Mission Statement
The Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB GIS) is a
coalition of leading international geospatial societies which can speak on
behalf of the geospatial profession at international level, especially to the
United Nations and other global stakeholders. Its second goal is to coordinate
activities within the geospatial society and organisations.
Membership
The Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies can either invite new
members or they can be accepted based on application.
The JB GIS is a co-operation network and there are no obligations to the
membership neither does the JB GIS collect any membership fees.
The members of the JB GIS are FIG, IAG, ICA, IEEE/GRSS, IHO, IMTA, ISCGM, ISPRS and
GSDI.
Administration
- The JB will have a Chairperson who will be appointed by the JB. The term
of office is two years (from meeting to meeting i.e. for two meetings) with
option for extension of one period.
- Chairperson can speak on behalf of the JB externally after consulting
with members of the JB.
- All decisions of the JB need to be confirmed by all member associations
- The JB can establish ad hoc committees on important topics of common
interest. In urgent issues the ad hoc committee can be established by the
Chairperson after consultation with the members of the JB
- The JB will have a permanent address which is the permanent office of
FIG (responsible for minutes of the meetings, administration and website).
Each member of the JB GIS is allowed to appoint two representatives to the
meetings of the JB GIS. In normal case the representatives are the President
and Secretary General / Chief Executive of the organisation. The member is
free to appoint its representative freely based on the topics, venue etc. of
the meeting.
Meetings
The JB GIS meets normally once a year in normal case linked to one of the
conferences or other meetings of one or two of the member associations.
The host of the meeting decides whether the participants are allowed for
free registration. In normal case free registration is recommended to be
offered to at least one representative of each member of the JB GIS.
Ad hoc Committees
The JB GIS can appoint ad hoc committees for certain projects and important
topics. Normally these committees shall have clear goals and are normally
appointed for a limited time period.
Each interested member of the JB GIS is allowed to appoint a member to the
ad hoc committee of its interest.
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