FGDC Coordination Group September 12, 2000 John Moeller FGDC Staff Director

An initiative to “build relationships among organizations to support the continuing development of the NSDI.” Develop a National Leadership structure that is flexible, broadly represented and innovative Follow up on the ideas of the 1999 National Geodata Forum What is the GeoData Alliance Organizational Initiative?

Six Phases of Organization PurposePurpose PrinciplesPrinciples ParticipantsParticipants PracticesPractices Org. Concept ConstitutionConstitution

Status Drafting Team has met 4 times and prepared materials to describe and define the GeoData Alliance: –Purpose –Principles –Potential Participants –Organization Concept Information is available at Website accessed directly or through the FGDC site: –NOTE: Final Team material from September 6-8 meeting not yet on Site Drafting Team has suggested some actions to move to the next phase

What’s Next Washington, DC Town Meeting within next 2-3 weeks if there is interest Drafting Team is completing documents Outreach and Marketing materials being developed Incorporation and Constitution Documents to be completed in next several months Many of Drafting Team continuing on launching the effort Encourage others to get familiar with Purpose, Principles etc.; get involved and join as individual or institutional members

How To Get More Information? Website: – click on GeoData Alliance or – Contact John Moeller or any team member (Info on Website), or Contact Kathy Covert, Project Manager at or or

Teams/Schedule

Kathy Covert, Project Manager - Federal Geographic Data Committee Randall Johnson, Staff Coordinator - MetroGIS, Minneapolis MN. Susan Carson Lambert, Executive Director - Kentucky Office of GIS David Clausen, CEO, Barclay Mapworks, Inc. Gene Thorley, Senior Liaison for Washington State - U.S. Geological Survey Working Group

Drafting Team Eric Anderson City Manager, City of Des Moines, Iowa Tim Case Senior GIS Analyst, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc., Boston, MA Don Cooke Founder, Geographic Data Technology, Inc. Claudia Haack-Benedict GIS Manager, City of Fort Collins, CO Francis Harvey Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Department of Geography

Drafting Team Jan Hauser Principal Data Architect, Sun Microsystems Will Hopkins Executive Director, Cobscook Bay Resource Center, Inc. Bert J. Jarreau Chief Technology Officer, National Association of Counties Randy Johnson Commissioner, Hennepin County, Minnesota Steven R. Lehr CB Richard Ellis, St. Paul, Minnesota John Moeller Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee

Scott Mount Supervisor, Austin Energy GIS Services Bruce Oswald Project Director, New York State Office for Technology Marilyn Otto General Manager, Information Business Americas, MapInfo, Troy, NY Robbie Rand Coordinator, U.S. Department of Agriculture Global Change Data and Information Management CloAnn Villegas Vice-Chairman, Inter-Tribal GIS Council Drafting Team

Chaordic Alliance Team Dee W. Hock, Founder and CEO emeritus of Visa International; Coordinating Director, The Chaordic Alliance Steven L. Hock, President and CEO, Triaxsys Research LLC, TCA associate Thomas J. Hurley, Managing Director of The Chaordic Alliance Kenneth C. O’Brien, Director of Management Advisory Services, R.W. Beck

Schedule February 28 - March 1, 2000: Working Group Craft initial purpose, principles, and participants March 27-29, 2000: Drafting Team Review and approve initial purpose, principles, and participants April 12-14, 2000: Working Group Refine purpose, principles, and participants Craft initial organizational concept May 8-10, 2000: Drafting Team Review and approve initial concept Approve refined purpose, principles, and participants

June 5-7, 2000: Working Group Refine organizational concept draft initial constitution July 11-13, 2000: Drafting Team Review and approve refined concept, participants, principles, and purpose Approve initial constitution August 2-4, 2000: Working Group Craft final constitution, concept, participants, principles, and purpose September 6-8, 2000: Drafting Team Review and approval final versions of all work Schedule