Greetings OFWIM members!

The year is passing quickly and our annual business meeting and conference will soon be upon us. The deadline for abstract submissions has come and gone, as has the travel grant deadline. We are pleased to announce that two students have received grants to attend the conference and present papers! We had not had applications for several years and this year we had four. The Membership and Outreach Committee has been successful. There are more than half a dozen re-cipients of travel grants too. OFWIM is pleased to have the opportunity to offer travel assistance to ensure representation from all regions of the nation and vari-ous state, federal, and private organizations, especially in this time of budget and travel restrictions.

The various committees continue to be active. Look for the announcement for the date and location for the 2009 conference soon. It has been narrowed to a few locations in Seattle, with a final decision expected this month. Other committees are working diligently to put together the agenda, review abstracts, approve awards and nominations, prepare for online voting, and arrange training sessions.

There will be several business items for which full member participation is needed:

1. Member voting for executive committee members will be available online soon,

2. Approval for bylaws changes will also be posted for online voting, and

Please help guide OFWIM toward a new mission statement and direction for the

President’s Message: Sabra Schwartz

September 2008

OFWIM news

Inside this issue:

President’s 1 Message

Committee 2 Report

Tech/Trends 3-5 Article

Conference 6 Information

Field Trips 7

Conference 8 Overview

OFWIM Vision 9 Survey

Candidates for 10 President-Elect

Candidates for 11 Treasurer

Candidates for 12 Secretary

Candidates for 13 Member at Large

Membership 14-16 Forms

O R G A N I Z A T I O N O F F I S H A N D W I L D L I F E I N F O R M A T I O N M A N A G E R S

Don’t forget to vote! Page 10-13

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organization. Take a few moments to answer this very brief survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vpwrOnps1YnH_2fBeZ9I6j8g_3d_3d. The results of the survey will be used during the annual business meeting.

As members, it is not just your privilege to vote, but your duty! Please help move OFWIM in a direction that will benefit all members, including you.

The conference is just weeks away. Be sure to register for the conference at www.regonline.com/63345_618390A, reserve your hotel room, and participate in all activities between now and the conference. Also remember to bring raffle items with you.

Thanks to everyone who worked on committees throughout the year and for those whom have submitted abstracts for presenting at this year’s conference. I find the networking between and after sessions to be as rewarding as the presentations them-selves. I look forward to seeing you all at the meeting.

Warmest regards,

Sabra Schwartz

OFWIM 2008 president

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Communications

Chair: Shelaine Curd Hetrick

(e-mail: shelaine (at)

iiaweb.com)

Vice-Chair: Lisa Zolly

Data Standards &

Technology Trends

Chair: Scott Anderson

(scott.anderson (at) ncwild-

life.org)

Vice-Chair: Viv Hutchison

Elections, Nominations

& Awards

Chair: Viv Hutchison (e-mail:

vhutchison (at) usgs.gov)

Vice-Chair: Sabra Schwartz

Meeting Planning

Chair: Robin Carlson (e-mail:

rcarlson (at) dfg.ca.gov)

Vice-Chair: Julie Prior-Magee

Membership & Out-

reach

Chair: Aliya Ercelawn (e-

mail: aercelawn (at) tnc.org) Vice-Chair: VACANT

Training & Education

Chair: Don Schrupp (e-mail:

hqwris (at)

lamar.colostate.edu)

Vice-Chair: Sabra Schwartz

Photo courtesy of Fish and Wildlife Service

OFWIM

Committees:

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Google Maps API experience

My position with the NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node has given me many opportunities to be creative in the realm of data visualization. Recently we thought about mapping the wildlife health news reports we post on our Wildlife Disease News Digest, a daily “blog” highlighting what is going on in the world of wildlife health.

In the past, I have used ESRI’s ArcIMS toolset to create interactive web-based maps to display dynamic content. From my own experience in demonstrating the applications created in the software, most casual web users don’t find it very user-friendly to use. After seeing how easy it was at last year’s OFWIM meet-ing to make an RSS feed a GeoRSS feed and place this into Google Maps, I thought this would be a worthwhile and quick solution for mapping our wildlife health news reports.

