2011

TNGIC Annual GIS Conference Gatlinburg Convention Center

Gatlinburg, TN April 4‐7, 2011

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Table of Contents

Agenda At‐a‐Glance ........................................................................................................................ 4

Sponsors and Exhibitors.................................................................................................................. 6

Convention Center Layout .............................................................................................................. 7

Exhibit Hall Layout – Tennessee Ballrooms A & B .......................................................................... 7

Training Classes............................................................................................................................... 8

TNGIC Annual Golf Scramble .......................................................................................................... 9

Geocache Event Sponsored by GeoJobe ...................................................................................... 10

Social Event at Fox Fire Mountain ................................................................................................ 11

Keynote Speaker Bio & Abstract................................................................................................... 13

Map Author Q/A Session .............................................................................................................. 14

Dr Shop – Vendor Tool Time ........................................................................................................ 16

Agenda ‐ Wednesday, April 6........................................................................................................ 17

Agenda ‐ Thursday, April 7............................................................................................................ 18

Win an Apple iPad......................................................................................................................... 19

TNGIC Committees........................................................................................................................ 20

2010 TNGIC Conference Planning Committee.............................................................................. 22

TNGIC Contact Information .......................................................................................................... 23

Plan to attend the Conference in 2012 & 2013!!!

2012 & 2013 TNGIC Annual GIS Conference

Nashville, TN

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Agenda At‐a‐Glance

Monday, April 4, 2011 Experience GIS in Tennessee 9:00am – 5:00pm @ Glenstone Lodge Taught by Jason Duke and Kurt Snider ArcGIS Desktop III Taught by Randal Hale 8:00am – 5:00pm @ Glenstone Lodge

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Experience GIS in Tennessee 8:00am – 5:00pm @ Glenstone Lodge Taught by Jason Duke and Kurt Snider ArcGIS Desktop III Taught by Randal Hale 8:00am – 5:00pm @ Glenstone Lodge Golf Tournament 12:00pm – 5:00pm @ River Islands Golf Course GeoCache Event hosted by GeoJobe 2:00pm – 4:00pm @ Convention Center TNGIC Board Meeting 7:00pm @ Glenstone Lodge

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 @ Gatlinburg Convention Center 8:00am ‐ 12:00pm Registration 8:30pm ‐ 9:30am Vendor Breakfast 8:30am ‐ 2:30pm Exhibit Hall Open 9:30am ‐ 10:15am Opening Session 10:15am ‐ 11:00am Keynote Speaker ‐ Zsolt Nagy, Program Manager, AECOM (See Page 13) 11:00am ‐ 12:00pm Lunch, Platinum Sponsor Presentations 12:00pm ‐ 12:30pm Break 12:30pm ‐ 2:30pm Presentations (See Pages 17‐18) 12:30pm ‐ 2:30pm Dr Shop ‐ Vendor Tool Time (See Page 16) 3:00pm – 9:00pm Social Event ‐ Fox Fire Mountain*** (See Page 11)

***Transportation provided with buses leaving every 30 minutes starting at 3pm

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ Gatlinburg Convention Center

8:00am ‐ 10:00am Registration 7:00am ‐ 9:00am Breakfast / Log Cabin Pancake House ‐ 327 Historic Nature Trl. 8:00am ‐ 3:00pm Exhibit Hall Open 9:00am ‐ 12:00pm Dr Shop ‐ Vendor Tool Time (See Page 16) 9:00am ‐ 9:30am TNGIC Business Meeting 9:30am ‐ 9:45am The Geospatial Learning Model Jeremy Weber, Assistant Director ‐ OLG, Comptroller of the Treasury 9:45am ‐ 10:45am Strategic Development for Enhanced Elevation in Tennessee Dennis Pedersen, Director ‐ GIS Services, Office of Information Resources 10:45am ‐ 11:15am TNGIC Committee Meetings (See Page 20) 11:15am ‐ 11:30am TNGIC Regional Meetings 11:30am ‐ 12:00pm Map Gallery Q & A (See Page 14) 12:00pm ‐ 1:30pm Lunch, Platinum Sponsor Presentations, GIS Champion Award 1:30pm ‐ 3:00pm Dr Shop ‐ Vendor Tool Time (See Page 16) 1:30pm ‐ 2:30pm Presentations (See Page 17‐18) 2:30pm ‐ 3:00pm Break ‐ Exhibit Hall 3:00pm ‐ 4:00pm ESRI Technology Briefing 4:00pm Closing Session, Map Gallery Awards, Giveaways

