Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals
May 14, 2003
Berry Hill Mansion
Frankfort, KY
A meeting of the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) was held May 14, 2003 at Berry Hill Mansion, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Trisha Brush and Kyle Snyder presided.
The minutes were submitted via e-mail. Brent Shelton made motion to accept, Patti Hall second, all agreed.
Old business:
The finalized Constitution /by laws was discussed and no additional changes were noted, they were accepted as corrected.
Nick Kearney spoke about the GIS conference “10 YEARS of Discovery” – asked for support from the members. Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Louisville.
We will have a booth set up at the conference- Membership drive- LOGO Contest. Trisha asked for volunteers to help man.
We will have our next meeting on Monday night August18th 5:00 PM –7:00 PM at the conference
This will be a meeting for paid members only as we will be voting in the new board. Anyone wishing to appear on the ballot should contact one of the nomination committee.
Trisha named the members of the nomination committee: Jennifer Weston, Georgetown,georgetowngis*at*aol.com, Mike Soto, OGI mike.soto*at*mail.state.ky.us and Mike Walls, PlanGraphics. mwalls*at*plangraphics.com
Kyle talked about the LOGO Contest we hope to have entries displayed at the booth with ballots to vote for the winner. Winner will be announced at the Conference at the same time the poster winners are made. It was discussed that we may need some incentive to get participation. Patti Royster made a motion we give one year free regular membership to the winner, Patti Hall seconded, all agreed.
We are officially a non-profit organization, KAMP P O Box 1411 Frankfort KY 40601
Some membership dues were collected today.
A bank account was opened after this meeting at Fifth Third Bank.
Trisha asked for ideas for possible fund raisers for a future conference and scholarships for members. Demetrio Zourarakis suggested we request grants. Advertising in the newsletter, Corporate sponsorship, golf or fishing outings were also discussed. Any ideas can be submitted to Trisha.
Committee Reports
A quarterly newsletter will be published in electronic form and distributed via e-mail. Mike Walls and Christy Davis are the committee members. We need a name for the newsletter. Any informative articles can be sent to them.
The awards committee had met Kyle reported they had determined there will be 4 types of awards Student, professional, Project and ? they would like to have this open to anyone. Asked for assistance on what the criteria should be, how nominations would be made. Presented to the current board for judgement. Possible annual event at the GIS conference. Plaques awarded.
Education Committee-It was noted that anyone who had education classes they were offering or sponsoring they e mail information to the members to help assist in filling these classes.
History Committee- Photos will start at the conference.
Legislative Committee- Brent Shelton was only member. Susan Carson Lambert has agreed to join him.
Library Committee- Patti Hall is only member. She has been in touch with the State Library and Archives. They are preparing a bibliography and it will be forwarded to members as soon as complete. The possibility of donating books, periodicals and other publications in KAMP’s name was talked about.
Also possible we could use as a resource to store our materials.
Membership Committee- Card, lapel pins, certificates will be made as soon as a logo has been decided on.
Membership brochures with the application ready for conference. Any suggestions please forward to Trisha or Kyle.
Trisha would like to get future meetings set up across the state, go to different areas, either in members office or in the general vicinity. Ask universities to sponsor an open house. This would give everyone an opportunity to attend without driving across the state every time. It was suggested that we request LOJIC to give a tour while in Louisville for the conference.
Program committee – The committee has not met. Trisha and Kyle are looking over the abstracts or the conference at Nick’s request. Publication of the members list on the web site- at this time we have a temporary site.
Susan Lambert raise the question whether there could be a conflict with GIAC- Nick Kearney felt that members who belong to both organizations would more or less police any conflicts.
John Harrison suggested Trisha make a presentation to the Surveyors board to generate more interest in membership. She agreed.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 11:35 pm.