Minutes of the
UCGIS Board of
Directors Meeting
June 20, 2001
University Inn and
Conference Center
Amherst, NY
Attendance: Huxhold, Egenhofer, D. Wright, R. Wright,
Jampoler, Merry, Onsrud, Miller, McMaster, Buttenfield, Usery, Getis,
Hamerlinck.
The
meeting was called to order at 9:00am by Onsrud.
Quorum
noted.
1) Revision of items for the agenda Board (Onsrud)
Review of proposed By-law changes proposed for
Council Meeting vote added to Item #11: Other Business.
2) Minutes of Board Meeting, Feb 10, 2001, Washington
DC (Hamerlinck)
Approved.
3) Introductions (Onsrud)
No guests or new board members.
4) Financial report (Jampoler)
Distribution of balance sheet to be presented at
Council Meeting; current as of 12 June 2001.
Motion to accept balance sheet: Huxhold; seconded;
approved.
Presentation of draft budget for CY 2001: not
approved in February; will be discussed at 24 June Board Meeting.
5) Appointments of Committee Chairs
Motion by Miller; second by D. Wright to appoint Lyna
Wiggins as Chair and Francis Harvey as Vice Chair of Education Committee,
effective immediately.
Leadership of proposed Sponsored Projects Committee
will be addressed by Onsrud following by-laws change vote by Council.
6) Committee and Chair status reports
A.
Nominating Committee
(Hirtle) – absent.
·
Discussion of vacancies
to be filled in February: two board members and president-elect.
B.
Policy and Legislation
Committee (Merry)
·
No report at this time;
will be meeting later in the week to discuss plans for next winter’s
congressional event.
C.
Education Committee (R. Wright)
·
Agenda for Wednesday
afternoon committee meeting distributed.
·
Suggestion made to
establish an ad hoc awards committee for both education and research.
·
Motion to establish
awards committee following discussion of details at next Board Meeting:
Buttenfield; second by D. Wright. Approved.
D.
Research Committee
(Usery)
·
Researcher award will
be discussed at committee meeting tomorrow.
·
Current Summer Assembly
student program: 49 abstracts (7 from non-members; eligible to participate but
not eligible for travel support); 20 awards made; 10 reviewers involved; need
to consider ways to improve process.
·
Emerging themes:
working on 10-year cycle; potential publication of white papers; analytical
cartography session has been withdrawn from summer assembly.
E.
Research Projects
Committee (Egenhofer)
·
No new RFPs since
February.
·
Three upcoming
activities: FGDC pre-proposal; Intergraph research funding continuation;
potential continuation of HUD awards.
·
Suggestion by D. Wright
to consider presentation of results of past FGDC awards at next winter meeting.
F.
Membership Committee
(Mark):
·
Two new member
applications: University of Tennessee – Knoxville and Technical University of
Vienna (as university affiliate).
·
Seven of the original
founding members have not yet updated their member portfolios.
·
Mark will clarify
international affiliate membership category with motion at Council Meeting.
G.
Communication
Committee (D. Wright)
·
web site continues to
be maintained.
·
spring newsletter
posted two days ago.
7) UCGIS Meeting Reports
A.
2001 Meeting, Buffalo,
NY Update (Mark): - so far, so good!
B.
UCGIS USGS Colloquia on
GIScience and Vector-Borne Disease (Getis): both meetings very successful; many
contributors; need to consider follow-up activities and potential funding
sources.
C. First Symposium on Global Urban Quality (Jampoler): HUD grant funded event in February 2001 in DC; grant has been renegotiated; additional 100,000 in part to support advisory committee with representatives from each of the foreign participants; Ken Duecker hired as program manager; considering opportunities for additional funding from HUD, UN Habitat Group (?) and World Bank.
8) Grant Progress (Jampoler): HUD and USGS – see Item #7 above
9) UCGIS Business Plan Discussion (Jampoler)
Jampoler distributed draft business plan document
outlining issues (membership dues, grant brokering priorities, etc.); asked
Board to consider for further discussion at next Board Meeting.
10) Upcoming UCGIS Meetings (Board): tabled
11) Other Business (Board)
Onsrud distributed proposed by-law changes with
friendly amendment name change.
ASA Meeting Participation (Getis): tabled