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Northwest Data Sharing Network: 2006 Annual General Meeting

Northwest Data Sharing Network: 2006 Annual General Meeting. Don Morgan Executive Director, Northwest Data Sharing Network. Annual Report. Mission of NWDSN.

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Northwest Data Sharing Network: 2006 Annual General Meeting

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  1. Northwest Data Sharing Network:2006 Annual General Meeting Don Morgan Executive Director, Northwest Data Sharing Network

  2. Annual Report

  3. Mission of NWDSN Timely, co-ordinated, co-operative, and innovative use of geo-spatial data sets to reduce the cost of data ownership and improve decision-making about land use in our region.

  4. Common Interests • sharing information • collaboration • Resource monitoring • Sustainable Forest Management • Land Use Planning • IFPA • Operational forestry • First Nation Accommodation

  5. NWDSN Vision • Government data management centralization • Need for local data management • Promote data ethic: • Taking responsibility for information • Not abdicating to a remote authority • Ensuring information is the best available • Maintaining ownership and value

  6. NWDSN Vision • Higher Level of Organization • Identify and promote local business data needs • Develop collaboration: • Share costs • Validate local information • Provide up to date information to government to honour intent of data sharing agreements • Promote and develop data standards

  7. NWDSN Vision • Business Needs: • Corporate interests: • Source of “best available” local operational forestry information • Companies want data sharing efficiencies • Focus on local needs • First Nations interests: • Access information on industrial activities in territory • Provide FN interests to resource developers

  8. NWDSN Vision • Business Needs: • Government interests: • Custodian engagement • FSP data needs • Links to local data • Engage FN’s and companies in a formal way with respect to data

  9. NWDSN Vision • The NWDSN will work with regional resource agencies, organizations and industrial operators to become the recognized source for local resource information.

  10. Implementation • Background Research • What’s worked elsewhere? • Establish Governance • Data Survey • Who has what? • What format is it in? • Load Data to Service Provider • Enable Data Viewing and Exchange

  11. Participants • Industry: Canfor, West Fraser, Babine Timber Sales • First Nations: Wet’suwet’en • Government: Skeena Region ILMP, Skeena-Stikine Forest, Nadina Forest Districts • University of Northern BC • Northwest Community College • Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resource Research and Management

  12. Extent • Current : • Morice • We’suwet’en • Lakes • Bulkley • Kispiox • Future: • Gitanyow • Kalum

  13. Governance • What makes it work! • Clearly identify business needs • Develop and maintain trust • Keep it simple • Formalize policy structures • manage expectations • Business Planning - Business Case

  14. Governance • Data sharing policy defines: • Custodianship • permissions - user/data specific • non-member access • membership • funding • rules and regulations • external partnerships

  15. Budget

  16. NWDSN Funding • Membership Funds: • NWDSN administration • Infrastructure Management • Connection to LRDW • UNBC hosting • Map service maintenance • Web site hosting • Filling project gaps • Integrate operational projects with NWDSN

  17. Past Year’s Activities

  18. Who does the work? • The Board • Set NWDSN strategic direction and vision • Maintain societies policies • Develop and approve budget • Approve annual operating plans • Project priorities • Direction to Technical Committee

  19. Who does the work? • Technical Committee • Project management, review and sign off • Identify and develop standards • Oversee infrastructure • Technical forum for data and technical issues • Advise board: • Recommendations • Guidance • Standard Operating Procedure

  20. Who does the work? • Executive Director • Board & Technical Committee Coordination • Coordination of priorities and issues • Project management with Technical Committee • Promoting data ethic and management • Track NWDSN policy • Web page maintenance • Investigate funding opportunities

  21. Who does the work? • Contract • UNBC • Housing local and business data • FTP access, data permissions • Web Map Service • Technical integration with projects • IT contractors • Project specific

  22. Current Projects • Identification of “Best Available Information” • Data sources: • Licensee data holdings • Government • LRDW • Local data • First Nations • Process • Validation through NWDSN technical committee • Update Meta data to reflect status • Identify to ILMB

  23. Ongoing Projects • Data review and validation • Boundary matching • Data identification and access • Local custodian, custodian delegate • Cultural heritage • Accessing cultural information • FN accommodation

  24. Project Sub-committees • Monitoring Sub Committee • Chair – Jim McCormack • Members – Andy Mumma, Don Morgan, Scott Emmons, Jaret VanDerGiessen • Best Available Data Sub Committee • Chair – Agathe Bernard • Members – Jim McCormack, Tim Penninga, Jaret VanDerGiessen, Tom Olafson

  25. 2006/2007Operating Plan

  26. 2006/2007 Operating Plan • 3 classes of projects: • Projects conducted by the NWDSN technical committee. • Projects funded separately but coordinated by the NWDSN. • Projects funded and coordinated by the NWDSN.

  27. 2006/2007 Operating Plan • Projects Conducted by the NWDSN Technical Committee • Edge matching • Data management – checking data in, meta data, file structure, standards, etc. • Map Service hosting logistics • Development of umbrella government data sharing agreement • Maintenance of the NWDSN’s Standard Operating Procedures.

  28. 2006/2007 Operating Plan • Ongoing Projects Funded Separately but Coordinated by the NWDSN • Best Available Data • Meta Data • Forest Stewardship Planning Data • Monitoring Data and Systems • LRMP • FSM • Off line Data – subject to funding availability • Terrain Stability • Hydrology

  29. 2006/2007 Operating Plan • Ongoing Projects Funded Separately but Coordinated by the NWDSN • Developing Information Review Capacity • Reviewing FSM, FSP plans • Monitoring reports • Harvesting notification to trappers and guide • First Nation view of data

  30. 2006/2007 Operating Plan • Ongoing Projects Funded and Coordinated by the NWDSN • Data hosting and maintenance • Web hosting and document distribution • Data Aggregation • Integration of projects with the NWDSN

  31. 2006/2007 Operating Plan • Data Administrator/Project Coordinator • Administer NWDSN data holdings • Administer NWDSN map service • Coordinate data co-management in support of stewardship • Extension activities • Web page • Posters • Oversee delivery of NWDN related projects

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