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Final - ASOG 2021 Focus Areas

Posted by Patrick Ryan on January 16, 2021 at 9:39am
Final - ASOG 2021 Focus Areas

ASOG Members,

The ASOG's Focus Areas are finalized. The call for inputs ended on the 15th of January. Based on inputs and feedback from you, the main areas of interest for 2021 are:

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

First, I want to thank those members who provided inputs and ideas…Super Job! Without your inputs, we as a community might be shooting our arrows off target. Once More, Thank You!

Second, you can review the specific goals and objectives below. Again, the ASOG Focus Areas rationale is to help manage everyone's interest and efforts regarding individuals' and supporters' needs & want over the year.

Third, if you forgot, ASOG is an open platform/network for professional individuals (like you) to share experiences and knowledge to help individual career efforts, advance aircrew operations, and improve the aerial remote-sensing profession. So, if you want to go beyond punching a time-card and choose to stretch yourself professionally, ASOG is the place.

If you have any questions regarding the ASOG 2021 Focus Areas or have a general question, please drop me a note at pryan@aso-group.org.

Cheers Mates!

Patrick

Patrick Ryan

Managing Director

Airborne Sensor Operators Group (ASOG)

 

ASOG 2021 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 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 supports 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 member's 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 connect.

9. Industry Support

 

Goal: Support corporate supporter's 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 connect.
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Posted by Patrick Ryan

Patrick brings over 25 + years of experience helping government and business aviation organizations plan and executes manned and unmanned C4ISR and Aerial Surveying and Mapping operations. Most recently, He's spearheaded the start-up of the Airborne Sensor Operators Group, writes for AVBuyer magazine and served as the Director of European, Middle East, and Africa Operations at R4 Incorporated. Before becoming a Senior Consultant and writer, Patrick led operations for aerial C4ISR projects in Africa for EG&G, the leading government services company. Other roles have included Chief of U.S. European Command Joint Reconnaissance Operations (JRC) for Europe & Africa, standup of the first RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK squadron as Deputy Commander and Commander and led numerous Joint and Coalition planning and remote-sensing flight crews for contingency operations around the world. Patrick received his B.S. from California State University Fresno and an M.A. from the University of Oklahoma.

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