Canadian Remote Sensing Society
Société canadienne de télédétection
Minutes of Annual Meeting
of the
Canadian Remote Sensing Society
Société canadienne de télédétection
Friday July 18, 2014, 12:30
Les Plaines Room, 23rd Floor, Hilton Hotel
1100, Boulevard René-Lévesque Est,
Québec (Québec) Canada G1R 4P3
Attendance
Monique Bernier, President
Joe Piwowar, Secretary-Treasurer
Sherry Del Rizzo
Ahmed Shaker, Director
Saeid Homayouni
Cristina Surdu
Sophie Roberge
Tom Lukowski
David Goodenough
Olaf Niemann
Joseé Lévesque
Kongwen Zhang
Nadiya Muratova
Nicholas Coops, CJRS Editor-in-Chief
Chunping Ou
Yifang Ban
Yasser Sadeghi
Approval of the Agenda
The agenda was approved, as circulated.
Anne Smith, Vice-President
Derek Peddle, Past President
Brigitte Leblon, Director
Dirk Werle
Keith Raney
Ellsworth LeDrew
Nastaran Saberi
Gordon Plunkett
Eduardo Loos
Paul Treitz
Martin Bergeron
H. Peter White
Joe Buckley
Yannick Duguay
Ben DeVries
Bahram Salehi
Kiana Zolhaghari
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Approval of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting held on Wednesday,
August 28, 2013.
Motion: That the Minutes of the Annual Meeting held on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 be approved as
circulated. Carried unanimously.
Business Arising from the Special Meeting held on October 15, 2013
(minutes and response attached).
Motion: Tthat the Minutes of the Special Meeting held on October 15, 2013 be approved as circulated.
Carried unanimously.
President
Monique Bernier reported that the highlights of her 5 years as president, have been to:
• oversee the independence of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society /Société canadienne de
télédétection from the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute;
• help guide the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing to a new publisher and publishing model;
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• organize and lead IGARSS 2014 / 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing.
Vice-President
Anne Smith presented CRSS-SCT awards of recognition to:
• Monique Bernier for her role as IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS General Conference Chair.
• Josée Lévesque for her role as Co-Director of the IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS Technical Program
Committee.
• Jean-Marc Garneau for his role as Co-Director of the IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS Technical Program
Committee.
• Ellsworth LeDrew for his role as Co-Director of the IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS Technical Program
Committee.
• Derek Peddle for his role in leading the CRSS-SCT through independence from CASI.
Secretary-Treasurer
Joe Piwowar reported that:
• CRSS-SCT bank balance at 31 March 2014: $64,082
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2013 Conferences:
– International MultiTemp 2013: $17,175 surplus.
– 34th CSRS Victoria:
$20,240 surplus.
IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS:
– $43,127 loan advanced by CRSS-SCT (before 31 March) will be repaid.
– CRSS-SCT and IEEE GRSS will share financial loss/surplus 50%:50%. We anticipate a
surplus.
Motion [Niemann/Trietz]: That the Canadian Remote Sensing Society / Société canadienne de
télédétection appoints Don K. McMillan Chartered Accountant Professional Corporation to be the
financial auditor for 2014-2015. Carried Unanimously.
Working Group 1: Member Services
Ahmed Shaker reported that:
• They are initiating new CRSS-SCT Chapters
o Developed Terms of Reference
o Chapters established in Toronto, Lethbridge, Atlantic Chapters / additional interest
elsewhere: e.g. 5 in western Canada, Québec
o Ottawa Chapter: Funding approved for 2014. 2015 proposal submitted.
• Developed a member benefits document: on website.
• Recommended reduced student membership fee: $25 (accepted).
• Considering: CRSS-SCT being an Associate member with ISPRS.
Working Group 2: Communications
On behalf of Andrew Davidson, Joe Piwowar reported that:
• www.CRSS-SCT.ca website is functioning and is continually being improved.
o Online membership join/renew.
o CRSS-SCT Store.
o Space for CRSS-SCT Chapters to add their own content.
• Involved in Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table (CGCRT)
• In progress:
o Analysis of marketing channels for better use of social media.
o Development of conference website template for future symposia (based on CSRS 2012)
o Addition of educational material to website (e.g. hosting CCRS Tutorials on request of
NRCan)
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Working Group 3: Conferences and Publications
Derek Peddle reported that:
• Conferences:
o 2013: 34th CSRS Victoria, B.C.
 General Conference Chair: Olaf Niemann; Co-Chair Andrew Dyk
o 2013: International MultiTemp Remote Sensing Conference, Banff AB. (CRSS-SCT, IEEE
GRSS)
 General Conference Chair: Mryka Hall-Beyer
o 2014: IGARSS-2014/35th CSRS. Québec City, QC.
 General Conference Chair: Monique Bernier
o 2015: 36th CSRS – St. John's NL. 8-11 June 2015. “Exploring Synergies”
 Delta Hotel and Conference Centre, downtown St. John's
 General Conference Chair: Randy Gillespie; Co-Chair: Joan Luther
 Conference Co-ordinator: Sherry Del Rizzo
o 2016: 37th CSRS. Winnipeg June 2016.
