Annual Conference Keynote Speaker Highlight – Dr. Jason Stoker
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Date posted12/16/2021
News
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Annual Conference Keynote Speaker Highlight – Patricia Cummens
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Date posted12/13/2021
Welcome to the New WLIA Website
Welcome to our new website! We have a brand new look and updated technology in an effort to better serve all our members. We hope that you'll enjoy it as much as we do. In order to get the most out of your member experience, you will need to create a new login. This is something brand new for... Continue Reading
Date posted12/8/2021
Allen H. Miller, WLIA's First President Passes Away
A great friend and true pillar of the Wisconsin land records community – Allen H. (Al) Miller passed away on November 11, 2021. He was 83 years old. Al served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960 until 1968, during which he served 15 months in the Vietnam War. He was the Director of Coastal... Continue Reading
Postedby Bryan Meyer
Date posted11/19/2021
Equity Advocates Announce Future Changes
Equity Advocates will be going through changes in the next few months. The Minnesota GIS/LIS Equity Advocates Ad Hoc Committee is set to sunset at the end of 2021. The Committee made and surpassed its goals during the two years it was active and has worked with the MN GIS/LIS Board to ensure that... Continue Reading
Postedby Bryan Meyer
Date posted11/10/2021
Introducing Novi AMS
The WLIA Board of Directors is happy to announce a new partnership that will bring about some much needed improvements and changes to our organization. We have signed a contract with Novi AMS, “an association membership software built for trade associations and professional... Continue Reading
Postedby Shelley Witte
Date posted11/2/2021
2021 Spring Virtual Meeting Series Recordings Now Available…
The 2021 Spring Virtual Meeting Series took place throughout the month of May and if you didn’t get a chance to attend all of the sessions, now is your opportunity to view the amazing content that was offered! Recordings are now available for public viewing on the WLIA YouTube Channel. We... Continue Reading
Date posted11/2/2021
Fall Message from the President
Hello and Happy Fall! Time is flying by and we are now preparing for our Fall Regional Meeting this week — our first in-person event since early 2020. In terms of regional events, our last in-person regional meeting was two whole years ago in fall 2019 in Bayfield. The pandemic altered... Continue Reading
Postedby Carmen Novak
Date posted10/31/2021
Dr. D. David Moyer Passes Away
A great friend of the Wisconsin land records community, D. David Moyer passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021. He was 84 years old. David was an economist, researcher, and geographic information specialist for various federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture,... Continue Reading
Postedby Bryan Meyer
Date posted09/30/2021
Brady and Jeanne Foust Donate $1m to Establish UW-Eau Claire Scholarship
Dr. Brady Foust, a professor emeritus of geography at UW-Eau Claire, and his wife, Jeanne, are donating $1 million to a scholarship for geography students. The Fousts are providing $500,000 to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation for the scholarship this year and another $500,000 in 2022. Chancellor James... Continue Reading
Postedby Bryan Meyer
Date posted09/8/2021
New Potential Threat to GPS Signals
A few years ago, a company called LightSquared had a plan to use ground-based technology for high-speed cellular internet. LightSquared functioned in a band next to GPS signal which had the potential of interfering with the GPS signals. GPS users worked together to oppose LightSquared’s... Continue Reading
Postedby Bryan Meyer
Date posted08/26/2021
Summer Message from the President
Greetings WLIA members, Happy Summer! I hope you all are having a fun, safe, and enjoyable summer. Looking back over these past few months, WLIA has been very busy. We hosted the Spring Virtual Meeting Series, which took place throughout the month of May, with sessions scheduled for every... Continue Reading
Postedby Carmen Novak
Date posted08/9/2021