EATING TIMES: Wednesday

Breakfast (Vendor Hall): 8:30am – 9:30am Lunch (Mills Auditorium): 11:00am – 12:00pm Dinner (Fox Fire Mountain): Approx. 5:30pm

Thursday

Breakfast (Log Cabin Pancake House): 7:00am – 9:00am Lunch (Mills Auditorium): 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Snack (Vendor Hall): 2:30pm – 3:00pm

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Sponsors and Exhibitors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Exhibitors

AMEC Earth & Environmental Fugro EarthData Oce’ North America

Civic Engineering & Information Technologies

GEO‐Jobe GIS Consulting RJ Young Company

Continental Mapping Consultants Geocortex by Latitude Geographics Sanborn

Data Transfer Solutions GISBiz Inc. Surdex Corporation

ERDAS G‐Squared The Atlantic Group, LLC

ESRI MapSync True North Geographic Technologies, LLC

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Convention Center Layout – Exhibit Hall (Tennessee Ballrooms A & B)

Vendor Continental Breakfast

On Wednesday April 6th, TNGIC is hosting a meet and greet continental breakfast social in the Exhibit Hall from 8:30am – 9:30am. This will be a great time for networking with the vendors and other GIS professionals.

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Training Classes

ArcGIS Desktop III (2 days)

Instructor: Randal Hale, GISP/ESRI Authorized Instructor – North River Geographic Systems, Inc Cost: $750 Date: Monday, April 4th and Tuesday, April 5th Advance your ArcGIS Desktop skills in this course that teaches how and when to apply ArcGIS tools to create an efficient workflow that supports GIS analysis. Working with data stored in a geodatabase, you will organize and prepare data for analysis, create geoprocessing models, and work through a challenging analysis project. By the end of the course, you will be able to determine which ArcGIS tools and functions to use in a given situation and apply them to your analysis. The skills taught in this course are applicable to all types of GIS analysis. Experience GIS in Tennessee (2 days)

Instructor(s): Jason Duke and Kurt Snider – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cost: $200 Date: Monday, April 4th and Tuesday, April 5th Experience GIS in Tennessee is an affordable 2‐day training taught by local instructors from various agencies in Tennessee that have extensive experience using Tennessee spatial data. The curriculum was developed for the beginner/intermediate GIS user. Attendees will perform hands‐on exercises to demonstrate intermediate level geo‐processing, spatial analysis and layout creation/design. The 2‐day agenda includes topics such as:

• Software overview • Geodatabase fundamentals • Where to Start – Base Layers • Spatial Transformations • Data Creation and Editing • Spatial Data Processing • Metadata Creation • Cartographic Design • Tips and Tricks

This course also includes a customized course workbook and the reference volume Mastering ArcGIS by Maribeth Price ($100 value), which includes a DVD with exercises.

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TNGIC Annual Golf Scramble @ River Island Golf Course

April 5, 2011 – 9610 Kodak Rd, Kodak TN 37764 / www.riverislandgolf.com / 865‐933‐0100

Time: Tee Off – Shotgun Start at NOON!!! (EST)

Course: River Islands was named Top 10 course in TN in 2005. This Arthur Hill’s link’s style design is one of my favorite local courses and has 9 holes where water comes into play, with 5 holes actually played on or to an island in the river.

