Great Lake Chapter of URISA

Last updated 19-Sep-96

For more information contact any board member:
Peggy Jo Oberlin, President, 815/756-6080
Greg Johnson, Vice President, 312/456-2318
Thomas A. Flaim, Secretary, 630/627-3500
Waldo Born, Treasurer, 217/581-6201
Dan Loegel, Michigan Director, 616/372-3778
Aaron Crane, Illinois Director, 708/699-8232
Rebecca Galambos, Indiana Director, 219/853-6520

Fall Meeting Wednesday September 25, 1996 from 9 A.M. to Noon

Please come join us as we meet with members of the U.S. Census Bureau on September 25, from 9:00 AM till noon. We will be meeting with two different sections of the Census Bureau and plan to cover a wide number of topics, so plan on attending.

We will first meet with the Geography staff, discuss their current and future products, talk avout updates, and find out more about the 2000 Census.

We will also meet with Information Services staff to learn more about their products, other information they disseminate, their data library, and have a hands on tour of the Internet.

RSVP:

Please contact Tom Flaim at (630)627-3500 if you would like to attend. We will need to know how many donuts to bring.

Census Bureau offices are at 2255 Enterprise Drive, Suite 5501, Westchester IL.

Past Announcements, information on past meetings:

Special Program Thursday, September 12, 1996 from 12:30 to 5 P.M.

USING TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY based on a University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension video production of the live satellite program, Land Information Systems for Local Government; Issues and Interfaces; with a panel of experts to answer questions and discuss the issues.

Presented by: Great Lakes Chapter, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association and a panel of experts in the field of state of the art information technology including GIS.

Where: Room 150, Animal Science Lab, The Campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; see maps for parking, shuttle and program location.

When: Thursday, September 12, 1996 from 12:30 to 5 P.M.

What: Introduces the layman to what land and geographic information systems are, how they are developed, the application of state of the art technology to the process, understanding management applications, and evaluating the results. Opportunities for questions and answers are included.

Who should attend: Public officials, especially elected officials and decision makers, agricultural and natural resources managers, land information systems managers, urban growth managers and planners, "911" emergency response services planners, managers of land records, assessors, surveyors; both public and private managers of utility services and maintenance of infrastructure including engineers and those concerned with flood plain and flood insurance management.

Registration: Forward $25 with the attached completed form postmarked no later than August 30, 1996. A Program notebook of presentation materials will be provided on site.

Direct questions to:
Waldo L. Born
Acctng. & Finance Dept.
Eastern Illinois Univ.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-6201 (O)
217-581-6247 (FAX)
cfwlb@eiu.edu
or
Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Assist. Prof.
Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
U of I @ Urbana/Champaign
611 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Temple Buell Hall
Champaign, IL 61820
217-244-5402 (O)
217-244-1717 (FAX)
budic@uiuc.edu (email)

Next Meeting 1:30-5:30pm, Tuesday May 14th, 1996

Next meeting, GPS with" hands-on" demos, will be at:
Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club
800 Oak Brook Rd
Oak Brook, IL
708/990-3025
Topic: GPS

A small panel of end-users will discuss their successes, outline implementation steps, talk about equipment, as well as how to avoid or solve potential problems.
Representatives of GPS companies will talk about their products and current technology.
ALL MEMBERS will get a chance to use the equipment in small group "hands-on" demonstrations with lots of various types of equipment.

Future meeting plans (subject to change, of course!):
Sept 96, U.S. Census Bureau, Westchester, IL. "Census Data"
Dec 96, ILGISA, Schaumberg, IL. "Municipal Government"

From earlier postings, most recent first:

Meeting Tuesday, January 23rd, 1996 from 9am to noon, at:
Group 1, Lombard, IL
Topic: GIS Mapping Accuracy Requirements
Meeting Tuesday, July 11, 1995 from 6pm-7:30pm at:
Northern Illinois Social Science Research Institute
148 3rd St (at Locust)
Dekalb, IL
RSVP (815)756-6080
Dinner around $7.00
Talk 1: Ms. Ruth Ann Tobias on IL EPA: Pollution & Cancer Rates
Talk 2: to be announced
June 8th meeting help at Navigation Technologies in Rosemont, Ill.
Talk 1: Ms. Nina Savar on NIPC & Il GIS Assoc.
Talk 2: Ms. Cathy O'Shea, Navigation Technologies, on Building and Maintaining a Large Transprotation Database.
May 1 meeting held at the Kane County Government Center, Geneva, Ill.
Talk 1: Tim Torres, Sidwell Company, on Mapping/GIS.
Talk 2: to be announced.
First(?) meeting was held April 3rd during the GIS in Business Conference, Chicago, IL.

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