 Partnership with CCA, possibly also with MGUG
o 2017: Expression of Interest Received.
o 2018,19: Open. Expressions of interest welcome.
o 2020: Possible international conference
• Publications
o Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
 New publisher – Taylor & Francis
 International reach
 Page charges reduced
 Editor-in-Chief Report: N. Coops
Working Group 4: Partnerships and Sponsors
On behalf of Bill Jefferies, Derek Peddle reported that:
• Established Partnerships
o CRSS-SCT - IEEE GRSS National Society Agreement (NSA).
 Renewal in progress for 2015-2016.
o Member with Asian Association of Remote Sensing (renewed via Bob Ryerson)
• New: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) document
o Developed Terms of Reference
• New MOU’s signed with:
o Ontario Association of Remote Sensing (OARS) [with WG-1]
o GoGeomatics Canada
o Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG)
o Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA)
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MOU’s approved (being signed by both parties):
o Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)
o Manitoba GIS User’s Group (MGUG)
o Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS)
MOU’s in progress with:
o European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)
o Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS)
o Others in development
CRSS-SCT Corporate Membership Plan
o Terms of Reference submitted to CRSS-SCT Executive – in review
Working Group 5: Awards and Certification
Anne Smith reported that:
• CRSS-SCT Larry Morley Gold Medal
o Dr. Olaf Niemann
• CRSS-SCT Silver Medal
o Dr. Nicholas Coops
• CRSS-SCT Bronze Medal and Val Shaw Award
o Not awarded in 2014
• CRSS-SCT Best Ph.D. Thesis / Best M.Sc. Thesis
o Dr. Andrés Varhola / Mme Myriam Lemelin
• CJRS Best Paper Awards [ see EiC report ]
• CRSS-SCT Student Travel Awards (NEW)
o Medhi Aminipouri, Derrick Ho
• CSRS Best Oral and Student Awards
o Not awarded at IGARSS because of the high number of parallel sessions
• Fellow and Associate Fellow designations
• Certification
o Early stages
o Expression of interest
CJRS Report
Appended to the end of these minutes.
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Nomination and Election of Officers
Peter White volunteered to chair the election process. Only one nomination was received for each
position. They were elected unanimously.
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Continuing Officers:
o Past President: Monique Bernier, INRS-Québec
o Treasurer: Joe Piwowar, University of Regina
o CJRS Editor-in-Chief: Nicholas Coops, UBC
o Director: Martin Bergeron, Canadian Space Agency
o Director: Andrew Davidson, AAFC
o Director: Bill Jefferies, LOOKNorth
o Director: Ahmed Shaker, Ryerson University
Election results:
o President: Anne Smith, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
o Vice-President: Gordon Staples, MDA Vancouver
o Secretary: Brigitte Leblon, University of New Brunswick
o Student Director: Cristina Surdu, University of Waterloo (appointed after the meeting)
o Director: Tom Lukowski, retired DRDC
o Director: Ray Soffer, NRC
Other Business
We hope to see everyone at the 36th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, June 8-11, 2015, St.
John's, Newfoundland.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 13:30.
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Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
2014 Status Report
Nicholas Coops
Editor – in - Chief
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Thank You To All Associate Editors
Exciting Times !
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Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is now published by
Taylor & Francis
Major change in availability of access and page charges
We are part of the Science and Technology package at TF which has
wide readership
Page charges are now reduced: $400 for a full research paper and
$300 for a research note.
We started with TF in January 2014.
2 Issues thus far
Entire digital AND printed archive will be moved to TF. All digital
content already online at TF.
Available at www.tandfonline\r\cjrs
Members of CASI and CRSS will have free access via the Institute /
Society websites
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Change in Circulation
2014
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to CJRS
Core Subscriptions
101
Taylor & Francis Online Sales Agreements
1797
Access through Research4Life Initiatives – OARE and
AGORA
3548
Total
5446
Middle East
Subscribers via NRC Press
Africa 1%
Australasia
2%
7%
Asia
11%
Europe
20%
North America
North America
59%
Access to TF by Region
Central Europe, 2%
Middle East, 2%
South Asia, 26%
Asia, 8%
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Africa, 9%
Southern Europe, 15%
Eastern Europe, 11%
North America, 13%
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Submitted Author Location
Accepted Author Location
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Papers Published + Accepted
((so far))
Impact Factor
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
Journal Canadien de Télédétection
1.4
1.2
Impact Factor
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
02
0.0
2008
2009
IF (Impact factor)
2010
2011
2012
Average Impact Factor
5
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Best Papers 2013 :
• Johan Holmgren and Eva Lindberg (from Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences): Tree crown
segmentation based on a geometric tree crown
model for prediction of forest variables. Can. J.
Remote Sensing, Vol. 39 (S1): S86_S98, 2013
• Joanne White and Mike Wulder (from Canadian
Forest Service): The Landsat observation record of
Canada: 1972 to 2012. Can. J. Remote Sensing,
39(06): 455-467.
455 467.
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Special Issues
• RADARSAT RCM
• IGARSS 2014 - 35th CSRS:
– Energy theme
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Welcome any comments / discussion at
this meeting or anytime.
[email protected]
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