July and August schedule is filling up fast

For those of you who haven’t taken a look yet at the calendar posted on the IGIC website, take a second and check it out.

• Just completed ICIT conference that was held in Mason City provided some ESRI training courses for registrants
• Summer 2006 IGIC quarterly meeting will be held on July 19th in Pella on the campus of Central College.
• The first GIS Metadata retreat will be held on July 20th – 21st also in Pella. If you have an interest in this one, please contact Micah Cutler or Patrick Brown to reserve a spot. Space is limited.
• The following week sees a workshop on the NHD (National Hydrography Dataset). Jeff Simley from USGS in Denver will be on hand to assist participants in gaining a better understanding of what the NHD is, what it can do, and what Iowa can be doing with regards to the NHD. For more info on the NHD workshop, please contact Bob Lemen, Iowa’s USGS liason.
• Four GeoTREE workshops are scheduled to be offered in July and August in Cedar Falls. For more info on the GeoTREE offerings.
• And then of course there is the International ESRI User Conference in San Diego if the above items aren’t enough for you.

If you have more events that aren’t listed or mentioned either here or on the IGIC website, drop me a line and let me know.