Price: $70, includes green fees, driving range, cart, hamburger lunch, and a chance of some good prizes (driving range is available!!!!!)

Register: Please register on Reg‐Online OR Send check (made out to TNGIC) to: Sam Moffat, 428 Scenic Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919

Format: 4‐man scramble. Register on Reg‐online, Sign up and we will assign 4 man teams the day of the tourney or if you have a team already formed, please email Sam Moffat (smoffat@earthdata.com) with your team member names. Please note – all team members must be registered for the golf tourney on Reg‐Online.

Directions

From North: From I‐75 South, take I‐640 East (Knoxville Bypass) about 7 miles to I‐40 East. Follow to exit 402 (Midway Road). At bottom of ramp, make a right. Follow blue and white signs to course (3.5 miles). From I‐81 South: take I‐40 West about 9 miles to Exit 402 (Midway Road). Turn left at bottom of ramp. Follow blue and white signs to course (3.5 miles). From South: Take I‐75 North to I‐40 East (through Knoxville). Stay on I‐40 East to Exit 402 (Midway Road). At bottom of ramp, take a right. Follow the blue and white signs to course (3.5 miles). From Gatlinburg: (About 30 minutes) Take US‐441 North through Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. 441 then turns into Route 66 in Sevierville towards I‐40. Continue North until you approach Interstate 40. Just before the Interstate, you will find Dumplin Valley Road on your left side. Turn left onto Dumplin Valley Road (you will pass a Comfort Inn) and follow the blue and white signs to course (4 miles). From West (Knoxville): Take I‐40 East to Exit 402 (Midway Rd.). At the bottom of the ramp, take a right. Follow the blue and white signs to the course (3.5 miles).From East: Take I‐40 West to Exit 402 (Midway Rd.). At the bottom of the ramp, take a left. Follow the blue and white signs to course (3.5 miles). From Airport: Take Alcoa Highway (U.S. 129 North) for approximately 6 miles. Stay on 129 North until you come to Gov. John Sevier Hwy. East 168. Take John Sevier (only one way to go) for approximately 12 miles until it runs into Strawberry Plains (traffic light). Turn right onto to Strawberry Plains and follow until you reach I‐40. Take I‐40 East to the next exit which is exit 402 (Midway Rd.). Come to the bottom of the ramp and take a right. Follow the blue and white signs to the course.

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GeoCache Event Hosted by GeoJobe

April 5, 2011 – Gatlinburg Convention Center

On Tuesday April 5th, TNGIC and GEO‐Jobe GIS Consulting will host a geocaching event from 2:00pm – 4:00pm that starts at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. Prizes will be given to the 1st and 2nd place teams. What is geocaching? Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to learn about the great features and capabilities of a GPS unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. This is a race, and the more efficient you are, the better you will do. Teams will leave the Convention Center at 2pm to start the hunt. There will be several caches placed within a radius of the Convention Center. Teams must be back by 4:00 p.m. to turn in the information compiled during the hunt. Teams not back by the check‐in will have points deducted!

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Social Event ‐ Fox Fire Mountain Adventures Zipline, BBQ & Bluegrass

April 6, 2011 – 3757 Thomas Ln, Sevierville TN 37876 / www.foxfiremountain.com What the deal? Bon‐fire, BBQ with all the fixins, Live Blue Grass, & Ziplines. The Zip Line Canopy Tour last about 2 hours and consists of 7 difference zip lines, with the longest stretch over a ¼ of a mile. There is only enough daylight to ZIP the first 40 people to sign up. You must register on Reg‐Online & send payment (check or cash) to Sam Moffat, 428 Scenic Dr, Knoxville, TN 37919. What else can I do it I do not want to ZIP? For those of us not Zipping, there is an awesome creek to wade in, hiking trails, lama tours, and games. When is it? April 6th (1st day of conference). First bus leaves at 3:00PM (Zippers need to be on this bus). Dinner will begin approximately 5:30pm. How much? Free!!! Zip Line is additional Cost of $65/person Logistics? Everything is provided – even transportation. Bring some flip flops if you want to wade in the creek or some hiking boots for the awesome trail hiking. The buses will pick people up in front of the conference center starting @ 3:00PM & will begin to bring people home starting at 7:00PM and leaving every 30 minutes. If you want to drive yourself, attached is a MAP. It is a good 30 minute drive and can get tricky– this is back woods Sevier County now, so the roads are very curvy.

