Regional GIS User Group Meeting

1. Regional GIS User Group Meeting • Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 • 10:00 AM - Noon • Amphitheater, C – Level • www.atlantaregional.com/rgug • www.atlantaregional.com/gis

2. Cooperative Purchase Agreement • RFP released and Kucera was selected as the vendor • Contract is ready for signature • Flights to begin next week • Final number of participants ,7: Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry and the City of Griffin (flying Spalding) • USGS to submit proposal next week

3. GIS Training at ARC • Twelve classes (116 students) since March 2008 • Registration is handled through ARC’s Community Planning Academy • Next class will be ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS on Jan 28-29 • Desktop II will be March 10-12 • Cost is $225 for Desktop I (2 days) and $340 for Desktop II (3 days) • Available to local government staff only,Class size limited to 12 • Email announcements go out in advance of classes • Check the Community Planning Academy page of ARC’s website for upcoming classes and online registration, ESRI website for course details • Please contact Paul DiGirolamo at 404-463-3520 or pdigirolamo@atlantaregional.comfor more information • Upcoming Software and Curriculum Upgrade • We have been informed by ESRI that there will be a new version of the software released and some accompanying changes to the curriculum • As a result they are not authorizing any additional courses at this time which will delay ARC’s ability to offer Desktop III until at least 2nd quarter of this year

4. Other Announcements