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Michigan Statewide GIS Business Plan Wrap-up Meeting

MGFOA members may recall from prior news postings that in April 2010, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget's Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships (CSSTP) hosted a series of summits around the state to gather information from organizations and individuals using spatial technology.

The purpose of these meetings was to gather input and ideas about how communities can work together to realize statewide, base geospatial data that is perpetually maintained, of ascertainable quality, useable and readily accessible. Five meetings were held across the state in the spring and early summer of 2010. Over a dozen MGFOA member organizations participated in the input process.

Recently the Michigan National Spatial Data Infrastructure Business and Transportation Stewardship Project has been completed with the posting of the Statewide GIS Business Plan and Transportation Data Stewardship Enhancement Plan to the project web site.

Several members of the GIS community that participated in the process that culminated in the creation of these documents have requested an opportunity to be presented a summary of the recommendations and to ask questions about the recommendations and next steps. In response to those requests we have scheduled a web conference for Thursday, December 2 at 11:15 AM. The conference details are provided below.

If you are unable to participate in the conference but have questions feel free to contact Martin Roche via email or phone
(407) 608-4186.

MEETING INFORMATION:
Topic: Michigan CAP Grant Wrap-Up
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Time: 11:15 am, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Meeting Number: 805 723 662
Meeting Password: Michigan

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Audio conference information: (760) 569-9000 Conference PIN 388653#
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Executive Director
Jack Sato Smith
executive@MiGFOA.org

Committee Highlights

  • Legislative Committee

    Chair - John Ogden, City of Port Huron
    Monitoring 2011-2012 introduced legislation and 2012-13 proposed legislation. Form subcommittees when appropriate to address specific issues including most recently personal property taxation and pension sustainability.

  • Mentoring & Membership Committee

    Chair - Tim Haney, City of St. Clair Shores
    Continuing to evaluate active and expiring memberships.

  • Professional Development Committee

    Chair - Tom Colis, Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC
    Working on training sessions for 2013 including a new Introduction to Public Finance class for new MGFOA members and those new to government finance.

  • Accounting Standards Committee

    Chair - Joe Heffernan, Plante & Moran PLLC
    Monitoring all GASB exposure drafts: Recently this includes discussions and responses on Pension Reporting (amending GASB 25 & 27);  Reporting of Items Previously Recognized as Assets and Liabilities and reviewing the GASB Proposal: Financial Projections for Assessing Economic Condition of Governments.

  • Strategic Planning Committee

    Chair - Mike O'Connell, Wayne Co. Dept. of Management & Budget
    Refining MGFOA's role in long-term leadership issues, both internally and externally.

  • Technology Resource Committee

    Chair - Mark Warner, Plante & Moran PLLC
    Implementing plans to increase member awareness of and better leverage website forums.