In this article I’ll discuss my own experiences developing our Global Wildlife Disease News Map applica-tion and hope to pass on any wisdom gained from my experience to you budding Google Map developers out there. Since it has been a while since our first iteration of the map, I’ll also explain where we hope to go in our future versions of the map.

Automatic Geocoding

Our current system is not set up to take advantage of a geocoding service. Ideally when creating a map of places where you know the location name and not the actual coordinates, you would use a geocoding ser-vice to translate the location name into a coordinate pair.

When we record a news story we want to show on the News Map, we hold detailed information about the location broken down in the following five levels in our database: Continent, Country, Administra-tive Unit, County (U.S.) and Place. When we select this information for each news story, behind the scenes we already know what the latitude and longitude of the locations are at the most specific level needed to create the marker. In the future we are planning to incorporate a geocoding service into our cataloging process to ensure we have the most up-to-date information recorded about a location we are trying to map.

In order to automate this process, there are many free services that exist to help with the task of geocod-ing. Geonames is a very comprehensive service with 6.5 million locations geocoded. Google also pro-vides a Geocoding service for converting string addresses into latitude and longitude pairs. Some free services are “free” up to a given number of requests, where if you have reached your request limit for the day, subsequent requests fail. So before deciding to go with one service or another, make sure you under-stand what their limitations are and what you might expect your traffic to be. Once the service returns the coordinate pair and any other helpful information, your system should record the response for future

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use instead of asking it to geocode the location another time in the future. This will help to limit the number of requests you need to make and also speed up the generation of markers.

Using Dynamic XML files to load content

In order to keep the contents of the map up-to-date from our database of news reports, we elected to use a number of dynamically created XML files to populate the markers onto our map. There are many other methods one might utilize; like hard-coding the marker information into the map file, reading a GeoRSS file, and even using Google Spreadsheets to name a few. The basic anatomy of the XML file we use is:

<markers>

<marker lat=”Latitude of Marker” lng=”Longitude of Marker” label=”Label for Marker (used to show location in our case onmouseover the markers)” icontype=”What type of icon to use to show the marker”>

<infowindow>

This information displays when the marker is clicked.

If there are more stories for the same marker, keep putting them into the same infowin-dow instead of creating a duplicate marker for the same location.

</infowindow>

</marker>

</markers>

The essential marker information includes latitude, longitude, a label, and an icontype. The icontype GIcon class allows us to show a different marker symbol depending on the level of geographic informa-tion we have about a particular news story. For example, a story that talks about some wildlife health event occurring in Michigan is a red marker. The red marker used is one to signify administrative unit information.

Tutorials

The easiest way to get started with using the Google Maps API is to take a look at the tutorials that exist. The best resource I found while doing development was Mike Williams’ Google Maps API Tutorial. Not only does it break down adding functions into steps and provides the code needed to achieve a certain functionality, his tutorial also offers other suggestions and potential pitfalls you might encounter when attempting to use a certain class or function. Once you start putting together your first Google Map,

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you’ll realize there are so many other tweaks you want to make to provide your users with additional functionality. This site is great for explaining the most popular modifications out there.

Troubleshooting

When I needed assistance with debugging the News Map, the Google Groups - Google Maps API group was the best resource I could find. If you post a message, be sure to include a link to the application you’re working on, even if it’s not working. The forum posting guidelines clearly state in order to get help efficiently, you should post a link. If you don’t have a testing web server that allows public access, you can use the Google Sites resource to host your map in order to get it online.

Another great resource for troubleshooting errors and bugs in your code is Firebug, an extension for Mozilla Firefox. Firebug will return very helpful error messages for troubleshooting JavaScript problems while you develop your map.

