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How to Join MAGIC

MAGIC has no 'official' membership. MAGIC does not collect dues or require members to maintain a membership. If you are interested in joining, then simply begin participating in one of our monthly planning meetings. See a complete list of our meeting schedule. This is an all-volunteer organization.

MAGIC Organization

The Consortium is the primary directing body of MAGIC. Within the Consortium are the:

  • The Executive Board, which includes
    • Consortium Chair
    • Symposium Chair
    • Secretary
    • Treasurer
    • Directors-at-Large
  • The Steering Committee, which directs the business necessary to fulfill the mission of MAGIC. Most states have 2 or more representatives on the Steering Committee.
  • The Symposium Planning Committee, which plans and carries out the biennial Symposium. Most folks interested in MAGIC begin by volunteering for one of the many Symposium Committees.
  • Other education and outreach committees that the Steering Committee deems necessary. Click here to see a listing of the current Committees

MAGIC States

Currently MAGIC member states include: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma & South Dakota.

Each state has 2 or more representatives on the MAGIC Steering Committee. The Steering Committee directs the business necessary to fulfill the mission of MAGIC including the biennial Symposiums. Any state in the MidAmerican region is encouraged to participate in MAGIC. Any interested state should have their State GIS Director (or equivilant) contact the MAGIC Consortium Chair.

MAGIC People

Anyone can join MAGIC. MAGIC is always looking for interested individuals to become part of the regional GIS community. MAGIC is an all-voluteer organization. To begin participating, simply come to any of our Planning Meetings.

MAGIC Listservers

If you are interested more in MAGIC activities, you can sign up on our public listserver:

MAGIC_PUBLIC is the only listserv currently open for public use pertaining to MAGIC. Solitications and spam are not tolerated on this listserv.

To subscribe to MAGIC_PUBLIC, please send a message to: listserver@neptune.kgs.ku.edu. In the subject line type:
subscribe MAGIC_PUBLIC, YourEmailAddress, YourFirstName YourLastName

To unsubscribe to MAGIC_PUBLIC, please send a message to: listserver@neptune.kgs.ku.edu. In the subject line type:
unsubscribe MAGIC_PUBLIC, YourEmailAddress

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