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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Subject: Re: Board membership
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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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
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