What Do We Do?
We sponsor conferences. Each year we sponsor two conferences, one in the Chicago metro area and one in central Illinois. These events provide an opportunity for participants to interact with fellow professionals in their field, to hear presentations on the latest developments in GIS, to view state of the art GIS applications, and visit with commercial exhibitors. In addition to conference sessions, full-day workshops are offered in conjunction with these conferences which offer an opportunity to examine specific issues in an in-depth manner.

These workshops have ranged from an "Introduction to GIS" to special topics relating to the use of GIS in the public safety arena. Occasionally, ILGISA also holds additional workshops in various locations around the State.

We publish a newsletter and a membership directory. Illinois GIS Notes is the newsletter publication of ILGISA. The newsletter, which is published twice a year, includes in-depth papers on a wide variety of topics, short articles about the activities of the association and other news pertinent to members. In addition, ILGISA publishes an annual membership directory.

What Are Our Plans for the Future?
We have organized a number of committees to expand our services to members. Among our goals is to increase opportunities for students looking to enter the GIS world, to enhance our communications efforts with the addition of a web site, and to expand our membership through an aggressive recruitment effort. Committees have been organized to implement these goals. New ideas are always welcome.