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<br />CASS COUNIY <br />GOVERNMENT <br />-- <br /> <br />Auditor <br /> <br />Michael Montiplaisir, CPA <br />701-241-5601 <br /> <br />Treasurer <br /> <br />Charlotte Sandvik <br />701-241-5611 <br /> <br />Director of <br />Equalization <br /> <br />Frank Klein <br />701-241-5616 <br /> <br />Box 2806 <br />211 Ninth Street South <br />Fargo, North Dakota 58103 <br /> <br />Fax 701-241-5728 <br /> <br />www.casscountygov.com <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />AUG 2 6 2004 <br /> <br />CASS COUNTY COMMISSION <br /> <br />MEMO <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Cass County Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Kay Anderson, GIS Coordinator <br />Aug, 2th, 2004 <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />ERSI Special Achievement Award (Informational) <br /> <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <br />Dear Commissioners, <br /> <br />I recently attended the ESRI 2004 International Users Conference <br />in San Diego, CA August a-13th, to accept the ESRI Special Achievement <br />Award in GIS. The Award was presented to Cass County & the City of Fargo <br />for collaboration in GIS projects. The awards were presented to user sites <br />around the world in recognition of their outstanding work in the GIS field. We <br />were selected to receive this prize from over 100,000 user sites worldwide <br />which is quite an honor. <br /> <br />The conference was attended by more than 12,000 GIS professional <br />from around the world and was an excellent opportunity to learn about new <br />technologies and collaborate with other GIS users. I was able to attend an all <br />day pre-conference seminar on developing address management systems <br />using GIS solutions. This was an excellent seminar with many useful <br />resources where a number of speakers presented their GIS solutions to <br />common addressing problems in various organizations. This was a good time <br />to learn about best practices. <br /> <br />Over 300 technical workshops were available during the week on ESRI <br />software and more than 1,000 user presentations on challenges and <br />successes. The exhibit pavilion provided the opportunity to talk with <br />hundreds of vendors and solution providers about project objectives. The <br />ESRI showcase consisted of representatives from software companies who <br />offered advice on technical issues & planning. <br /> <br />Overall this is an excellent conference that provides the opportunity to <br />talk to peers in similar organizations who all face similar issues in GIS <br />implementation. <br /> <br />Kay Anderson <br />