Additional Capacity

If you want Google Maps to behave more like an ESRI ArcIMS application, with a variety of layers that your users can click on and off, you might investigate using Mike Williams’ tutorial on Marker Catego-ries. This tutorial explains how you can introduce multiple different layers of information displayed on demand. There are also many third-party extensions that folks have written that allow programmers to bring in WMS layers into Google Maps which allow overlaying of WMS layers just like ArcIMS. Here is one example where a user is streaming in via WMS topographic maps and digital orthophotos from the USGS. Mike Williams’ also provides a great list of third-party extensions to explore for additional func-tionality like clustering large numbers of markers to improve map drawing speed, custom map controls, and much more.

The future of the Global Wildlife Disease News Map

SIMILE Exhibit

We are exploring using the Exhibit framework in a future revision of the Global Wildlife Disease News Map. Not only does it provide a Google Map application for spatial visualization, but also includes a means to filter the information displayed by any number of keywords, a timeline feature for plotting the news stories over time, and several other nice functions all built in. In this example application, you can see how the timeline, map and keywords work together to display content to the user. The Exhibit framework also allows users to extract the data they are exploring with a simple link. While we have pro-grammed some of these features ourselves on our Global Wildlife Disease News Map, the Exhibit frame-work outperforms what we have developed.

Questions? Comments? Please feel free to contact me at mhines@usgs.gov

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OFWIM 2008 Conference Using Innovative Technology to Move

from Planning to Implementation October 27—30, 2008

The 2008 OFWIM Conference is rapidly approaching. This newsletter has all of the infor-

mation you’ll need to get ready for the event!

Registration

Online registration for the conference is now available at: http://www.regonline.com/

Checkin.asp?EventId=618390

Lodging Book your hotel room now at the Conference Hotel! Conference rates are

guaranteed through September 26 and it will help OFWIM meet

our quota and keep meeting costs down. Hotel information at

http://albuquerquegrandairporthotel.com, 505-843-7000.

When you call, mention that you are with the "Organization of

Fish and Wildlife Information Managers." Room rates have

risen slightly due to a change in federal per diem, and are now

$80 for a single and $100 for a double. Photo from: http://albuquerquegrandairporthotel.com

Photo courtesy of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

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Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/sevilleta/index.html

Sevilleta is located in the Chihuahuan desert 20 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. In 1988 the Sevilleta

National Wildlife Refuge became the host to the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program.

The Program is conducted by the University of New Mexico's Department of Biology and is funded by a grant

from the National Science Foundation. The LTER conducts a variety of research. The dominant theme exam-

ines long-term changes in ecosystem attributes.

Bandelier National Monument http://www.nps.gov/band

Bandelier National Monument's 33,000 acres lay on the slopes of the Jemez Mountains. With elevations from

just over 10,000 feet at Cerro Grande to just over 5,000 feet at the Rio Grande, the landscape encompasses

sloped mesas cut by steep-walled canyons. Formed by massive volcanic eruptions over 1 million years ago, this

place is home to a diversity of plant and animal life. Bandelier's human history extends back for over 10,000

years when nomadic hunter-gatherers followed migrating wildlife across the mesas and canyons. By 1150 CE

Ancestral Pueblo people began to build more permanent settlements. Reminders of these past times are still

evident in the park as are the strong ties of the modern Pueblo people.

Valles Caldera National Preserve http://www.vallescaldera.gov/

The Valles Caldera Trust was created by the Valles Caldera Preservation Act of 2000 to preserve and protect

the historic Baca Ranch of New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains. The groundbreaking legislation that provided for

the federal purchase of this 89,000-acre ranch nestled inside a volcanic caldera also created a unique experi-

ment in public land management.

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/bosque/index.html The Refuge is located at the northern edge of the Chihuahuan desert, and straddles the Rio Grande, approxi-

mately 20 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico (about 96 miles from ABQ). The heart of the Refuge is about

12,900 acres of moist bottomlands--3,800 acres are active floodplain of the Rio Grande and 9,100 acres are

areas where water is diverted to create extensive wetlands, farmlands, and riparian forests. Tens of thousands

of birds--including sandhill cranes, Arctic geese, and many kinds of ducks--gather each autumn and stay

through the winter.

Field Trips It's not too late to vote for your favorite field trip option: when you register online, you will have the option to select

your favorite field trip option. Once we have made final decisions about field trips, we will contact everyone who

indicated interest in a field trip with more details. There will be a small additional charge for participation in a field

trip.

