2013/02/12 1 MUG@Roundup January 30, 2013 Vancouver, BC Canada Esri Mining User Group Housekeeping Thanks to: Esri‐Canada, Geosoft, Leapfrog & Spatial Dimension Safety briefing Ground rules Cell phones to silent or vibrate Respect others No interrupting No side conversations
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MUG@Roundup
January 30, 2013
Vancouver, BC Canada
EsriMiningUserGroup
Housekeeping
Thanks to: Esri‐Canada, Geosoft, Leapfrog & Spatial Dimension
Safety briefing
Ground rules Cell phones to silent or vibrate
Respect others
No interrupting
No side conversations
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Agenda2:00 – 2:10 Welcome Remarks and Safety Message, Dave Donaldson and Willy Lynch 2:10 – 2:30 Angela Hansen, GIS Analyst I, Teck Resources Limited Python used in conjunction with ArcGIS for Mineral Exploration 2:30 – 2:50 Sara Deschamps, Technical Product Manager, Geosoft New Geological Subsurface Modeling tools in Target & Target for ArcGIS 2:50 –3:10 Dennis Geasan, GIS Technologies Maintain Geodatabase ‐ An application for Spatializing acQuire and other ‘Non‐spatial’ Data Management Systems 3:10 – 3:30 Rob Ferguson, Principal Geologist, Resources GeoConsulting Ltd. Leapfrog functionality with ESRI 3:30 – 3:40 BREAK
3:40 – 4:00 Andrew Ransom and Andrew Watkins, Rio Tinto acQuire functionality with ESRI (Late Cancellation due to sched conflict)4:00 – 4:20 Brian Greening, Spatial Dimensions FlexiCadastre functionality with ESRI 4:20 – 4:50 Willy Lynch, Esri Inc. MUG List Discussion 4:50 – 5:00 Closing Remarks and Door Prizes 5:00 onwards MUG Social @ Joeys Wine Bar
WhatistheMUG?
Launched at the Esri User Conference in San Diego in July, 2011;
Officially recognized and supported by Esri;
Modeled after the Esri PUG;
A unified voice for the industry to Esri and Business Partners;
Keeper of The Esri MUG List
A collaboration forum;
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WhoAreWe?
All aspects of the mining industry:
Grass Roots Exploration
Feasibility
Production
Closure
Reclamation
All mined commodities:
Precious metals / Base metals
Coal / Iron Ore
Rare Earths
Sand and gravel
Oil sands
WhoAreWe?
Mining and Exploration companies, large and small
Consultants and contractors
Esri Business Partners and Distributors
Academic institutions
Government agencies
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Membership
A volunteer organization
Unfunded – membership is free
Sponsorship pays the bills
Open to all – Industry, Esri, Business Partners
A Steering Committee provides overall direction and guidance
TheSteeringCommittee
Officers serve a 2 year term
Elected by electronic ballet, results announced at the Esri UC
First election Q3, 2013
Officers: Chair (Iain Allen)
Past Chair (outgoing Chair, to ensure continuity)
Communications Director (currently the Steering Committee)
Members at large
Details in the Charter
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TheSteeringCommittee
Iain Allen – Barrick Gold (North America)
Rupa Mukherjee – Teck (North America)
Marcelo Braghin – Rio (North America)
Chris Franks – Freeport (North America)
Mike Barker – Newmont (North America)
Pieter Mostert – AngloAmerican (South Africa)
Karl Warschau – Consultant (Australia)
Willy Lynch, Geoff Wade – Esri
RegionalLiaisons/Meetings
Target members by region/city where annual geology‐related events occur
Organize local meetings
Responsible for content and promotion
Local Esri distributor and meeting sponsor organize venue, pay the bills and help with promotion
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RecentandPlannedMeetings
2012‐ Vancouver, Capetown, Johannesburg, Toronto (2), San Diego, Anchorage and Denver
2013 January – Vancouver (RoundUp)
February – Cape Town (Indaba)
March – Toronto (PDAC)
March – Perth (Spatial Dimension)
July – San Diego (Esri UC)
WhereElsetoMeet?
We are weak everywhere except North America and South Africa
Australia has a series of Esri/Geosoft‐sponsored Resource User Group Symposiums (RUGS)
Other African locations?
Latin America
Lima Peru around time of Esri Latin American User Conference (Oct‐13)
Suggestions & Venue Volunteers Welcome!
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Communication:ToMembers
Word of mouth
LinkedIn – Esri Mining User Group
www.linkedin.com
Web site at Esri.com (pending)
Targeted e‐mail by meeting sponsor
Targeted e‐mail by Esri
Conferences ‐ brochures at Esri, Business Partner and industry booths
Communication:ToEsri
The List ‐ our Top Ten enhancement requests
Managed thru: ideas.esri.com
Presented annually to Esri at the UC
Current focus is 3D and Interoperability between Esri and Mine Planning Software – MapTek, Leapfrog, Geovia
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Communication:ToBusinessPartners Not just Esri, also mining‐focused Business Partners: Geosoft;
Spatial Dimension;
Digital Globe;
Data East;
Safe Software;
MapTek
TCS, DDS, HMI… etc
Perhaps BP lists as well as Esri List? Others Other Mine Planning Software (Gemcom, Minesight, etc)