Events:

Core Planning Team:

Update ! Final Document Available: Wisconsin Location Matters - A Statewide Geographic Information Strategy (January, 2007) Core Planning Team Meetings December 19, 2006 at 2-5 PM Yahara room at DOA, 101 East Wilson, Madison, WI or via internet-Meeting to discuss Draft Plan. -Webcast Link -Final Draft Document October 30, 2006 Draft Document -Comment Form-Please send comments to Fred Halfen, WLIA President at halfenf@ayresassociates.com October 19-20th, 2006-Status of the report was presented at the WLIA Fall Regional Meeting in Sturgeon Bay on October 19-20th. Friday, August 25, 2006 in Wisconsin Dells Meeting Notes-PDF 2005 NSDI CAP Interim Report July 31, 2006 in Baraboo Meeting Notes- PDF June 19, 2006 in Stevens Point Meeting Notes- PDF Opportunities and Threats- PDF Minnesota's 2004 GIS Strategic Plan - PDF Washington State's 2005 GIS Strategic Plan - PDF Missouri's GIS Strategic Plan - PDF URISA Land Parcel Databases Article - PDF MapMilwaukee Article- PDF May 23, 2006 in Wisconsin Dells Meeting Notes - PDF Strategic Planning for GIS in Wisconsin Session April 12, 2006 in Stevens Point Planning Team List -- PDF Core Planning Team Nominations -- PDF GIS Critical Success Factors -- PDF Profile of GIS Future Success -- PDF GIS Changes and Trends -- PDF GIS Current Strengths -- PDF List of Attendees -- PDF Groups and Associations Invited to Participate -- PDF Agenda and Invitation -- PDF NSDI Institution Building and Coordination: Bringing Wisconsin People Together May 17, 2005 in Madison Workshop Materials

David Mockert Ted Koch Dick Vraga Fred Halfen Lisa Morrison Tyson Halla Bill Huxhold Jay Yearwood Diann Danielsen Jay Shambeau Mike Koutnik John Ellingson Kent Pena Kevin Pomeroy Terrance McMahon Brian Braithwaite Cindy Wisinski Alan Blencoe Tony Bellovary Thomas Tym

In fall of 2005, WLIA received a grant from the USGS/Federal Geographic Data Committee. This National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Cooperative Agreement Program grant, in Category 3: Geographic Information Coordination, was entitled Developing a Strategic Planning for GIS in Wisconsin.
Grant Partners included:

• State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration (DOA) 
• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office (SCO)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• State of Wisconsin, Department of Military Affairs (DMA)
• Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association (WRDA)
• Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors (WSLS)
• Wisconsin Land Information Officers Network (LION)
• and the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association (WAPA)

The first meeting of this planning activity occurred on April 12, 2006. Approximately 100 people convened in Stevens Point for a day-long session, which was facilitated by Steve West of Learning Werks. Steve engaged an enthusiastic group of stakeholders from a wide cross section of interests. Participants included federal, state, county, municipal, township, tribal, university, emergency management, planning, engineering, mapping, GIS, realtor, and academic representatives..

The group spent the day compiling data on GIS changes and trends, current strengths and challenges, a profile of future success, and critical success factors. The day culminated with the group identifying the attributes and characteristics for a core planning team that will continue the process. Nominations of individuals to participate in the planning team were also solicited. A team made up of Fred Halfen (WLIA President), Jason Grueneberg (WLIA President-elect), Tony Bellovary (WLIA Board Member), and Mike Koutnik (ESRI, Minneapolis) used the attributes and characteristics collected, as well as specific nominations, to form a core planning team that will continue the process.

The first meeting of the core planning team is scheduled for May 23 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The all-day meeting will again be facilitated by Steve West. It is anticipated that the core planning team will meet two to three times to complete the strategic plan.

The results of these meetings will be posted and updated frequently on this website.

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WLIA Strategic Planning

2006-2010 Strategic Plan for WLIA
The WLIA Strategic Plan is a planning tool developed to help ensure the organization is meeting the needs of its membership. It also provides the organization the ability to align its organization and budget structure within the organizational priorities, missions, and objectives. The Strategic Plan is intend to have a five-year outlook; however, the plan will be updated on an annual basis.

Other related strategic planning in Wisconsin

A related activity to the strategic planning process will begin in the fall of 2006 and involve the creation of a statewide GIS advisory council.  This phase will be funded by a 2006 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) grant awarded to the Department of Administration.  2006 Wisconsin NSDI CAP Proposal -- PDF

In the future, strategic planning documents from related organizations like the State Cartographer's Office and Land Information Officers Network will be included here.