NZES Conference Meetup
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Posts with files From File Date Frances Schmechel 2008 Sep 13 21:23 NZST - Latest post made by Jim McLeod at 2008 Oct 23 13:34 NZDT
The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day.
cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow
Hi Dan, I'll be there (contrary to earlier thoughts) and am keen to meet up then Jim Lambie
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 3:40 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Scanned by Bizo Email Filter Horizons Regional Council | 24 hr freephone 0508 800 800 | www.horizons.govt.nz This email is covered by the disclaimers which can be found here: http://www.horizons.govt.nz/default.aspx?pageid=219
Thanks, I will go to there. Yanbin
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 3:40 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net ********************************************************************** This email message and any attached files may contain confidential information, and may be subject to legal professional privilege. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Environment Waikato. Environment Waikato makes reasonable efforts to ensure that its email has been scanned and is free of viruses. However, Environment Waikato can make no warranty that this email or any attachments to it are free from viruses. Visit our website at http://www.ew.govt.nz **********************************************************************
I'll hang out with Jim Fretwell on the telephone conference if that can be set up. Nancy Willems | Environmental Scientist | Extn: 9436 Please consider the environment before printing this email
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 3:40 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net ********************************************************************** This e-mail message has been swept for viruses and none was found. Content was not checked Email disclaimer: This email and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, do not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. If you receive this message in error, please let us know by return email and then destroy the message. Environment Bay of Plenty is not responsible for any changes made to this message and/or any attachments after sending. ****************************************************** This e-mail has been checked for viruses and none.
Hi all, I will also be at the NZES conference with Yanbin and would be keen to meet others from the group who may be attending, at least (as Dan stated) to "put faces to names". Cheers, Ryan Ryan Clark MSc (Wildlife Mgmt) GIS Officer - Biodiversity Environment Waikato 401 Grey Street | PO Box 4010 Hamilton East 3247 New Zealand Freephone: 0800 800 401 DDI: +64 7 859 0751 Fax: +64 7 859 0998 Email: <email obscured> www.ew.govt.nz
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Yanbin Deng Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 4:17 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup Thanks, I will go to there. Yanbin -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 3:40 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net ********************************************************************** This email message and any attached files may contain confidential information, and may be subject to legal professional privilege. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Environment Waikato. Environment Waikato makes reasonable efforts to ensure that its email has been scanned and is free of viruses. However, Environment Waikato can make no warranty that this email or any attachments to it are free from viruses. Visit our website at http://www.ew.govt.nz ********************************************************************** ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/KmBeszbgFU3Bq2tRbESNK To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net
Hoping to make it, and present the ARC EcoBase to those who may not have seen it yet. Thx!
mike -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 3:40 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING This email contains information which is CONFIDENTIAL and may be subject to LEGAL PRIVILEGE. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this email or attachments. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email, facsimile or telephone (call us collect) and delete this email. Thank you. Phone: +64 9 366 2000 or Fax: +64 9 366 2155. THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGES MADE TO THIS EMAIL OR TO ANY ATTACHMENTS AFTER TRANSMISSION FROM THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL. Nothing in this email designates an information system for the purposes of section 11(a) of the New Zealand Electronic Transaction Act 2002, unless expressly stated otherwise.
I'll be there and keen to come along. Frances
________________________________ From: <email obscured> on behalf of Dan Randow Sent: Fri 12/09/2008 3:39 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net <http://onlinegroups.net/> http://groupserver.org <http://groupserver.org/> skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net <http://onlinegroups.net/> ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.ecan.govt.nz **********************************************************************
Dan, I will be there most of the time, Nicholas >>> Dan Randow <email obscured>> 12-Sep-08 3:39 p.m. >>> The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the
day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Visit our website at http://www.crop.cri.nz ______________________________________________________ CAUTION: The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential. If you read this message and you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of all or part of the contents is prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. Any opinions or views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not represent those of their employer.
