It is getting about that time to be thinking about the 2010 SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition.  As I have not seen much about it for this year, I contacted Eddie Hanebuth (@GISguy).  Eddie is the president of Digital Quest, and is on the competition committee.   He was happy to fill me in about this year’s competition.  Here is what he had to say:

For this year’s contest, SkillsUSA decided that the states should handle the contest admin. For the reason that, they felt the contest would be more successful if the states were involved.

The contest will still have the same elements. SkillsUSA will notify Digital Quest of signups and we will send out the project. They also opened the contest up to secondary schools.

So, anyone can still participate, but they have to have a qualifying contest which will allow a state winner to participate nationally (maybe more but that has to be determined by the state director). SkillsUSA will handle all of these signups technically.

If you hear of any other post secondary/secondary schools wishing to compete, please contact me or Eddie Hanebuth.   Eddie will be able to get them linked up with whoever they need to talk to at the State and National Level.  It is also important to note that many of the state contests  are being held soon, so if you or someone you know is interested then you must act quickly.

If you are not familiar with the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition, you can learn about it through my journey as a contestant.