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Keynote Speaker Abstract

Zsolt Nagy, Program Manager, AECOM www.aecom.com

Zsolt Nagy is a Senior Project Manager with AECOM focused on advancing and marketing the company’s GIS specialty practice. AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. AECOM has approximately 45,000 employees around the world, and is a Fortune 500 company serving clients in more than 125 countries, with revenue of $7 billion during the 12‐month period ended December 31, 2010.

Prior to joining AECOM in 2009, Mr. Nagy was the State GIS Coordination Manager for the State of North Carolina. Zsolt completed his first GIS project in 1980 utilizing a classic grid ‘overlay’ approach in the evaluation and positioning of a recreational hiking trail in the Duke Forest. A graduate of North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources and Paul Smith’s College of Forestry, Mr. Nagy began his professional career at the NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis as a Technician. At the State, he held positions as GIS Analyst, Project Manager, Production Manager, Database Administrator, and GIS Manager before serving as the NC State GIS Coordinator. Mr. Nagy has made numerous contributions to national organizations and on collaborative initiatives. He was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Interior as a charter member of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee and is a former President of the National States Geographic Information Council. In 2010, he received The Old North State Award from Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue in recognition of his service to North Carolina.

In his keynote remarks, Mr. Nagy will draw from his experiences to speak on the challenges and opportunities to identify, collaborate, and advance geospatial priorities in Tennessee and across the nation. Playing off the Managing Mountains of Data conference theme, possible subthemes to the talk will include Preservation Mountain, LiDAR Landslide, Cloud Summit, Advocacy Ridge, Flood Heights, Data Gap, Certification Hill, and a sneak peak at the adjacent possible.

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Map Gallery/Contest

The map gallery is located in the middle of the Exhibit Hall and will display all of the maps that have been submitted for judging. They will be judged by a panel of peers, with the exception of the “Viewer’s Choice”, which will be voted on by the Conference attendees. The Map Contest will feature four award categories and the winners will be announced at the Closing Session in Ballroom C & D on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Be sure to peruse all of the maps in the gallery and fill out the Viewer’s Choice ballot to cast your vote. All ballots should be turned in at the TNGIC booth by 3:00pm on Thursday!

Award Categories and Descriptions:

Best Cartographic Design ‐ Awarded to the map that artistically employs the elements of cartography without compromising use and functionality. Maps will be judged on fundamental cartographic principles including figure ground representations, visual hierarchy, color selection, typography, symbology, overall aesthetic appearance, etc. Best Analysis ‐ Awarded to the map that is best designed to display the results of spatial data analysis and presents the information in an unbiased way, allowing the viewer to extract their own conclusions, utilizing the map as a tool. Best Student Project – Awarded to the best overall student project. Submitted maps may be cartographic or analytically focused. Viewer’s Choice – Award chosen by the attendees for the best overall map.

Map Author Q/A Session

On Thursday morning from 11:30am – 12:00pm, all of the map authors will be on‐hand to answer your questions about their work. This is your chance to ask about the analysis performed, the projects showcased, and general cartographic design. Use this time to view the maps on display and cast your ballot for the Viewer’s Choice award.

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Dr. Shop – Vendor Tool Time

On Wednesday and Thursday there is opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their products and services on a more personal basis. This will create a win‐win environment for both the exhibitor and attendee. Stop by the vendor booths and schedule a time to learn more about their services.

