MAC URISA Treasurer Paul Caris asked me to post this announcement:

The MAC URISA Fall Meeting is scheduled for October 11th and will feature a URISA Certified Workshop:

Best Practices for Developing Geographic Information Models
Presented by Douglas Adams, Baltimore County, Towson, MD.

Thursday October 11, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
At the Rutgers University EcoComplex, Bordentown, NJ
$40 Registration Fee

Intended Audience: This material is intended for technical managers and designers of GIS databases and applications. Skilled database users will also benefit. No programming experience is required.

Register at www.macurisa.org.

For the record, I do not know the speaker, but a URISA certification usually guarantees that you'll get your money's worth. Also breakfast and lunch are included, and the workshop counts as educational points toward GIS Certification.