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.
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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Committee Links
Upcoming Events:
PECORA 17
Denver, Colorado
November 17th - 20th, 2008
"The Future of Land Imaging
...Going Operational"
Professional
Practice Division Meeting
(including Licensure and Standards Committees)
When: TBA
Time: TBA
Where: TBA
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