There are three time periods where it will be open to all Conference attendees:

Wednesday, April 6th 12:30pm – 2:30pm

Thursday, April 7th 9:00am – 12:00pm 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Agenda - Wednesday, April 6

Time Ballroom C & D Gatlinburg A Gatlinburg B

9:30 – 10:15 Opening Session

10:15 – 11:00 Keynote Speaker

Zsolt Nagy, Program Manager, AECOM

11:00 – 12:00 Lunch, Platinum Sponsor Presentations – Zach Layne (ESRI) & Clifton Ogden (Civic Engineering), Mills Auditorium

12:00 – 12:30 Break

Concurrent Sessions GIS in General Emerging Technologies Census GIS

12:30 – 1:00

Red Bank High School ‐ Mapping the Moon with GIS for the Lunar

Planetary Institute (USCE/NASA)

The Evolution of GIS: Meeting Increasing End User Expectations

with Server Based GIS

Geography Products from the 2010 Census

1:00 – 1:30 Great Maps with Less Work: Getting

the Most Out of ArcGIS.com

Utilizing LiDAR Data and Multi‐Spectral Imagery to Delineate

Impervious Surfaces

2010 Census and Supporting Data Products

Concurrent Sessions GIS/GPS GIS Data Techniques GIS in General

1:30 – 2:00 Your Best Year Ever: GIS & GPS Tools

for 2011 GIS Applications in Air Pollution

Modeling A Rural County Dealing with a 1,000

Year Flood Event Using GIS

2:00 – 2:30 Status of GPS, GLONASS and Galileo and Impact on the GIS Community

The Sewanee Forest History Project (SFHP): Understanding

Land Use History on the Domain The Future of the GISP

3:00 – 9:00 Social Event – Fox Fire Mountain, Transportation provided with buses every 30 minutes stating at 3pm

Beginner Intermediate Advanced

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Agenda - Thursday, April 7

Time Ballroom C & D Gatlinburg A Gatlinburg B

9:00 – 9:30 TNGIC Business Meeting

9:30 – 9:45 The Geospatial Learning Model

9:45 – 10:45 Strategic Development for Enhanced Elevation in TN

10:45 – 11:15 Conference

Planning Committee

Education & Outreach

Committee Communication Committee Web & Data Committee

11:15 – 11:30 Middle TN Regional Meeting

East TN Regional Meeting

West TN Regional Meeting

11:30 – 12:00 Map Gallery – Map Author Q/A – Vendor Hall

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch, Platinum Sponsor Presentation – Justin Graham (AMEC), GIS Champion Award, Mills Auditorium

Concurrent Sessions Emerging Technologies GIS in General GIS Data Techniques

1:30 – 2:00

Mapping from Space: Photogrammetry from Satellite

Imagery

Jamaica international Study Abroad Service Trip ‐ Fun with GPS

Creating a Streamline Mapping Workflow for an Entrenched Procedure

2:00 – 2:30 LiDAR and the Power of Solar

Homeland Infrastructure Foundation‐Level Data Working

Group

Surviving in a Multi‐Platform Enterprise EcoSystem

2:30 – 3:00 Break – Exhibit Hall

3:00 – 4:00 ESRI Technology Briefing

4:00 Closing Session, Map Gallery Awards, Giveaways

Beginner Intermediate Advanced

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Win an Apple iPad!!

Within your Conference bag, you will find a 4x6 postcard with several vendor logos shown. Take this card to each of the participating vendors to have it punched with a paper punch. Once you have every logo punched, fill out the contact information on the card and turn it in at the TNGIC booth. A winner will be drawn from the completed cards during the door prize drawings at the end of the Conference. What’s the catch?? The vendors want to talk to YOU! It is the discretion of the vendor to punch your postcard. They might even ask you to stand on your head in order to get a punch. While this scenario is unlikely, remember, they are attending the Conference to network and make new connections with GIS users, managers, students, etc... Rules: 1) You must be present to win. 2) Only the winner can claim the prize. No exceptions! 3) All logos must be punched with the correct paper punch.

