The International Geospatial Society (IGS), the new individual member arm of the GSDI Association, held its first presidential election recently by electronic ballot. We are very pleased and proud to announce that the first President of IGS is Mabel Alverez from Chubut Province, Argentina. She teaches at the National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB) and has been the Director of Cadastre, Chubut Province, Argentina since 1983. Keeping this position, currently she is working at the Municipal Affairs Agency of the Provincial Government. The first Vice-President and President-Elect of IGS is Lilia-Patricia Arias from Bogotá, Colombia. She works for the National Mapping Agency of Colombia (Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute – IGAC) and is Chief of the Research and Development Center for Geographic Information.
We are pleased to have such exceptional talent leading the organization as it establishes initial working groups, plans and operating procedures for working with geospatial specialists with common interests from across the globe.
We wish to thank as well all the other excellent candidates that stood for election. We are off to a great start.
International Geospatial Society – http://internationalgeospatialsociety.org
Mabel Alvarez – http://www.giknet.org/registry/individual.php?id=41
Lilia-Patricia Arias – http://www.giknet.org/registry/individual.php?id=42
