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FACM Summer 2011 Newsletter click here |
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FACM 2011 Conference held in Bonita Springs
FACM celebrated the
twenty-five year anniversary with this year’s theme of “Twenty-five
Years of Excellence in Education”. The Coconut Point
Resort provided an attractive and relaxing environment
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“To strive to bring together individuals in the public and private sector who are involved in the preparation of property ownership map, with special direction toward education and certification …” 10 years later in 1996, FACM was incorporated: “…. As an educational organization whose mission is to promote high standards in mapping and to provide quality mapping education throughout the State of Florida.” Our mission remains the same after all these years. As our field continues to grow in technological advancement, it is vital that FACM continues to move forward with enhanced education and provide opportunities for the membership to stay current with the latest issues regarding our profession. Staying true to the mission and at the same time realizing the economically tough times we are living in, our Education Committee has been working hard to update our core courses. In order to make the offerings more affordable and accessible, we are now offering our classes regionally. The Education Committee is continuing efforts toward online course offerings, also looking at ways to combine education with our conferences. To quote our immediate past President Frank Conkling, we strive to provide a platform for the membership to have an “open exchange of ideas and development of best practices in parcel mapping”. This open exchange includes outreach to GIS User Groups around the State of Florida, and speakers at our conferences that provide relevant and up to date information for the mapping profession.
As your president I appreciate
the opportunity to keep the momentum going and move into the
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2011
is gone and 2012 is here! For FACM, 2011 was a very
successful year. We made great progress toward many of our
goals.