FLURISA is seeking nominations for positions on our executive board. Board members must be members in good standing with the URISA national organization. Positions that are currently available on the FLURISA executive board include: Vice President - a two-year term, which rotates into the president
In addition to the executive board positions, two regional director positions are also vacant and open to candidates for consideration. Open Regions include Gatorland and Northwest. See map Interested parties should send an email identifying themselves to the FLURISA nominating committee nc@flurisa.org and the position for which they would like to be considered, along with a copy of the individual’s resume to the FLURISA nominating committee by March 4th, 2022, March 31st, 2022. The FLURISA nominating committee will compile the nominations prior to a meeting for voting that will be held virtually in May. The meeting is open to any FLURISA member in good standing. We will be updating www.flurisa.org with details on the meeting time and date.
Thank you, FLURISA Board
Title: Real-Time Data in Action: How to Leverage Streaming Information into Visual Dashboards
Description: This webinar will explore different methods and alternatives for streaming and displaying near real time data into visualization dashboards such as ESRI’s AGOL, Microsoft PowerBI, and others. We’ll talk through real world examples of data streams from various sources and how to retrieve data and then discuss industry best practices and examples of dashboard visualization tools. Broader topics may include:
Date: Wed, December 15, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Presenters: Keith Smith, GISP: Through his role leading the Southeast Applied Technology team, Keith works to create innovative and effective solutions. Keith specializes in data management, including Big Data, where Keith has designed and architected systems that deliver powerful analytics across Smart Cities, transportation systems, planning efforts, freight networks, and health initiatives. Serving as the Southeast Applied Technology Manager, Keith has contributed on multiple dynamic and cross discipline solutions that deliver impactful solutions. His ability to comprehensibly break down complex process into navigable procedures has guided multiple clients to successful implementations of technology while maintaining the high level of quality. As a GISP with a background in geography, Keith understands the spatial landscape of data and how to effectively use geospatial technologies to identify relationships and patterns. Keith has developed numerous dashboards for delivering this powerful data, providing user friendly platforms for interacting and retrieving these metrics. krsmith@vhb.com
Josie Sanchez: As a programmer, Josie performs many roles throughout VHB including web development, database administration, data management including data visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Kibana, and geospatial analytics. She is a focused team member who is highly versed in web, code, data, and accessibility requirements including key ADA and 508 compliance reviews. jsanchez@vhb.com
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First of all, thank you very much for your support of FLURISA during the 2019/20 year. It is that time of year where we once again ask for your continued support. We have officially joined the OneURISA initiative, which will go into effect in January 2022. For this reason, we have prorated membership dues to $12.50 and this will be good through January 2022.
FLURISA still exists and will continue forward, however, our membership model is changing. Under OneURISA, the two memberships are being merged together. URISA (our parent organization) will collect one membership fee. Paying the URISA membership will automatically include membership in both URISA and FLURISA. The reason for the mid-year prorated value is to get in alignment with the URISA model which resets in January 2022.
We are working closely with URISA to make this as smooth a transition as possible. For our members, we are asking them to join FLURISA for the remainder of 2021 and then join URISA as you normally would starting in 2022.
We as a board are working out all the details of what membership entails along with “Friends of FLURISA”, non-URISA members who still contribute and participate in select events throughout Florida. We’ll be announcing more details in the coming months as we work with URISA and get those details ironed out.
For our corporate sponsorship, nothing has changed other than as a bonus to being a FLURISA sponsor you get access to a larger audience as URISA members will have full access to all FLURISA activities.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
FLURISA Board
Title: How GISCorps Crowdsourced over 65,000 COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites
Description: GISCorps volunteers have been mapping COVID-19 testing sites since March of 2020, and vaccination sites since January 2021. But they haven't worked alone... they've had help from government agencies, other nonprofit groups, healthcare providers, private companies, and the public. In this webinar, we discuss the lessons we learned along the way and we share the data and apps we've produced.
Date: Wed, August 18, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Presenter: Holly Torpey, GISP, is GISCorps' part-time program coordinator and a GISCorps volunteer herself. Holly has a master's degree in Geographic Information Science and Technology and a background using GIS to manage natural resources for the federal government and private industry.
Title: Florida Evacuation Studies 2020-2025
Description: Highlight the update of the Florida Regional Evacuation Studies and the use of automation as well as Anonymous Smartphone Location-Based Services Data to improve the evacuation planning assumptions statewide.
Date: Wed, July 21, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Presenter: Andrew Sussman, MPA Hurricane Program Manager / AlertFlorida Mass Notification Contract Manager
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Dear FLURISA member,
The FLURISA board is announcing that we will hold our 2021 annual meeting on April 30th at 6 PM via GoToWebinar (Please click here for registration). While the yearly meeting serves as an opportunity to update all members of FLURISA’s current status and direction this year it is especially important. Many of you are aware of the OneURISA initiative from conversations over the past year (Details can be found here).
OneURISA is an effort from the URISA to restructure the relationship between the national organization (URISA) and each of the local chapters. This process requires several important changes and considerations to FLURISA’s By-Laws which must be approved by the general membership at our annual meeting. The executive board of FLURISA has met and discussed these changes over the past several months with URISA. These draft by-laws and changes are posted to the FLURISA website and can be accessed via the following link for review.
One of the items of business during the annual meeting will be a membership-wide vote to accept these draft By-Laws which meet the requirement of the OneURISA initiative.
Thank you, Keith Smith FLURISA President
Title: Personal Branding and LinkedIn Profile Optimization for GIS Professionals
Description: This presentation will cover promoting Geospatial activities and content on digital platforms such as LinkedIn and promoting the value that personal branding presents for all geospatial professionals.
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 2021 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Presenter: Bruce Buxton (aka The Gray Beard) is Director of Digital Transformation for Critigen, a leading Geospatial Integrator. He has worked in the GIS software consulting space since 2004 and has a wide range of experience identifying and demonstrating the Geospatial value proposition for major utilities, state, and local governments, and oil and gas industries. Bruce has recently been instrumental in promoting Geospatial activities and content on digital platforms such as LinkedIn and promoting the value that personal branding presents for all geospatial professionals.
The new FLURISA newsletter for December is now available in the Newsletter tab!
In this edition:
Letter from the President
Regional Updates
Feature Article #1 – Boynton Beach Nickel’s Forrest
Feature Article #2 – Working From Home Due to COVID-19
The Map Page
Upcoming Workshops
Letters to the Editor
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Title: A GISP Process & Ethics Update
Description: This presentation will cover the current GISP process, including the Portfolio requirements and the Exam structure and content.
Date: Thurs, Nov 12, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Presenters: Candice Luebbering, PhD GISP , GISCI Executive Director and Bill Hodge GISP, Retiring GISCI Executive Director
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