Good Morning all, We have listening sessions scheduled for county and municipal interests. The first one will take place in Portland on December 11 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Feeney Room of the Cumberland County Courthouse 142 Federal Street<http://www.mapquest.com/#b97cb3aa6d21b29939663b72> Portland, Maine 04101<http://www.mapquest.com/#b97cb3aa6d21b29939663b72> You can RSVP: Nadeen Daniels Grants & Projects Liaison Cumberland County phone - direct: 207-699-1903 or 207-871-8380 ext. 3103 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The second session will take place in Bangor on December 18: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Bangor City Hall<http://www.mapquest.com/#e6e4e86551a5f351bf74facb> Council Chambers 73 Harlow Street Bangor, Maine 04401 You can RSVP: Sean Gambrel, GISP GIS Administrator City of Bangor, Maine 207-992-4245 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> We will try to set up a webex and conference call to view the presentations and let you know if remote participation is possible. There will be limitations to the conference call quality. Updated agenda's have been posted on the GeoLibrary website.<http://www.maine.gov/geolib/meetings.htm> Following are speaker bio's for the Community and County GIS Listening Session. COMMUNITY GIS; APPLICATIONS AND DATA NEEDS Gretchen Heldmann, GISP, LF Senior Project Manager Gretchen currently works out of the Bangor area as Senior Project Manager for Corson GIS Solutions. She recently completed nearly ten years of municipal service working for the Town of Hampden as their GIS/IT Specialist. While in Hampden, Gretchen built many GIS data layers, relying on GeoLibrary Board products such as orthoimagery and LiDAR to create said layers. These data were used to manage required information for various town functions ranging from compliance with the town's stormwater permit, to assembling maps for economic development or emergency services purposes, to crosschecking information in the assessor's database. Gretchen also served on the GeoLibrary Board for six years, including a couple years as Chair. She has a BS in Forestry and a MS in Forest Resources from the University of Maine, is a Maine Licensed Forester, and is a GISCI Certified GIS Professional. Gretchen resides in Eddington and currently serves on the town Planning Board. Contact Info: Corson GIS Solutions [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 207-299-5889<tel:207-299-5889> (Mobile) www.CorsonGIS.com<http://www.corsongis.com/> Aimee Mountain, GISP Assistant Project Manager Prior to joining GZA, Ms. Mountain was the GIS Coordinator for two municipalities in the State of Maine. Her recent work involved coordinating and developing goals and objectives for the use of GIS within a municipal infrastructure setting as well as developing procedures, formulating strategies, and implementing solutions to meet the Town's GIS and database interoperability goals. Other work included incorporating stormwater management requirements, such as infrastructure mapping and inventory into computer generated maps, reports, analyses, and data in a well-organized format and assisting others with the use of the information. Ms. Mountain was also responsible for training municipal staff and working with them to develop applications, standards, databases, formatting mechanisms, etc. for a broad spectrum of infrastructure and environmental applications. She served on the Maine GIS User Group (MEGUG) Board of Directors from 2007 to 2014 and the Maine Library of Geographic Information (Maine GeoLibrary) Board of Directors from 2008 to 2013. Because of this involvement, Ms. Mountain has been recognized as a leader in the Maine GIS community, specifically in her areas of expertise, Municipal Applications of GIS and Asset Management. Contact Information GZA Environmental Solutions Office 207-358-5116 Cell 207-344-9704 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.gza.com/ EMERGENCY SERVICES GIS Bob White, Spatial Database Manager Bob has worked in GIS and 9-1-1 systems for the past 22 years. He has been involved with projects in Counties from Maine to Wisconsin, and as far south as the Florida and Texas. Bob serves on several national GIS and NG9-1-1 committees for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). He is the Spatial Database Manager for the Public Utilities Commission, Emergency Communications Service Bureau where he manages the State of Maine's GIS System for the 9-1-1 system along with 3 other staff members. Contact Information Emergency Services Communications Bureau Maine Public Utilities Commission Office 207-287-1189 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.maine911.com/index.shtml Please pass on this information to coworkers or any community or county representatives you know who may have an interest in community mapping. Planners, selectmen, councilmen and others may not be subscribed to the list serve but have an interest in our activities. Joseph Young Executive Director Maine GeoLibrary SHS 145 51 Commerce Drive Augusta, Maine 04333- 145 VP 207-624-2664 FAX 207-287-1131 [MaineGeoLibrary_Web_banner_JY]<http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A0=geolibrary-l> Subscribe to our List Serve<http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A0=geolibrary-l> learn more about the GeoLibrary http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A0=geolibrary-l ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. 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