Strategic Planning
for the
Hawaii Geographic
Information Coordinating
Council
Arthr J. Buto & Ron Salz
President and Past President, HIGICC
Thursday, September 24, 2009
HCPO/HIGICC 2009
Honolulu, Hawaii

HIGICC – Who are we?
• 501c3 not-for-profit organization
• Founded in 1999
• 96 paid members
• 443 contacts in Wild Apricot

HIGICC Mission
• To bring together and continue to build the
geographic community into a cohesive,
recognized coordinating body that
facilitates the use, development, sharing,
and management of geographic data and
communicates the value of geographic
information to citizens and decision-
makers.

HIGICC 2010 Board
At Large
Salim Mohammed (2010), Maps/GIS Librarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Royce Jones (2010), Hawaii-Pacific Region Manager, ESRI
Carol Kennedy (2011), GIS Administrator, Maui Electric Company
Federal
Sandy Margriter (2010), Geographer/GIS Specialist, National Park Service
Derek Masaki (2011) USGS, NBII Pacific Basin Node
State
Joan Delos Santos (2010), IT Specialist, Office of Planning, State GIS Program, State of Hawaii
Arthur Buto (2011), Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
County
Adrian Fitzgerald (2010), GIS Analyst, Department of Finance, IT Division, County of Kauai
Garrett Johnson (2011), GIS Analyst, County of Kauai
Other
Mark Harrington (2011) , GIS Manager, Group 70 International
Alexa Jacroux Biggs (2010), GIS Project Manager, Belt Collins Hawaii
Ex Officio
Henry Wolter ,USGS Geospatial Liaison
Adam Stein, Pacific Services Center
Ron Salz, Immediate Past President

HIGICC – Goal
• A Sustainable Organization
– Increase Membership
– Outreach to underserved communities
– Apply, receive and complete the FGDC 50
States Initiative CAP 3 for Strategic and
Business Planning

Hawaii
160°0'0"W 158°0'0"W 156°0'0"W
County of Kauai
22°0'0"N
2°0'0"N
Kauai City and County of Honolulu
Niihau
Oahu Molokai
Maui County
Maui
Lanai
Kahoolawe
Hawaii
20°0'0"N
0°0'0"N
0 25
8 50 100 Miles
County of Hawaii
160°0'0"W 158°0'0"W 156°0'0"W

FGDC 50 States Initiative
http://www.fgdc.gov/policyandplanning/50states

Planning Templates

Strategic Planning Team
• Ron Salz, President
• Arthur J. Buto, Vice President
• Joan Delos Santos, Treasurer
• Salim Mohammed, Secretary
• Royce Jones, Board Member
• Henry Wolter, USGS Liaison
• Steve Anderson, Applied Geographics

CAP Application

HIGICC gets CAP Funding!

Establish the Process
• Define Project Scope
• Hire Consultant
• Community Outreach
– Email, announcements
– Lots of Lead Time (I wish!)
• Methods of Participation
– On-line survey
– Group Meetings
– Individual interviews.

Now what?

In Person and on-line

http://wiki.appgeo.com/hi/

HIGICC CAP 3 Plans

Strategic Plan
Short Term Goals
• Complete Strategic and Business Plans
• Improve the HIGICC web site
• Increase HIGICC membership

Strategic Plan Goals
• Ensure that HIGICC completes the Strategic Plan to set an agenda for the
next five years that is aligned with the expressed needs of the HIGICC
membership and the Hawaii geospatial community.
• Develop an outreach and communications strategy that targets
constituencies throughout the state, reaches underserved portions of the
community, and increases membership, participation, and collaboration with
activities.
• Develop a strategy for assisting data acquisition projects and developing
geospatial data standards that cross geographic and administrative
boundaries.
• Develop a funding strategy that maintains Council fiscal viability, enhances
the ability of HIGICC to apply, compete, receive and administer grants, and
expands the Council’s ability to identify funding opportunities that support
the Council and stakeholders across the state.

The Business Plan….
higicc.camp8.org