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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Everybody,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Standard approved at the August 18 IGC-EC meeting - Idaho Land Cover Standard (S4240) - has been posted to the IGO website - … <a href="http://gis.idaho.gov/portal/coordination/standards.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>IGO</span></a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(posted toward the bottom of the page under – Land Use/Land Cover)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As it was brought up at the IGC-EC meeting, ITRMC decided to delegate the responsibility for developing and approving geospatial standards and guidelines to the IGC-EC. - <span style='color:#1F497D'>… <a href="http://itrmc.idaho.gov/">ITRMC</a> .</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (From a practical perspective this has been the way it has worked in the past, the GIS community developing a standard, IGC-EC recommending to ITRMC that it be adopted and ITRMC voting to adopt it).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We had a meeting of the State Agency GIS people. I thought it went very well and have had a lot of positive feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The highlights are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Discussed doing an ESRI enterprise license – we are working on gathering the information need to investigate this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Continuing the discussions and providing better coordination among the State Agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coordination between the State Agencies and IGO on developing standards and other issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I will report on this at the next IGC-EC meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for all the support I have received from everybody.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:bill.farnsworth@cio.idaho.gov"><span style='color:blue'>bill.farnsworth@cio.idaho.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>208 332-1878 (w)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>208 863-9039 (c)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>