<html><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'; COLOR: #000099; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'; COLOR: #000099; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">PAGIS News – December 31, 2010</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></P> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND: #e6e6e6; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 6.15in; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width=590> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">PAGIS is a subgroup of the <B>Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter of URISA</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000>Visit us at</FONT> <B><A href="http://www.orurisa.org/">http://www.orurisa.org</A></B><FONT color=#000000>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Please encourage your associates to join us using the above website. If you have any questions or if you would like to submit an item to the PAGIS Newsletter, please email: <A href="mailto:g.e.newkirk@msn.com">g.e.newkirk@msn.com</A></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT color=#000000>In this issue:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18.75pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; tab-stops: list 36.75pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><SPAN>1. ESRI Publication Spotlights URISA</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18.75pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; tab-stops: list 36.75pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT'"><FONT size=3>____________________________________________________</FONT></SPAN></B></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P><B><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">New ESRI Publication Spotlights URISA's Contribution to GIS Management Best Practices</SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A new ESRI Publication titled <U>GIS Best Practices: Managing GIS</U> (see: <A title=http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/managing-gis.pdf href="http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/managing-gis.pdf">http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/managing-gis.pdf</A>) is based on articles from the URISA 'Managing GIS' column that appear in each issue of ArcNews (<A title=http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter1011articles/files/arcnews32_4/ href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter1011articles/files/arcnews32_4/">http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter1011articles/files/arcnews32_4/</A>).</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><U><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">GIS Best Practices: Managing GIS</SPAN></FONT></U> <FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">includes two articles by Pacific Northwest authors: Dick Bolen, 'Metro's Regional Land Information System', and George Horning, 'From Governance to Action.'</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><U><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">GIS Best Practices: Managing GIS</SPAN></FONT></U> <FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">is another example of the extraordinary value that URISA provides to the geospatial community. If you are not a member, consider joining URISA today (<A title=http://urisa.org/membership href="http://urisa.org/membership">http://urisa.org/membership</A>).</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Best wishes from URISA and WAURISA for a successful 2011!</SPAN></FONT></P><div class="unsubscribeDiv" style="clear: both; padding-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.orurisa.org/Common/Unsubscribe.aspx?email=gis.info.listsmart%40gmail.com&type=2&person=1">Unsubscribe</a></div></html>