Hi, I'll be at the ecosoc conference and am keen to meet up. Shay Dean Scientific Officer - Biodiversity
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 3:40 PM To: <email obscured> Subject: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup The 2008 NZ Ecological Society conference "Ecology on our Doorstep" is in Auckland from 29 September to 2 October. As a number of Dataversity members will be at that conference, it presents a good opportunity to meet up. The conference programme is no doubt full, but perhaps there's a chance to meet during one of the breaks, even if it is just to put faces to names. If you are going to be there, and are interested in meeting up, please reply to this post. Please also indicate if you'd be willing to help organise a meeting by helping to pick a time and place, and providing some facilitation on the day. cheers, Dan -- Dan Randow Dataversity Facilitator and Projects Director OnlineGroups.Net ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140 Aotearoa (New Zealand) http://onlinegroups.net http://groupserver.org skype: vonrandow ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/2vj8hgo9CKGxxRhjUp8SgA To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Taranaki Regional Council 47 Cloten Road, Private Bag 713 Stratford 4352, New Zealand P: 06 765 7127 F: 06 765 5097 www.trc.govt.nz working with people | caring for our environment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Great, that's seven people keen to meet at the Ecosoc Conference. Jim Lambie Yanbin Deng Ryan Clark Mike McMurtry Frances Schmechel Nicholas Martin Shay Dean Who is willing to pick a time and place, and facilitate on the day? Mike, is your Ecobase demo part of the Ecosoc programme, or are you haoping to demo it at the Dataversity meetup? If the latter, perhaps you'd be a good convenor for the meeting? (Nancy, were you confirming for the meeting at Ecosoc or the meeting in Wellington?)
cheers, Dan
Hi Dan, Hoping to get a spot to present to the general audience. I'm sure we can get some space here at ARC if that suits best. Thx,
mike -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Monday, 15 September 2008 2:21 p.m. To: Dataversity Public Discussion Subject: Re: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup Great, that's seven people keen to meet at the Ecosoc Conference. Jim Lambie Yanbin Deng Ryan Clark Mike McMurtry Frances Schmechel Nicholas Martin Shay Dean Who is willing to pick a time and place, and facilitate on the day? Mike, is your Ecobase demo part of the Ecosoc programme, or are you haoping to demo it at the Dataversity meetup? If the latter, perhaps you'd be a good convenor for the meeting? (Nancy, were you confirming for the meeting at Ecosoc or the meeting in Wellington?) cheers, Dan ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/3YSYSoDO2gxrbEYHkIh8Au To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING This email contains information which is CONFIDENTIAL and may be subject to LEGAL PRIVILEGE. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this email or attachments. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email, facsimile or telephone (call us collect) and delete this email. Thank you. Phone: +64 9 366 2000 or Fax: +64 9 366 2155. THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGES MADE TO THIS EMAIL OR TO ANY ATTACHMENTS AFTER TRANSMISSION FROM THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL. Nothing in this email designates an information system for the purposes of section 11(a) of the New Zealand Electronic Transaction Act 2002, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Hi, I would also like to join your get-together at EcoSoc in Auckland. I am presenting at the last session on Thursday afternoon on the value of community data and Public Participatory GIS. I'd really like to hear if Ecobase is similar to NatureServe Vista. cheers Elise Smith
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Monday, 15 September 2008 2:21 p.m. To: Dataversity Public Discussion Subject: Re: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup Great, that's seven people keen to meet at the Ecosoc Conference. Jim Lambie Yanbin Deng Ryan Clark Mike McMurtry Frances Schmechel Nicholas Martin Shay Dean Who is willing to pick a time and place, and facilitate on the day? Mike, is your Ecobase demo part of the Ecosoc programme, or are you haoping to demo it at the Dataversity meetup? If the latter, perhaps you'd be a good convenor for the meeting? (Nancy, were you confirming for the meeting at Ecosoc or the meeting in Wellington?) cheers, Dan ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/3YSYSoDO2gxrbEYHkIh8Au To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net
So far, the ten people below have expressed interest in meeting at the NZES conference, but no-one has offered to pick a time and place, and facilitate introductions. Although the conference has started, perhaps there is still time to organise this directly among those Dataversity members who are there. If you get this email and you're keen to meet up, feel free to take the lead. Dan . . . Owen Spearpoint Nikki McArthur Elise Smith Jim Lambie Yanbin Deng Ryan Clark Mike McMurtry Frances Schmechel Nicholas Martin Shay Dean
Hiya, Well spotted, Dan! I have been in touch with the conference organisers and they have space for us to have a lunchtime get-together. I was thinking that Thursday lunchtime would be perfect (I'm presenting ARC Ecobase at 2:50 on Thursday). I'll put a notice up on the board (rego desk) on Thursday with the room details, and we'll take it from there. Bring any ideas / items for discussion! Let me know if you are not attending Thursday, and we can reschedule (though I'll have to pass on the facilitation baton to another member). Otherwise, see you Thursday.