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TNGIC Committees

On Thursday April 7th, each of the TNGIC Committees will be meeting for 30 minutes to discuss their plans for the upcoming year, to organize TNGIC members who would like to help on a committee, and to put into motion the tasks designed by the committee chair. The committees are the back‐bone of all the TNGIC activities, training, web sites, and data that are offered to TNGIC members. If you would like more from your TNGIC membership, consider joining one of them to make this a better organization for all of its members. The more we contribute, the better our organization will be for all of its members.

Conference Planning Committee

The purpose of the Conference Planning Committee is to organize, plan and facilitate the TNGIC Annual GIS Conference. This committee handles all of the details and decisions that are required to make this a successful event for TNGIC members.

Communication Committee

The purpose of the Communication Committee is to sustain effective communication between the TNGIC membership, the Board of Directors and the geospatial community. We produce the quarterly newsletter “TNGIC Today” and strive to improve the communication throughout TNGIC through email news, SharePoint content, web site content, and brochures.

Education and Outreach Committee

The goal of the Education & Outreach Committee is to foster educational opportunities and promote awareness of TNGIC throughout the geospatial community. These opportunities may include: training, maintaining academic contact lists, promoting/supporting the regional meetings, student/University outreach, student scholarships, and GIS day activities.

Web and Data Committee

The goal of the Web & Data Committee is to maintain a web presence for TNGIC and facilitate data sharing and distribution for the geospatial community. This committee is always on the look‐out for new data to share and metadata to upload to the metadata server. It is also responsible for creating and distributing lists of internet mapping sites, GIS job postings, and the SharePoint site content, promotion and maintenance. If you have ideas for how to make any of these servers, web sites or SharePoint sites better for the TNGIC members, then join the committee and let your voice and ideas be heard.

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2011 TNGIC Conference Planning Committee The Conference Planning Committee is made up of individuals from Federal, State, and local governments and private industries across Tennessee who volunteers their time and effort to make this a successful event. Without the hard work of all of these individuals this Conference would not have been possible. Please join me and extend a very warm “thank you” to each of them! Sincerely, Bryan Blackburn 2011 Annual Conference Chair Shawn Anderson Whitney Fuquay Sam Moffat Keith Stump Katharine Bennett Randal Hale Gayle Moore Suzanne White Bryan Blackburn Jeanette Jones Sam Mueller Greg Butler David Light Joyce Pierson Jason Duke Kim McDonough Kurt Snider

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TNGIC Contact Information TNGIC P.O. Box 330906 Nashville, TN 37203 info@tngic.org

Web Resources TNGIC Home Page: http://www.tngic.org Tennessee Spatial Data Server: http://www.tngis.org Tennessee Spatial Metadata Server: http://www.tnmetadata.org

2010 Board Members President David Light, Eastman

Past‐President Kurt Snider, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Vice President Jason Duke, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Secretary Katharine Bennett, GISP

Treasurer Sam Moffat, Fugro Earthdata

Shawn Anderson, GISP ‐ Tipton County GIS

Bryan Blackburn, The Atlantic Group

Susan Finger, GISP ‐ AEDC Conservation, Arnold Air Force Base

Justin Graham, GISP ‐ AMEC

Randy Hale, GISP ‐ North River Geographic Systems, Inc

Gayle Moore, GISP ‐ TN Department of Environment and Conservation

Suzanne White, State of TN, Office of Information Resources

Liaison’s West TN – Justin Abart Middle TN – David Ladd East TN – Russ Davis

***Special thanks to the Board Members who terms are expiring this year and have given to TNGIC their time and talent. THANK YOU!!!

Susan Finger Bryan Blackburn Justin Graham (for Rachel Lyles)

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