Saturday, January 14, 2012 SWIGGIS Austin will be helping local area girl scouts earn their Orienteering Badge. If you’d like to help, contact Allison Hardy.
Girl Scouts Winter Jam Flyer 2012_Orienteering & Geocaching.
SWIGGIS-Austin rasied $210.00 (!!) this holiday season to sponsor a SafePlace Austin family. This is our third year shopping and donating to SafePlace.
We will be having a Holiday Bazaar on Tues. 12/20/11 6:30-8:30pm at the home of one of our members. There will be handmade artwork, jewelry & crafts by SWIGGIS members and items from Raven and Lily. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the American Heart Association Heart Walk. Come enjoy some yummy snacks and holiday cheer! Email SWIGGIS-Austin for location information.
CenTex GIS User group meeting Thursday, December 8th, at TxDOT (200 E Riverside Dr 78704. Bldg 200, Conference room 1A_2) from 3-5pm. Please check in at the guard station and get a badge. Presentations from Google Maps and TerraGo, the GUS Award, and Geography Trivia game! Happy Hour after at Threadgills on Barton Springs.
Please celebrate with us Tuesday December 6th at our annual Holiday Happy Hour and Benefit for SafePlace Austin at Malaga Tapas & Bar from 5-7 pm.
ACC GIS students will be showcasing their semester-long projects at Austin City Hall Atrium on Friday, December 9th from 3 to 5 PM. Students have partnered with the City of Austin Office of Sustainability in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze a variety of topics of interest to Central Texans.
Attendees are invited to view student posters, visit with their authors, and enjoy local coffee and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Please invite a friend or two to join you!
Jacquie and Gayla participated in the October 13th Texas State SWIG Meeting in San Marcos. They spoke about SWIGGIS-Austin and proposed a mentoring event to the SWIG students. The SWIG students were happy and eager to collaborate on such an event (and future events) and had some interesting ideas and questions. We are hoping to hold the mentoring event early in 2012, so stayed tuned!
Congratulations to the 2011 Points, Lines and Polygons Team for raising over $3,000! That’s $700 more than last year. Great job, everyone!
October 24 – 27
The Texas GIS Forum this year features some of our very own SWIGGIS family members giving workshops! Click on the “Workshops” link to learn more.
Join us for lunch Tuesday, October 25th, in the Common’s Cafeteria from noon – 1 pm. Tuesday morning is the free ESRI seminar: “Extend the Reach of Your GIS”.
Join us at El Arroyo on 5th (1624 W 5th St) for our September Social Hour. 15% of the tab will go to the Heart Walk Team: Points, Lines and Polygons. So bring a friend, make new ones, and support a great cause all at the same time! El Arroyo
Stop by El Arroyo, Far West (7032 Wood Hollow) for an informal luncheon. 15% of the tab will go to our Heart Walk team: Points, Lines and Polygons! Luncheon from 11:30 – 1pm.