Thx, mike -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Monday, 29 September 2008 2:57 p.m. To: Dataversity Public Discussion Subject: Re: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup So far, the ten people below have expressed interest in meeting at the NZES conference, but no-one has offered to pick a time and place, and facilitate introductions. Although the conference has started, perhaps there is still time to organise this directly among those Dataversity members who are there. If you get this email and you're keen to meet up, feel free to take the lead. Dan . . . Owen Spearpoint Nikki McArthur Elise Smith Jim Lambie Yanbin Deng Ryan Clark Mike McMurtry Frances Schmechel Nicholas Martin Shay Dean ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/4PDm7GxMX7dhEzvApPWu4Y To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING This email contains information which is CONFIDENTIAL and may be subject to LEGAL PRIVILEGE. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this email or attachments. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email, facsimile or telephone (call us collect) and delete this email. Thank you. Phone: +64 9 366 2000 or Fax: +64 9 366 2155. THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGES MADE TO THIS EMAIL OR TO ANY ATTACHMENTS AFTER TRANSMISSION FROM THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL. Nothing in this email designates an information system for the purposes of section 11(a) of the New Zealand Electronic Transaction Act 2002, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Hi, A selection of the Dataversity community met at EcoSoc on the 2nd October. Great conference, interesting presentations! Thanks to all who made the effort to catch up (Frances Schmechel, Ryan Clark, Yanbin Deng, Matt Baber, Shay Dean, James Lambie, Nikki MacArthur, Nicolas Martin, Owen Spearpoint, and myself), and a potential new member also (Emily Roper, Akl CC), who recognises a great forum when they see one. Following introductions, a short and very informal lunchtime discussion ensued, regarding data quality, regional / national database aggregation, DoCs BioWeb / NIMS, to name a few. Another topic was the lack of inter-council leadership and cohesion with respect to Biodiversity data (Frances). The BioSecurity Managers Group, and the Resource Managers Group were identified as forums to guide or supply direction, with both groups composed of persons in decision-making roles (James). Now may be a great time to specify requirements for inter-council Biodiversity info sharing, due to the Regional Policy Statement review (Matt). I hope I haven't missed anything. Please feel free to add additional comments. thx, mike
Hi Mike, Thanks for covering this. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend. I support the idea of strengthening the inter-council leadership and cohesion generally and Biodiversity data is a good place to continue this. I don't know much about the BioSecurity Managers Group, but certainly the Resource Managers Group is an influential forum with many of these members standing in for their CEOs (when needed) at the collective Regional Councils CEO Forum and at the Regional Affairs Committee (were the 16 Regional Chairs and CEOs meet). The engagement across the 75(?) Territorial Authorities (Cities and Districts) is a bit more of a challenge. I think they usually separate into the Metros and others. An alternative structure is engagement via Regional clusters. Examples of this are the ALGGi group in Auckland where the Auckland Council GIS people coordinate around Geospatial data initiatives. A similar group in the Waikato is WaiGIS, that includes not only the Waikato Council people but others from industry and other organisations in the Waikato. I understand that similar initiatives are underway in the Manawatu - Wanganui Region, in the Bay of Plenty and in Wellington. What were the thoughts around leveraging the Regional Policy Statement review? Is this a purely Auckland opportunity or might it have more general / widespread application? Another, opportunity that is shaping up is collective Council engagement around the renewal of the LCDB (land Cover Database). MfE is starting to consider this as part of LUCAS, but I think it has wider application. It could be advantageous to get the collective Councils thinking about this, perhaps via Dataversity? Any comments or suggestions?
Jim -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Mike McMurtry Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2008 9:24 a.m. To: Dataversity Public Discussion Subject: Re: [dataversity public discussion] NZES Conference Meetup Hi, A selection of the Dataversity community met at EcoSoc on the 2nd October. Great conference, interesting presentations! Thanks to all who made the effort to catch up (Frances Schmechel, Ryan Clark, Yanbin Deng, Matt Baber, Shay Dean, James Lambie, Nikki MacArthur, Nicolas Martin, Owen Spearpoint, and myself), and a potential new member also (Emily Roper, Akl CC), who recognises a great forum when they see one. Following introductions, a short and very informal lunchtime discussion ensued, regarding data quality, regional / national database aggregation, DoCs BioWeb / NIMS, to name a few. Another topic was the lack of inter-council leadership and cohesion with respect to Biodiversity data (Frances). The BioSecurity Managers Group, and the Resource Managers Group were identified as forums to guide or supply direction, with both groups composed of persons in decision-making roles (James). Now may be a great time to specify requirements for inter-council Biodiversity info sharing, due to the Regional Policy Statement review (Matt). I hope I haven't missed anything. Please feel free to add additional comments. thx, mike ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/5Nb3ziEQPvfLKJYrgmiHc3 To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net ********************************************************************** This email message and any attached files may contain confidential information, and may be subject to legal professional privilege. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Environment Waikato. Environment Waikato makes reasonable efforts to ensure that its email has been scanned and is free of viruses. However, Environment Waikato can make no warranty that this email or any attachments to it are free from viruses. Visit our website at http://www.ew.govt.nz **********************************************************************
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