Regional GIS User Group Meeting Wednesday, January 13 th, :00 AM - Noon Amphitheater, C – Level

Cooperative Purchase Agreement RFP released and Kucera was selected as the vendor Contract is ready for signature Flights to begin next week Final number of participants,7: Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry and the City of Griffin (flying Spalding) USGS to submit proposal next week

GIS Training at ARC Twelve classes (116 students) since March 2008 Registration is handled through ARC’s Community Planning Academy Next class will be ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS on Jan Desktop II will be March Cost is $225 for Desktop I (2 days) and $340 for Desktop II (3 days) Available to local government staff only, Class size limited to 12 announcements go out in advance of classes Check the Community Planning Academy page of ARC’s website for upcoming classes and online registration, ESRI website for course details Please contact Paul DiGirolamo at or for more information Upcoming Software and Curriculum Upgrade We have been informed by ESRI that there will be a new version of the software released and some accompanying changes to the curriculum As a result they are not authorizing any additional courses at this time which will delay ARC’s ability to offer Desktop III until at least 2 nd quarter of this year

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