Goals and Tactical Actions
Goal 1: Expand and enhance the roles of the private, government, and
academic sectors within the Professional Practice Division.
Tactical Actions:
- Publish an article in PE&RS defining the goals and objectives of
PPD, mentioning the need for increased participation in PPD activities by
representatives of all sectors in the mapping science community;
- Establish a deputy chair position (past Director) to provide
support for the incumbent Chair and to insure continuity of PPD activities;
- Solicit (by whatever means are appropriate, least expensive, and
most effective) the identification of issues that are of serious concern to
ASPRS members. Provide a mechanism for members to respond to and to participate
in the resolution;
- Develop mechanisms to promulgate knowledge of purposes, goals,
and objectives of ASPRS and of the PPD to the general public and others engaged
in the mapping sciences.
Goal 2: Maintain productive cooperation between ASPRS and the
Management Association of Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS).
Tactical Actions:
- Invite MAPPS participation in ASPRS and PPD activities whenever
appropriate;
- Continue coordination of conference sessions and workshops
regarding Federal contracting of professional architect and engineering
services, especially with respect to mapping sciences represented by ASPRS and
MAPPS;
- Continue participation in Joint Government Affairs.
Goal 3: Actively support ANSI GIS Standards Committee.
Tactical Actions:
- Establish linkages with the Committee through direct membership.
ASPRS will be represented by PPD;
- Report on Standards Committee activities at PPD, ASPRS Executive
Committee, Division Directors, and Board of Directors meetings;
- Establish or contribute to a PE&RS column on mapping science
activities.
- Continue leadership role within ASPRS by coordinating "standing"
sessions or workshops at annual GIS/LIS meetings on standards;
- Coordinate standards activities through the ASPRS Standards
Committee.
- Goal 4: Coordinate the development and refinement of government
and private sector occupational classification guidelines for disciplines
represented by ASPRS.
Goal 4:
Tactical Actions:
- Continue to represent ASPRS in activities in coordination with
the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and the Federal Office of Personnel
Management (OPM);
- Communicate goals and objectives of position classification and
qualification standards initiatives to ASPRS membership;
- Publish draft classification guidelines in PE&RS for appropriate
membership review and comment, when an if judged appropriate by OPM;
- Design and implement activities that enhance the visibility,
prestige, and reputation of professional and technical practitioners engaged in
the disciplines advanced by ASPRS. Public relations campaigns including public
service and educational promotional announcements and use of the printed media,
as examples.
Goal 5: Provide leadership for the professional certification for
photogrammetrist, remote sensing scientist, and GIS specialist.
Tactical Action:
- Maintain high visibility of certification programs through
appropriate communication mechanisms, and continue to monitor the programs in a
rigorous, professional manner;
- Advocate and promote use of ASPRS certification program to state
governments as a means to provide specific supplemental professional
registration to practitioners of the mapping sciences;
- Investigate potential for ASPRS certification to evolve into
national registration, since many states are abandoning, sunsetting, or failing
to commission licensing boards for photogrammetry and GIS.
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