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Conference Overview

Monday, October 27

Morning/Afternoon: Field Trips Evening: Welcome Social

Tuesday, October 28

Morning/Afternoon: Conference Sessions Evening: Hackers’ Ball

Wednesday, October 29

Morning: Conference Sessions Lunch: Annual Business Meeting Afternoon: Conference Sessions Evening: Banquet

Thursday, October 30

Morning: Conference Sessions

Photo courtesy of Fish and Wildlife Service

Do you have

extra gear,

logo apparel,

items of envy

that you would like

to donate for

RAFFLE

ITEMS?

If so, please

contact

Lisa Zolly (lisa_zolly

(at) usgs.gov)

for more

information.

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OFWIM was founded to promote the management and conservation of natural resources by facilitating technology and information exchange among fish and wildlife information managers. The organization tries to emphasize coordination, outreach, technical assistance, and continu-ing education. We are conducting this survey in hopes of creating a vision statement and setting goals and objectives that will benefit organiza-tional members.

1. Please identify the category below that best captures your job duties in regards to resource information:

Resource-Centric – deal mostly with resource management and the collection of data

Data-Centric – deal mostly with the organization and analysis of resource data

GIS-Centric – deal mostly with representing resource data geospatially

IT-Centric – deal mostly with applications and databases that support resource data

Other – please specify:

2. Listed below are some of the ways in which OFWIM addresses its goals. Please indicate the relative importance of each in your opinion as Low, Medium, or High. Also indicate whether you would like the level of emphasis in each area to be Less, about the Same, or More.

3. What other ways do you feel OFWIM has or could have an affect on what you do?

4. We are working towards creating a vision statement for OFWIM. Help us brainstorm! Please list keywords and/or phrases that you would use to describe OFWIM and how you see OFWIM benefiting you and/or your organization. Your input will be used during a discussion session at our annual business meeting in October.

5. Please add any other comments that weren’t adequately captured.

Thank you for your time and sharing your thoughts!

We hope to see you at the business meeting in October to help mold the vision and direction of OFWIM.

Importance Emphasis

Share Technology Ideas. L M H Less Same More

Develop Ways to Share Data L M H Less Same More

Present Research Findings L M H Less Same More

Technology and Information Exchange L M H Less Same More

Network with Other Resource Information Professionals L M H Less Same More

OFWIM Vision Survey

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Jennifer Pollock U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure Jennifer Pollock works for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Pro-

gram. In her role as a Node Manager, she coordinates projects that provide

access to natural resources data and information from partners across the

country in support of managers and researchers. She manages 3 regional

NBII Nodes in California, Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington),

and Mountain Prairie (Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne-

braska, and Kansas) and the Wildlife Disease Information Node. Ms. Pollock

first started attending OFWIM annual meetings in 1999 in Stateline, NV.

Since then, Ms. Pollock has provided metadata training and support to many

of OFWIM’s participating agencies and organizations. Throughout the years of

involvement with OFWIM, Ms. Pollock has focused on enhancing communica-

tions between federal and state agencies by identifying and implementing

activities that benefit both groups. She currently serves as the OFWIM Mem-

ber at Large and participates in several OFWIM committees.

Mark Brunner Missouri Department of Conservation

Mark Brunner is the IT Architect for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He has a BS in Forest Manage-

ment and an MS in Computer Science, both from the University of Missouri at Columbia. Mark spent 16 years

in Denver developing software for aerospace applications before returning home to

Missouri to work with conservation in 1997. At the Conservation Department he

has been the head of the application development group developing technology

solutions to assist in the management of Missouri's forest, fish, and wildlife re-

sources. Mark has been involved in the development of such programs as the

automation of deer and turkey harvest reporting, forest inventory and growth pro-

jection, fish scale analysis for age determination, and most recently the geospatial

capture and reporting of department accomplishments. His current role with the

Department of Conservation is IT Architect responsible for developing an enterprise

architecture that provides common data reference measures to provide logical ac-

cess of data to all personnel within the department. Mark has been a part of OF-

WIM for 3 years and is excited at the potential for communication and data sharing

between state and federal agencies that OFWIM offers.

