Communications Committee Report

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Communications Committee Report
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Membership

• Mike Mahaffie
• Bill Burgess
• Brad Cutler
• Craig Neidig
• David Brotzman
• Ed Arabas

• Jill Saligoe-Simmel
• Jim Knudson
• Shelby Johnson
• Stu Davis
• Pat Hytes

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Accomplishments

• NSGIC Membership Satisfaction Survey
• Three editions of the NSGIC Newsletter
• Publication of the 2007 NSGIC Member Directory
• Ongoing maintenance/update of NSGIC web site
• Integration of NSGIC Blog
• Instituted regular updates of front page
• Continued clean-up and update of Committee Web
  pages

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Accomplishments

• Drafted several policies for Board Approval
• Listserv Membership and Uses
• Job Postings Policy
• News Releases Policy
• Updated NSGIC PPT Template
• Drafted proposed changes to the NSGIC By-Laws and
  led membership-wide discussions of same
• Created Membership Work Group to be the
  In-Reach work group suggested by the Board
• Added State Summaries to Ramona

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Whats Next?

• Production of at least two editions of the NSGIC
  Newsletter
• Publication of the 2008 NSGIC Member Directory
• Completion of By-Laws update
• Energizing the Membership Work Group
• NSGIC Calendar
• Increase use of NSGIC Calendar
• Consider Calendar re-design
• Explore integration with FGDC Calendar

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Whats Next?

• Promote more use of Blog
• Explore opportunities for interaction between the
  Outreach Committee and the Communications
  Committee
• Continued discussion of members-only portion of
  web site
• Increase links between NSGIC web site and other
  GIS news sites
• Making State Summaries Publicly Available

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Communications Committee Report