year all seven states will be participating by making GIS Day proclamations, unifying the regionâ^À^Ùs support of this important technology. Participating cities include Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts; Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont; Hartford, Connecticut; Albany, New York; and Manchester, New Hampshire. Visit http://www.gisday.com/proclamations.html to view copies of their GIS Day proclamations. Declaring GIS Day All Over the Planet! Has your city, state, town or village issued a GIS Day 2004 proclamation? If your answer is no, it's time you asked your governor, mayor, or other community leader to join the celebration! Visit http://www.gisday.com/material.html #declaration to find out just how easy it is. Contact Your Local Media Use the GIS Day press release template to submit an announcement to your local newspaper or company newsletter about your GIS Day event. This is a perfect way to publicize your event and increase attendance. GIS Day and World Town Planning Day While participating in GIS Day, why not celebrate World Town Planning Day too? Sponsored in the United States by the American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, World Town Planning Day will be celebrated in 30 countries on four continents on November 8, 2004. It is a special day to recognize the role of planning in creating livable communities. This November, plan a joint GIS Day/World Town Planning Day event. GIS technology, combined with responsible planning, can help contribute to a sustainable future. See http://www.planning.org/worldtown/ for more details. Got GIS? Visit http://www.esri.com/grants for a current list of grant funding opportunities that can help you acquire or expand your GIS. You'll find both ESRI and Non-ESRI-sponsored grants. It's a great resourceâ^À^Ôcheck it out! This Monthâ^À^Ùs Featured Events Kyle Thieman, a programmer/analyst for the Mecklenburg County government in Charlotte, North Carolina, is busy planning a GIS Day event at the Discovery Place Zone in uptown Charlotte. The Open House style event will be held on November 17 from 10:00 a.m.â^À^Ó2:00 p.m. and will feature a map gallery and a variety of GIS demonstrations. Come see how GIS is used by local city and county agencies for everyday activities to improve the quality of life for Charlotte citizens. Josef Benedikt, a senior consultant at GEOLOGIC in Vienna, Austria, will host a special GIS Day event on November 17 from 10:00 a.m.â^À^Ó6:00 p.m. The morning sessions will include lectures from guest speakers from the city of Vienna and the University of Vienna. Later, a GIS consulting firm will present applications ranging from public services to high-end Internet services (hyperglobe) for schools. The company will also offer GIS workshops for visiting teachers and high school administrators. Eastern Iowa will join together to celebrate GIS Day on Thursday, October 21, 2004 in Tama Hall at Hawkeye Community College. This regional GIS Day Celebration is free and open to the public and will be beneficial to anyone who uses geographic information (addresses, locations, utility networks, maps) in their daily work and decision making processes. Attendees will find out about The National Map, the Nation's topographic map for the 21st century and hear and see what's happening with the Iowa GIS Clearinghouse and the Iowa Counties Information Technologies (ICIT) activities. During the afternoon sessions, participants will be able to listen and learn from a variety of GIS and GPS vendors. It will be A Very "Spatial" Day! For more information visit http://www.gisday.com/events2004/ hawkeye-comm-college.pdf. We wish Mecklenburg County, GEOLOGIC, and Eastern Iowa much luck with their upcoming GIS Day events and thank them for joining our celebration! Now itâ^À^Ùs time for you to decide how you will celebrate GIS Day 2004! Feedback If you have any specific questions or have discovered something that might be useful to others in a future issue, e-mail gisdayinfo@gisday.com. In This Issue [spacer.gif] * Register Your GIS Day 2004 Event Today Only Nine More Weeks to Go! * Get Involved With GIS Day * Kudos to New England * Declaring GIS Day All Over the Planet! * Contact Your Local Media * GIS Day and World Town Planning Day * Got GIS? * This Monthâ^À^Ùs Featured Events * Feedback [spacer.gif] [spacer.gif] Submit Your GIS Day Successes [spacer.gif] Have a great GIS Day and don't forget to let us know how everything went by submitting your GIS Day success stories and photos to the GIS Day web site. 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