Draft Minutes of the

UCGIS Council Meeting

June 21, 2001

University Inn and Conference Center

Amherst, NY

The meeting was called to order by UCGIS President Harlan Onsrud at 8:45am.

1. Welcome from the Local Host (Mark)

2. Admission of New Members (Mark)

The Membership Committee presented one regular membership applicant (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and one International Affiliate membership applicant (Technical University of Vienna) for admission by Council vote. Both institutions were accepted as new members by unanimous vote of the voting members present.

3. Conference Overview (Mark and Onsrud)

Program changes noted, including cancellation of Analytical Cartography Emerging Research Theme session.

4. State of UCGIS (Onsrud)

Highlights:

• UCGIS is “healthy and active”, with more than 70 members and over $480,000 in external grants, most of which was passed to member institutions or utilized to sponsor workshops and other activities funded by federal agency members; however, we have become a victim of our own success and must now balance maintaining an increased level of administration, member support and operating costs with existing revenues; this will require more staff and we need to consider increasing or stable, non-profit income or face potential cutbacks in research and outreach activities.

• Proposed Bylaws amendments, to better distribute workload among existing and newly proposed committees, address potential conflict of interest issues in processing grant applications, and clarify beginning and ending dates of committee chair appointments.

• New awards, first in GIScience Education, but also proposed for outstanding research.

• Ongoing challenge to engage more of the membership in both the Winter Meeting and Summer Assembly, and to expand young scholar and early career participants in these events.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:30am.