1. AGENDA
June 14, Tuesday - Day 1 (Trainings)
Breaks Provided by: Region 9 Planning and Development Council
ESRI Doctor’s Office at Entry Auditorium (Day 1 Only)
7:30am-8:00am Registration (Entry Auditorium)
8:00am-5:00pm Understanding Coordinate Systems and Best GPS Practices (G30 Instructional East, hands-on)
Christine Iksic, Precision Laser & Instrument Inc.
8:00am-5:00pm What to Know About ArcGIS 10 (G24 Instructional East, hands-on)
Kevin Kuhn, West Virginia GIS Technical Center
8:00am-12:00pm Internet Mapping Overview – What You Need To Know To Get Started (Entry Auditorium)
Frank LaFone, West Virginia GIS Technical Center
12:00pm -1:00pm LUNCH (Provided Onsite by WVAGP)
1:00pm-5:00pm Census Data Boot Camp (Entry Auditorium)
Laura Waggoner, US Census Bureau
6:00pm-9:00pm WVAGP/EPan Mixer – Blue Moon Café in Shepherdstown
June 15, Wednesday - Day 2 (Presentations/Business Meeting)
Breaks Provided by: Jefferson County GIS/Addressing Office
7:30am-8:00am Registration (Entry Auditorium)
8:00am-9:00am Welcome and Introductions
Jim Willis, Deputy Director - US Fish & Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center
Robb Shaffer, President - West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals
Matthew Mullenax, Eastern Panhandle West Virginia GIS Users Group
9:00am-9:30am When Domains Collide: Linking Databases to Determine Pupil Generation Rates
Jessica Gormont, Jefferson County GIS/Addressing Office
Tori Myers, Jefferson County Assessor’s Office
Mark Schiavone, Jefferson County Department of Capital Planning and Management
9:30am-10:00am Remote Sensing and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
John Amos, SkyTruth
10:00am-10:15am BREAK
10:15am-10:45am ArcGIS 10 Parcel Management Tools
Jake Skinner and Brad Songer, ESRI
10:45am-11:15am The West Virginia GeoExplorer Project
Keith Alexander and Christy Toms, Shepherd University
11:15am-11:45am Information Exchange
*** Winner of Map Gallery Competition Announced***
11:45am -1:00pm LUNCH (Provided Onsite by WVAGP)
1:00pm -4:00pm WVAGP Annual Membership Meeting
4:00pm -5:00pm WVAGP Board Meeting
2. Tuesday Wednesday
June 14 June 15
Location - Entry Auditorium G24 - Instructional East G30 - Instructional East Entry Auditorium
7:30am
Registration Registration
8:00am
Welcome and
Internet Mapping Understanding Introductions
What To Know About
Overview - What You Coordinate Systems
ArcGIS 10
9:00am Need To Know To Get and Best GPS Practices
(hands-on) Pupil Generation Rates
Started (hands-on)
RS & Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill
10:00am Break – By Region 9 Break – By Region 9 Break – By Jeff. Co. GIS
ArcGIS 10 Parcel
Management Tools
WV GeoExplorer Project
11:00am (continued) (continued) (continued)
Information Exchange
12:00pm
Lunch – Commons
Lunch – Commons
Provided by WVAGP
Provided by WVAGP
1:00pm
Census Data Boot WVAGP Business
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Camp Meeting
2:00pm
Break – By Region 9 Break – By Region 9 Break – By Jeff. Co. GIS
3:00pm
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4:00pm
WVAGP Board Meeting
5:00pm
WVAGP/EPan Mixer - Blue Moon Cafe in Shepherdstown - 6:00pm-9:00pm
3. EVENT INFORMATION
Registration
Register for the 2011 WVAGP/EPan Annual Meeting online at http://www.wvagp.org. Pre-registration is mandatory for
both days, including support staff and presenters. There will be no walk-ups and no event day registration available.
Our host site is a secure, federal facility that requires advance notice of attendee names.
Map/Poster Competition
There will be a map competition with the top three winners receiving prizes! Please submit your name, entry title and a
.pdf file (optional) of your map to Jessica Gormont at jgormont@jeffersoncountywv.org. You MUST bring your own hard
copy to the event for display. Event day entries will be accepted. Maps will be hung on the first day in the Entry
Auditorium between 7:30am-8:00am. Voting will begin on Tuesday and conclude after the morning break on
Wednesday. Winners will be announced just before lunch on the second day. Direct any questions you have to Jessica
Gormont.
Location
The 2011 WVAGP/EPan Annual Meeting is being held June 14-15, 2011 at the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s National
Conservation Training Center (NCTC) campus, 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, WV.
After entering on the campus proceed until reaching the guard shack. Stop at the stop sign and the guard will check off
your name on the list. The guard may ask to see a photo ID. Once cleared, park in the Blue Lot (see NCTC Campus Map).
Please register at the Entry Auditorium, pick up your name tag and head toward your scheduled event.
Lodging
WVAGP has a block of rooms at the following hotels near the event site (see Shepherdstown Area Map):
Comfort Inn (22 room block, 10 room block Wednesday night) Clarion Hotel & Conference Center (18 room block)
($82 per night) ($99 per night, $82 per night w/ government ID)
70 Maddex Square Drive 233 Lowe Drive
Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Shepherdstown, WV 25443
(304) 876-3160 (304) 876-7000
NOTE: Reserve early, the WVAGP group rate and room block expires May 13, 2011. When booking, mention the group
name, "WVAGP". If seeking government rate, you must present ID at time of check-in. If planning to stay three days,
please consider staying at the Comfort Inn.
Other lodging in the area includes:
Bavarian Inn Comfort Suites Holiday Inn Express
164 Shepherd Grade Road 1937 Short Road 681 Flowing Springs Road
Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Martinsburg, WV 25401 Ranson, WV 25438
(304) 876-2551 (304) 263-8888 (304) 725-1330
Restaurants
There are a number of restaurants in the Shepherdstown area, especially downtown. Refer to the Shepherdstown
Restaurant Map for their names, locations and phone numbers.
4. Evening Social
On Tuesday evening from 6:00pm-9:00pm those who are interested can join other WVAGP/EPan members at the Blue
Moon Café in Shepherdstown. There will be live music as you eat on the shores of Town Run, right across from the
famous “Little House.” Free parking is also across the street in Lot A of Shepherd University.
SHEPHERDSTOWN AREA MAP
