<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: montserrat, verdana, serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: montserrat, verdana, serif;">Dear GIS Colleagues....</span><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"> </strong></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Advance Your GIS Management Competency Development with the GIS Manager’s Staffing Best Practices on March 5. Seats are limited. View the details and register today: </strong><a href="https://www.assetmapping.events/2026-gma-workshops" target="_new" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 140, 246);">https://www.assetmapping.events/2026-gma-workshops</a>, brought to you by the GIS Management Academy<img src="/images/composer-emoji/twitter/2122.png" width="14" height="14" style="margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; padding: unset; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> in partnership with ConnectMii events.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Learn the ‘Moneyball’ approach to building a winning GIS team!</strong></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">The hiring, development, or promotion of your staff members is the most important decision you will ever make as a GIS manager. Your personal competency and effectiveness as a GIS manager are judged by the team that you assemble and lead, and the goals and objectives your team accomplishes.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">You will be working with the team that you have assembled for many years. Your career success and the success of your team depend on your leadership and management effectiveness in this critical competency area. The people resources that you assemble and develop are the most valuable asset that your GIS has.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">This online workshop provides a clear foundation and action-based structure for GIS managers to plan, assemble, develop, motivate, and lead an effective GIS team now and into the future.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Led by Greg Babinski — 37 years of GIS management leadership experience.</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> Each workshop is grounded in recognized industry frameworks, including the GIS&T Body of Knowledge, the Geospatial Technology Competency Model, the GIS Capability Maturity Model, ITIL, and other best practices.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">While GIS Management Academy<img src="/images/composer-emoji/twitter/2122.png" width="14" height="14" style="margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; padding: unset; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> workshops are based on a city or county use case, they are applicable to GIS operations at the regional, state/province/utility/non-profit/private sectors also.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">Participants earn <strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">CEUs and GISP points</strong> while developing immediately applicable management skills.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Other GIS Management Academy<img src="/images/composer-emoji/twitter/2122.png" width="14" height="14" style="margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; padding: unset; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> workshops in this series include: </strong><br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • GIS ROI – Mar 3<br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • GIS Staffing Best Practices – Mar 5<br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • GIS for Equity & Social Justice (4 hours) – Mar 11<br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • Effective GIS Client Services Practices (new) – Mar 13<br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • GIS Management Boot Camp (8 hours over 2 days) (new) – Mar 18 & 20<br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • Effective GIS Governance – Mar 25<br fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"> • GIS Managers Competency Self-Assessment – Mar 26</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">Learn more and register today! (<a href="https://www.assetmapping.events/2026-gma-workshops" target="_blank" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 140, 246);">https://www.assetmapping.events/2026-gma-workshops</a>)</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;">I hope to see you in this workshop on March 5!</p><div data-signature-parent="sig-parent" translate="no" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"><signature style="display: table; width: 100%; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" data-signature-id="local-dff02158-3b56" fr-original-style="display:table;width:100%;"><p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px;color: rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">g</span></em></strong><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">reg</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size:13px;font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></em></strong><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size:16px;font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Babinski</span></em></strong><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size:13px;font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> (he/him), </span></em></strong><strong fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size:12px;font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">MA, GISP</span></em></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) #0000; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin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