Call for Inputs - ASOG 2022 Focus Areas

[Patrick Ryan]

ASOG 2021 Focus Area: General ASOG Management

Posted By: Patrick Ryan

ASOG Members,

Like the previous years, it's time as a group to review, adjust and prioritize ASOG's focus areas for 2022. The due date for inputs is 15 Jan 2022. The main Categories are:

• General ASOG Management
• Networking
• Information & News
• Advocacy
• Professional Standards
• Training & Education
• Certifications
• Individual Career Support
• Industry Support

Below this note, you can review each category's specifics (goals and objectives). Then, as members, you can recommend changes or additions. The rationale of the ASOG Focus Areas is to help manage everyone's interest and efforts regarding individuals' and corporate supporters' participation and end-states.

Again, ASOG is an open platform/network for professional individuals (like you) to share their experiences and knowledge to help individual career efforts, advance aircrew operations, and improve the aerial remote-sensing profession.

If you have an input, you can quickly respond here on the blog page or send me a separate message no later than 15 Jan 2022.  Again, like last year, I'm looking forward to your inputs and recommendations. Plus, I hope everyone has a safe and festive Holiday and New Year!

Best Regards,

Patrick

Patrick Ryan | ASOG Managing Director | [e-mail]

 

--------------------- Draft ASOG 2022 Focus Areas

ASOG 2022 Focus Areas

 

1. General ASOG Management

Goal: Enhance the operational functions of the Airborne Sensor Operators Group (ASOG).

Objective:

• Improve and expand administrative processes and capabilities.
• Enhance individual membership and corporate supporter management processes, services, and capabilities.
• Upgrade information, communication, and social media technologies & capabilities, e.g., webpage, feedback platforms, messaging, chat, etc.

2. Networking

Goal: Promote, support, and provide the means for individual members and corporate supporters to network professionally.

Objectives:

• Provide a virtual networking platform and encourage meetups.
• Highlight events and support local or regional in-person social networking meetups.
• Organize local or regional in-person social networking meetups.
• Develop a framework for regional in-person conference events.
• Formulate an international virtual conference event.

3. Information & News

Goal: Provide and support disseminating relevant information regarding the ASO profession, manned & unmanned aviation, and aerial remote sensing (IA/GIS), e.g., new technologies & services, trends, best practices, career management, safety topics, industry developments, etc.

Objectives:

• Produce and publish regular articles.
• Share a post, news, press releases, and content articles.
• Support and publish articles from individual members and corporate supporters.
• Conduct and publish surveys, polls, and quizzes.
• Produce and publish a monthly newsletter.

4. Advocacy

Goal: Promote and advocate the ASO profession.

Objectives:

• Promote the inclusion of the ASO profession in academic, media, and industry publications.
• Advocate the inclusion of ASO roles and responsibilities in global civil aviation regulatory guidance.

5. Professional Standards

Goal: Identify, promote, and advocate professional standards that enhance ASO skills, knowledge, and performance that result in excellent practices and support professional growth.

Objectives:

• Identify and formalize basic standards for the ASO profession/career field.
• Promote and advocate standards for the ASO profession/career field.
• Develop and publish Specialized ASO Standard Guides

6. Training & Education

Goal: Identify, promote, and advocate training and education standards and opportunities.

Objectives:

• Promote and advocate specialized training and education programs for the ASO profession/career field.
• Share or Post ASO profession/career field training and education opportunities.
• Support, Partner, or Sponsor educational courses, webinars, podcasts, etc., related to the ASO profession/career field.

7. Certifications

Goal: Identify, promote, and advocate professional certifications that validate ASO skills, knowledge, and performance.

Objectives:

• Share or Post specialized certification Opportunities related to the ASO profession/career field.
• Develop a framework for implementing civil ASO certifications.

8. Individual Career Support

Goal: Support individual members' career development and job placement.

Objectives:

• Share or Post Career Management Information.
• Share or Post Job Opportunities.
• Encourage Mentoring and Career Coaching.
• Provide individual members and industry a platform to be seen and connected.

9. Industry Support

Goal: Support corporate supporters' business development and operational requirements.

Objectives:

• Provide corporate directory information.
• Share Press Releases and surveys.
• Provide individual members and industry a platform to be seen and connected.