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[CandaceLoya]

And that's a wrap!

Thank you for joining us today on our first GIS Day Live Chat. Your questions have been great.

And a special thank you to our special guests Joseph Kerski‌, Nicole Minni‌, and Luis Olivieri‌. 

If you would like to post additional questions for our guests, please continue and they will respond to additional questions as they have time. 

We encourage you to continue sharing your GIS Day celebrations by posting your photos and stories on the https://community.esri.com/groups/gis-day/blog/2018/11/01/celebrate-gis-day-2018-share-your-story-on...‌

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[NicoleMinni]

Very cool! I will share this with my son!

[JosephKerski]

How are you folks paying / funding your GIS Day events? --Joseph 

[NicoleMinni]

Thanks for asking that Joseph. We ask for sponsorship which helps pay for the Earth Balloon that we rent from the Delaware Children's museum, station materials, as well as breakfast and lunch for our volunteers. Here is a list of our sponsors for this year. » Delaware GIS Day 2018 Delaware GeoEducation  Then afterwards we send them a handmade thank you card, created by Miriam Pomilio.

[MiriamPomilio]

Awe, Nicole, thanks for the credit!  We have to make sure to thank our sponsors because without them (and all our volunteers) we'd never be able to host such a fun Field Trip event for students in Delaware!

[SharonJanzen]

Our day is pretty low key but we sell antique map prints and the funds raised usually go to GIS Day stuff (prizes for trivia contest and GIS Jeopardy)...the University Library pays for the cake (gotta have cake) and we get donations from the university Bookstore and student union.

[JosephKerski]

Thanks Sharon - clever!

[JohannesBuerger]

Hi Joseph,

Based on North Park University's Swedish traditions, the provost sponsors FIKA events. These events are similar to tea time and focus on sharing experiences, research, news, and other insights among the campus community. I organized the GIS Day as such a FIKA event, hosted by the provost.

[DanaNolan]

Joseph,

Do you have a sense of how often STEM programs for high school and younger students bring GIS into the mix? Same question for Arts magnet schools.

(I am thinking ahead to retirement and how and where to volunteer.)

[JosephKerski]

Dana - I would say first that I salute you for being interested in education - and be sure to look at http://geomentors.net  - the geomentor program. 

Second, our team put together this STEM and GIS booklet - https://www.esri.com/library/ebooks/advancing-stem-education-with-gis.pdf   STEM has definitely helped the promotion and use of GIS around the country and around the world. --Joseph K 

[deleted-user-PtRDJk6zxghS]

All,

What are some of the biggest struggles you face with GIS? What would be one thing you would change?