1ST PLACE - $100 PRIZE
Bobbi Johnson, Billings PD
2nd PLACE - $50 PRIZE
Kim Kresan and Jeff LeProwse, Water and Environmental Technologies (WET)
3rd PLACE - $25 PRIZE
Jeff Sprock and Joel Griffin, City of Billings
“Billings Capital Project Dashboard”
A big thank you to everyone who submitted maps to this year's contest, and thanks to everyone who participated by voting for their favorite!
Web Maps and Applications will be voted on by the GIS Community.
Winners will be announced after voting closing on Wednesday, GIS DAY.
Visit the MAGIP GIS Day page for more info
The MAGIP Board of Directors has appointed a new Conference Liaison.
Please welcome Erich Schreier, a GIS Specialist with the City of Bozeman, to the MAGIP Board!
Erich replaces Haley Jurecki, who resigned in June after taking on a new employment opportunity.
Vice President - Jeff Sprock, City of Billings
Member Development Chair - Mike Eidum, MDT
Conference Liaison – Haley Jurecki, Axim Geospatial
The proposed changes to MAGIP’s Bylaws in Article II, Sections 1 and 4, PASSED with 88% of the respondents voting 'For', 10.6% voting to 'Abstain' and 1.5% voting 'Against' the changes. View a summary of the election voting results in this document.
Thank you to everyone who ran for the various positions and for your dedication to MAGIP. And a special thank you to the out-going Board members, Michael Krueger, Steve Jay and Phoebe Ferguson, for your time, dedication and commitment to making MAGIP a great organization to be a part of.
Vice President - Elected to three (3) year term (Vice President, President, Past President)
Haley Jurecki, City of Helena
Brendan Wiltshire, Stillwater County
For Photos and Bios of each of the Candidates visit:
https://www.magip.org/2022Elections/
In addition to filling these roles, the board is also proposing changes to MAGIP’s Bylaws in Article II, Sections 1 and 4. Please review the specific changes, which are highlighted in this document. At this juncture, we would ask for your review to get acquainted with the changes.
The elections for both the new board members and this proposed Bylaw revision will open May 2nd and will close May 16th.
If you have any questions on the nominations or proposed Bylaw changes please reach out to the Election Committee: Michael Krueger, Jeff Hedstrom, or Meghan Burns for more information.
Nominations are open through April 25, 2022 for the following positions:
Vice President - Elected to three (3) year term (Vice President, President, Past President).
Duties Include:
Member Development Chair - Elected to two (2) year term. Duties Include:
Conference Liaison – Elected to two (2) year term
Please consider nominating yourself, or someone who you think would make a great addition to the board, using this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MAGIP_2022_BOD_Nominations
In addition to filling these roles, the board is also proposing changes to MAGIP’s Bylaws in Article II, Sections 1 and 4. Please review the specific changes, which are highlighted in this document. At this juncture, we would ask for your review to get acquainted with the changes. The elections for both the new board members and this proposed Bylaw revision will open May 2nd and will close May 16th.
Additional information on the elections, current Bylaws, and the board can be found at the following link.
The MAGIP Grants and Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the 2022 awards for Higher Education Scholarships. Despite the ongoing pandemic and challenges of online learning and living, MAGIP was fortunate to receive high quality applications from undergraduate and graduate students alike. While we would like to support all submitted projects, we identified two exceptional Higher Education Scholarship proposals that we are delighted to fund this year. These scholarships will be distributed to one highly motivated undergraduate student, and one Master’s degree student. Furthermore, we are excited to distribute these awards across the Continental Divide and support one student at the University of Montana, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, and one student at Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences.
Two (2) scholarships totally $3,000 were awarded to undergraduate or first-year graduate students studying GIS at a Montana college or university through the MAGIP Higher Education GIS Scholarship.
Madison Vastine, Undergraduate, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana
“Spatio-temporal variation in black bear activity patterns”
Hayden Yates, Master’s Candidate, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University
“UAS thermal infrared and machine learning to identify surficial and structural parameters diagnostic of surface thermal anomalies near Norris Hot Springs, Montana”
For more information visit the Scholarships website
MAGIP is now accepting applications for the 2022 MAGIP Higher Education GIS Scholarships and K-12 Education Grants!
Applications are due March 25, 2022
Contact the Scholarship and Grants Committee Chair for more information.
The Montana Association of Geographic Professionals (MAGIP) biannually presents two awards. The Distinguished Service Award is presented for long-term service and leadership to the Montana GIS community and the GIS profession. The GIS Professional Livability Award recognizes an individual's measurable contribution to the application of GIS, thus improving the quality of life within their community.
The awards will be presented at the Big Sky GeoCon dinner on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Missoula.
Click Here to submit your nomination!
The deadline for submission is February 22, 2022.
If you plan to submit multiple nominations, please create a separate submission for each. Each nomination requires a one-page letter of nomination, two references who also support the nomination, and any supporting documentation.
On behalf of MAGIP Awards Committee, we look forward to hearing from you!
Applicants for the Distinguished Service Award must:
Applicants for the Livability Award must:
Questions? Contact Phoebe Ferguson, 2022 Conference Liaison
Congratulations to Eric Spangenberg for winning this year's MAGIP GIS Day web map contest. His web map titled "Economic Development - City of Helena, MT" received the most votes. Eric's map earned him a $100 prize!
Our first runner-up was Allen Armstrong and his web map titled "BLM Montana/Dakotas Interactive Map" and Allen won $50 for his map.
Rounding out the top three was Haley Jurecki and her web map titled "City of Helena Major Infrastructure Projects". Haley won $25 for her effort.
I am already looking forward to next year's contest.
Steve Jay, Membership Development Chair
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