Request to be added to our SWIGGIS Facebook Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/103943239703599
For many of us, including myself, this is an easier way to communicate to all of you quickly!
Our March monthly social will be at Ruggles Green at the City Centre. See website and address below.
Please RSVP with Mara Stoica or Jackie Smith by March 1st.
801 Town And Country Blvd. 1B
Houston, Texas 77024
tel. 713.464.5557
We will have our Holiday Dinner Party at Guadalajara Hacienda
Restaurant. Address below.
Kids, Inc. will be our guest charity and Premier Designs Jewerly shopping available
RSVP with Jackie Smith by Dec 8th.
Address: 9799 Katy FreewayI have created the SWIGGIS team. There are 2 ways to get involved:
1. Join my team and walk with us. Use this URL and search for SWIGGIS.
Click to JOIN TEAM
2. Or Just Donate to our Team using the URL below. Our fundraising goal is $500!
Click to Donate on behalf of SWIGGIS Team
Either way, we look forward to your contribution and appreciate your time and donations!
Jackie Smith, SWIGGIS Houston President
Would you like to meet up?
We will most likely join the South Central Arc User Group meeting on July 12th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Click here if you’d like to join the conversation about suggested places and times to meet up.
There is a Social Networking planned for Friday April 29th. Cafe Adobe upstairs bar at I-10 and Silber 5:30 – ?. (Plentiful parking and easy to get to for most of us…and great margaritas!)
Best to all!
Nancy Fisher will be speaking on “The History of GIS” — from when she used paper maps to today. Bring your own lunch or you can purchase food in the cafe on the first floor of the H-GAC building.
SWIGGIS Houston March Luncheon March 24, 2011, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Location: Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) 3555 Timmons Lane – Conf Room C on the 2nd floor.Be sure to check out the Officer’s meeting notes for status of our group under the Meetings menu!
We’ve come up with a tentative schedule for February – May. We are brainstorming for an ideal place to have an after-hour social later in February. Ideas are welcome!
The Holiday dinner was a success! We had some very creative gifts. Mugs with maps, t-shirts, earth calendars and some interesting GIS cookies (Gingerbread Information System). We have such a great group of women here in Houston!
Thanks to donations from all of you, we were able to give $180 to Goodfellows Charity fund. SWIGGIS-Houston is the contributor. The Goodfellows article is featured daily during December and always highlights a local family in need during the holidays and includes recent contributors. The program has a long history here in Houston — https://secure.chron.com/ads/ads_g/goodfellows/html/history.html
3 main issues I want to let you all know about:
Thanks to all of you for your support. Have a wonderful and blessed Holiday season!
