From owner-vgin-lg@virginiainteractive.org Tue Jul 29 14:25:30 2008 X-SBRS: None X-HAT: Group: RELAYLIST, Policy: $RELAYED Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: VGIN_Local-Government_Listserv: Metadata training for the remainder of 2008 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:24:17 -0400 Message-ID: <0AF9EAF829C0584FB8843A29A42A900301E9B7BD@DITEXCHANGE3-CL.ditlan.dit.state.va.us> Thread-Topic: Metadata training for the remainder of 2008 Thread-Index: AcjxqE+Gtdi2p+F7S1ma8/cG02xynQ== From: "Hornbaker, Lyle" <Lyle.Hornbaker@vita.virginia.gov> To: <vgin-lg@virginiainteractive.org>, <vgin-sa@virginiainteractive.org>, <vgin-ed@virginiainteractive.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jul 2008 18:24:39.0426 (UTC) FILETIME=[5CD40E20:01C8F1A8] Precedence: bulk X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.99c.4 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Good Afternoon All VGIN has scheduled metadata training for the remainder of 2008. This training is open to employees of Virginia state agencies, local governments and institutions of higher education. It's offered free of charge and will teach attendees the use, creation and maintenance of geospatial metadata. The classes are offered at two levels and both classes will prepare the attendee to submit metadata records to the Virginia Metadata Portal at http://GISData.Virginia.gov. Classes are scheduled as follows: BEGINNING METADATA class Wednesday, August 13, 2008: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Wednesday, November 5, 2008: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Virginia Commonwealth University, Trani Life Sciences Building, Room 103 1000 W. Cary Street, Richmond, VA. INTERMEDIATE METADATA class Thursday, August 14, 2008: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Thursday, November 6, 2008: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Virginia Commonwealth University, Trani Life Sciences Building, Room 103 1000 W. Cary Street, Richmond, VA. To find out more about the training or to register for one or both classes, please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=slukCx_2bjLkA1ImvjhM2LHA_3d_3d. As always, feel free to contact me if you have questions. If Richmond is inconvenient, please contact me. We can try to schedule onsite classes, if there is enough interest. Lyle Lyle Hornbaker Local Government Manager Virginia Geographic Information Network Virginia Information Technology Agency Commonwealth Enterprise Solutions Center 11751 Meadowville Lane Chester, VA 23836 Office: 804-416-6202 Office2: 804-545-9970 FAX: 804-416-6353 lyle.hornbaker@vita.virginia.gov