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Geospatial Conference 2004

for TIPS Users

Advanced Integration of Geospatial Technologies in Mining and Reclamation

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Billie Clark and Al Klein pose for the camera	Bill Card and Tom Mastrorocco enjoying the Tuesday evening social hour	Tuesday's Presenters in front of the TIPS booth

December 7 – 9, 2004

Marriott Renaissance – Waverly Hotel

Conference included: Technical Sessions on Permitting, Mobile Computing, GIS Design, Databases for Historical Mine Records and More. Poster Sessions, Vendor Demonstrations, and Plenaries

Participants: Participants included TIPS state, tribal and OSM customers from the engineering, reclamation, permitting, technical support, and management user groups—from both the regulatory and abandoned mine programs.

Background: OSM staff and TIPS customers are making significant progress in the application of geospatial technology to SMCRA reclamation and enforcement. This progress has never been more evident than at the TIPS Steering Committee meeting held September 9-11, 2003, in Breckenridge, Colorado. Several presentations were made that demonstrated the utility of geospatial technology through SMCRA project examples. The committee asked the TIPS team to investigate the feasibility of sharing this technology with the TIPS customer base, to improve technology transfer and to educate potential users in the available capabilities .

To this end, a joint TIPS, Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB), National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs (NAAMLP) and Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) team assembled to facilitate and sponsor this conference.

Post Conference Evaluation Comments:

	I really liked the conference overall. Everyone did a great job. I got a lot of useful information. Overall I really liked the conference!
	All in all you all did a great job pulling all of this together. Keep up the good work.
	Great Conference. Next time host in Hawaii or Florida and/or near a mine/reclamation site.
	An excellent conference; very helpful; good range of applications; good exchange of info with participants. Recommend duplicating the success again, regular or annual basis.
	Well organized – nice conference
	I found the technical input of vendors invaluable at this conference.
	This was about as good as it gets – have more of the same.
	LETS HAVE THIS AT LEAST BIANNUAL BASIS, MAYBE EVEN ANNUALLY!!
	This should be an annual event.
	VERY GOOD JOB!! LET’S DO IT AGAIN.
	Add webcast for those not able to travel.
	More than what I expected, good information.
	This conference was very valuable. I encourage putting on future conferences.
	Keep doing it! A great forum/opportunity to see what everyone’s doing & compare contrast success/failure – always a motivating experience.

POEM - "A Tribute to the Evaluation Form: In the beginning…. There was the ocean Then came the personal computer with a steering wheel To inspire us to find a better way In the end……
We shall listen to parables (pair o’ Bills) And their names shall be Clark and Winters And they shall speak unto us, saying: “Whosoever filleth not out his evaluation form shall never leave this conference, and he shall dwell in the land of Georgia forever!” Thursday Summary	(Dedicated to Karen Pierson)

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