Candidates for President-Elect

For all the latest OFWIM information visit

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Kristin Rogers

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Kristin Rogers is currently working as a Scientific Data Manager for the Florida Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWC /

FWRI). She began her career with FWC in 2003 as fisheries biologist.

Two-years later she joined the FWC Center for Biostatics and Modeling,

where she now works with fish and wildlife biologists throughout the

state to manage, store, and protect the integrity of the data they col-

lect, while seeking solutions to maximize its usability.

Kristin holds a M.S. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences with a Minor in

Statistics from the University of Florida and a B.S. in Marine Biology

from Long Island University / Southampton College. Kristin first started

attending OFWIM conferences in 2005 in Tallahassee, FL. In 2007 she

became a member of OFWIM and joined the Data Standards and Tech-

nology Trends Committee.

Michael Barbour

Alabama Natural Heritage Program

Michael has worked for the Alabama Natural Heritage Program (ALNHP) as the GIS Analyst/

Database Manager since May 2002. He manages ALNHP's Biotics Conservation Database, handles

information requests, and provides GIS support to the program. His

responsibilities include the maintenance of the program's geospatial

database, data entry and editing, providing support to other staff

members in the use of the database and Heritage Methodology, col-

lection and quality control of spatial and database data, metadata

creation, assisting in the development of conservation plans, conduct-

ing GIS analyses and integrating GIS into ALNHP projects, computer

maintenance, website design and maintenance, and coordinating

graphic layout and design of program publications. Michael con-

ducted doctoral research with the Cooperative Wildlife Research Labo-

ratory at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale investigating

metapopulation dynamics of swamp rabbits in southern Illinois. He

received a MS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of New Hamp-

shire in 1993, and BS degrees in Biology and Wildlife Management from Virginia Tech.

Candidates for Treasurer

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Lisa Zolly

U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure

Since 1999, Lisa Zolly has been the Knowledge Manager for the

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), a broad, col-

laborative program managed by the U.S. Geological Survey,

whose mission is to provide increased access to data and informa-

tion on the nation's biological resources. Her responsibilities in-

clude the development and oversight of content management

standards and knowledge architectures for the Program; design

and implementation of new tools and resources to integrate and

manage biological content; and user-interface design. Lisa has a

BA and an MA in English from Virginia Tech, and an MS in Infor-

mation Science from the University of Tennessee; she is currently

completing an MS in Natural Resources Management and Policy

from Virginia Tech.

Candidate for Secretary

Photo courtesy of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

Don Schrupp Retired from the Colorado Division

Don is a Wildlife Ecologist, retired from the Colorado Division

of Wildlife in October of 2006, after 32+ years with them. In that 'past-life' he oversaw development of the Division's Wildife Resource Information System (WRIS), that utilized

geographic information systems, remote sensing and relational database technologies to protect the State's wildlife resources. Don was the Principal Investigator for Colorado's Gap Analysis Project, and also the Principal Investigator for the 'Colorado

Ecogregional Component of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project. His current pursuits involve exploration of the capabilities of of Open Source geospatial programs and support for open data standards. For fun he enjoy hiking, bicycling, skiing, hunting, fishing, motorcycle touring and geo-caching and bluegrass music.

Don has held a number of positions with the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers, and am currently the Chair of the Training and Education Committee.

Keith Wethington

Supervisor, Fish & Wildlife Information System Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources

Education: BS Wildlife Biology, 1991. Murray State University

MS Geography, 1993. Oklahoma State University

MA Science Education, 1995. University of Kentucky Work History: High School Science Teacher, 1995-1996. Owen County, Kentucky. Earth Science and Biology.

Wildlife Biologist, 1996-1998. Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife. Environmental review of sur-face coal mining permits and post mining reclamation plans. Fish & Wildlife Information System Supervisor, 1998 to present Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife. Oversee implementation of

GIS and development of species distribution database for the Depart-ment. Co-PI for Kentucky GAP Analysis Project, published 2001. Co-author of Kentucky's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Published 2005.

