At the last Board meeting we discussed publishing case studies and other 
documents to give to legislators and other decision-makers to help make 
the case for ongoing support and sustainable funding for GIS.  The 
following is an example of a very timely promotion from the National 
States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). 

http://www.nsgic.org/hottopics/postcard_energy.pdf
http://www.nsgic.org/hottopics/marketing_materials.cfm

NSGIC is working on new material that we may be able to leverage.

Something like this could be easily modeled to show how GIS is being used 
for site selection and site planning in Maine.  GIS is also being used to 
facilitate activities related to other Maine renewable energy resources 
(e.g., forest management).

Best regards,

Dan

Dan Walters
Geospatial Liaison for Maine
Eastern Region NSDI Partnership Office
National Geospatial Programs Office
http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/

USGS Maine Water Science Center
196 Whitten Road
Augusta, Maine 04330
207-622-8201 X 128
207-776-1293 cell
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I'd prefer to keep it a simple majority, just because I think it's 
important that members participate and the Board needs to have control 
over seats that are not filled.
 
Surely if a member had cancer or was out on maternity, or recovering from 
a car accident, the Board could be sympathetic and not vote.  A vote is 
not required in the legislation - it just gives the Board the opportunity 
if needed.  Or even if a motion was made and a vote taken, the majority of 
members could still vote it down.
 
On the issue of notice, yes that is a good point and I added some language 
to provide before-the-fact notice as well as after-the-fact notice.  See 
attached.
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Michael Smith
State GIS Manager
Maine Office of GIS 
 

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William H. Hanson
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:53 AM
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Thanks to Mike for putting this together. It is a great idea to draft the 
proposed vote, when we have complicated matters to address. 
 
Since the removal provision is for cause, perhaps a simple majority vote 
is all that is needed ( a similar provision in the Maine Non- Profit 
Corporations Act requires a 2/3 member vote for removal of a director with 
or without cause). If the bill provided for a 60% super majority vote, 
that would be 9 of the 15 members, which might be appropriate given the 
seriousness of the action.  We might also consider a prior  notice to the 
offending member (certainly  clear notice should be provided in the 
published meeting agenda) and whether the notice should be given (as a 
courtesy at least) to the appointing authority.
 
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Smith, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:54 AM
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Subject: Board membership
 
Thanks to everyone who responded.  The concensus I got from the responses 
is that: 
- a federal representative is desired 
- otherwise board membership, quorum, etc. should not really change (mixed 
opinions on adding a legislator, other industry reps, keeping the board 
small)
- the Board is weighted too heavily to state agencies 
- the ability to remove delinquent members is desired after either 3 
consecutive absences or 4 absences in any 12-month period
What I have written then, into the draft bill that is (hopefully) 
attached, is: 
- removal of the DAFS commissioner appointee, since the CIO is also 
representing DAFS (Nancy don't take that personally!)
- addition of a federal rep, to be nominated by the Board in a majority 
vote 
- removal of members by the Board in a majority vote provided the 
delinquent member has missed either 3 consecutive meetings or 4 in any 
12-month period
- no change in quorum since the membership number will stay the same 
At the meeting next week I will make a motion that the Board endorse this 
bill and send it on to Dick Thompson who can shepherd it into the 
legislative process.
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Michael Smith 
State GIS Manager 
Maine Office of GIS 
<<Motion to endorse adding a federal representative to the Maine Library 
of Geographic Information Board.doc>> <<An Act To Add a Federal 
Representative to the Maine Library of Geographic Information Board.doc>> 
 


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