Twenty-two (22) registered GAASC members attended the meeting.  Six (6) guests and one (1) walk-in registration guest also joined us for two days of presentations and networking.  See registration list at end of meeting summary for more details.

GAASC President, Bryan Townsend opened the meeting at Manchester Meadows and welcomed everyone to Rock Hill, South Carolina.

For additional information, view our registration form and program details.

Summit Objectives

• Expand knowledge of mobile applications and functionalities; native applications versus building a nonnative application; what’s the best decision for your organization.
• Best practices for managing RFP’s and contracts.
• Learn about the experience of using ArcGIS Server 10 on Amazon EC2.
• Networking and establishing relationship with GIS/IT peers.
• See what’s new and how your organization can benefit from ArcGIS 10.1; from the perspective of a beta user
• Briefing on current GIS progress and direction at the state level
• Discussion and collaboration on current member projects and challenges
• Introduction of new leadership and future direction of GAA-SC

Agenda

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 – Modified Agenda

Procurement Management: RFP’s and Contracts

Bruce Taylor, PMP, Critigen (presentation)

What’s the best way to procure technology goods and services? Is it better to self-perform or contract out for goods and services? How do buyers and sellers manage procurement risk? These are several of the topics that will be covered in this brief introduction to procurement management from a project management perspective.

Choosing a Mobile Deployment Platform

Denise King and David Plemons, ESRI Charlotte (presentation)

Understand the options for mobile GIS, what questions to ask when deciding on a   mobile platform; native versus web, native apps versus the mobile web versus web   apps; mobile solution scenarios, and mobile development options.

Networking Dinner

By Old Town Bistro, Piedmont Regional Association of REALTORS (upstairs), Downtown Rock Hill
135 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730

Networking Social and ESRI Dev Meet Up

McHales, Downtown Rock Hill
122 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730

Thursday, November 10, 2011 – Modified Agenda

Bicycling in the Cloud

Carmen Durham, GISP, City of Greenville GIS (presentation)

Learn about the experience of using ArcGIS Server 10 on Amazon EC2 for publishing a web application to track and display the command/lead car during the 6 hour US Pro Cycling Championship Race in Greenville, SC. This project involved determining how to pull the GPS coordinates for the vehicle to the cloud server, using Amazon EC2 with ArcGIS Server, and using the ESRI JavaScript API so that the application could be viewed on multiple devices.

What’s New in ArcGIS 10.1

Jim Tochterman, GISP, Bradshaw Consulting Services (presentation on slideshare)

ArcGIS 10.1 release is scheduled for early 2012. Like other software releases, there are changes we must prepare for in order to take advantage of new functionality. This presentation will focus on what the GIS manager or GIS systems analyst should know about the release. The topics covered will include: Desktop, Server, Mobile applications, and ArcGIS.com. Change is coming, we must prepare.

State of the State GIS

Tim DeTroye, GISP, State of South Carolina (presentation)

This session will provide a brief update of GIS activities occurring at the state level. It will focus on data projects such as the LiDAR program. Applications and available data feeds will also be covered.

Below are links to items referenced by Tim during his presentation.

SC RFP DigCam Modified Standard for Change Detection and Counties who acquired in 2011 using this RFP standard

NSGIC 2012 Advocacy Agenda

1) Working Smarter Together (NENA-NAPSG-NSGIC),

2) NG911, Top 10 State Coordinator,

3) Advocacy Agenda

Member Roundtable: Projects, Trends, and Challenges

Kevin Whaley, City of North Augusta GIS

GAASC Business Meeting – Election Results

Bryan Townsend, York County GIS