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Candidates for Member at Large

2008 Individual Membership Form

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Use the form below to join OFWIM as a new member or to renew your membership for 2008.

Individual Members are entitled to vote in the annual election and hold office. Current members

are notified of new newsletters and have access to special OFWIM web content. Current mem-

bers also receive a discount on 2008 conference registration.

If you work for an organization with 4 or more individuals interested in OFWIM membership, you

may benefit from obtaining an Organizational Membership. Information about Organizational

Membership can be found at: http://www.ofwim.org/org/membership.html

The 2008 OFWIM annual membership period is January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.

To become a new member of OFWIM or renew your current membership, please complete and

mail the form below with a check or money order for $25 (in U.S. dollars!) payable to OFWIM, to:

Aliya Ercelawn, OFWIM Treasurer

The Nature Conservancy

711 Navarro, Suite 410

San Antonio, TX 78205

(210) 224-8774

aercelawn (at) tnc.org

OFWIM 2008 Membership Form

Name: __________________________________________________

Agency:__________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

Phone:(_____)_________________ Fax:(______)________________

Email:___________________________________________________

Memberships Annual Dues

Individual Member – 2008 $ 25.00

(one voting membership)

Please pay in U.S. dollars! $_________

OFWIM 2008 Organizational Membership Form

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Use the form below to become an Organizational Member or renew your current Organizational Mem-bership. Organizational Members may list up to six (6) individuals who will have full member privi-leges. These individuals will be entitled to vote in the annual elections and hold office. Current mem-bers are notified of new newsletters and have access to special OFWIM web content. Current mem-bers also receive a discount on 2008 conference registration. The 2008 OFWIM annual membership period is January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. To be-come an OFWIM Organization Member, please complete and mail the form below with a check or money order (in U.S. dollars!) payable to OFWIM. Please list the names and contact information for up to six (6) individuals on the form below. An organization may have more than one Organizational Membership. For additional Organizational Memberships, please submit a separate list of individuals for each Membership (up to 6 per Organizational Membership). Send completed form and payment to:

Aliya Ercelawn, OFWIM Treasurer The Nature Conservancy 711 Navarro, Suite 410 San Antonio, TX 78205

(210) 224-8774 aercelawn (at) tnc.org

OFWIM 2008 Organizational Membership Form

Organization Name: ________________________________________

Primary organization contact:

Name: __________________________________________________

Title: ___________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

Phone:(_____)_________________ Fax:(______)________________

Email:___________________________________________________

How did you hear about OFWIM?______________________________

Memberships Annual Dues

Organization Membership – 2008 (you must list

up to 6 individuals for Individual Memberships) $ 100

Number of Organizational Memberships X _____

Please pay in U.S. dollars! $_________

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2008 Individual Membership Form

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Please list up to 5 individuals below plus the Primary Organizational Contact on the previ-ous page (for a total of 6), within your organization for Individual Membership:

1) Name: ________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

Phone:(_____)_________________ Fax:(______)________________

Email:___________________________________________________

2) Name: ________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

Phone:(_____)_________________ Fax:(______)________________

Email:___________________________________________________

3) Name: ________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

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Email:___________________________________________________

4) Name: ________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

Phone:(_____)_________________ Fax:(______)________________

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Address:_________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ____Zip:________

Phone:(_____)_________________ Fax:(______)________________

Email:___________________________________________________

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Newsletter editor

Shelaine Hetrick

Information International

Associates / National

Biological Information

Infrastructure—Southern

Appalachian

1055 Commerce Park Dr.

Suite 110

Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Phone: 865-298-1242

E-mail: Shelaine (at) iiaweb.com

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September 2008

USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO MOVE FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION

OCTOBER 27-30, 2008 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

Please send newsletter comments, suggestions and articles to Shelaine Hetrick

Shelaine (at) iiaweb.com

Article Deadline for Fall Issue: November 15th

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Don't forget to register. Early registration ends September 27! To register, go to http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=618390