Community Economic Development
Referrals and Consultation
GeoMemes has developed a Referrals Toolbox to assist communities track and process resource development referrals and support land resource management. The Referrals Toolbox (http://geomemes.com/referrals) can be either a standalone system, or it can be integrated into the larger Community Information System (http://geomemes.com/CIS).
The following sections describe the core of our Referrals Toolbox.
1. The Referrals Protocols Page includes:
- A written description of your Referral Process;
- Web-map of your traditional territory;
- Attached Protocol Agreements in PDF format, and;
- Link to "Submit a Referral" form
2. The "Submit a Referral" Forms include:
- Applicant form;
- Proposal form, having as many custom fields you need described about the proposed development (proponent info, government contact info, project description);
- Location of the proposed project, collected using either
- Shapefile upload;
- Interactive web-map;
- Attach documents of various types;
- Basic error checking (Shapefile projection correct?, phone number format);
- PDF generated and attached, and;
- Automated response (email) following submission.
3. The Proponent Dashboard includes:
- Common Actions block (Submit new referral), and;
- My referrals list (sorted by new/active/old).
4. The Referral Report (for Proponents) includes:
- Display of PUBLIC text fields (contact information, proposal information);
- Location map;
- Zoom map.
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5. Dashboard for Referrals Manager (internal to your First Nation) includes:
- Common Actions block;
- New referrals bin;
- Processed referrals bin;
- Completed referrals bin; and
- Links to individual Project Reports.
6. The Referral Report (for your First Nation) includes:
- Display of ALLfields (contact information, proposal information, internal fields), and;
- Location map and Zoom map.
Optional Functionality
Proponent Accessed Forms/Panels
- Secure payment processing and tracking (using Paypal)
- Advanced error checking on referrals forms
- Upload images and or other media
First Nation Accessed Forms/Panels/Functionality
- File management and parallel physical (paper) file management system
- Barcode system to assist with file management
- Advanced reporting - generate statistics and tables and maps describing what community features are in the Proposal proximity)
- Advanced base map control - customize your base maps for any pages and dashboards
- Manager statistics - at the click of a button, generate statistics in table form (for many variables, over any time period. e.g. number of current referrals, type, etc.)
- Advanced search with results displayed in table or map form
- Advanced workflow management – (e.g. "Please provide more information" emails)
- Links to external data - e.g. GeoBC map layers (e.g. Reports generated by SQL queries against external WMS layers or database to database)
- Field visit management system including uploading staff assignment, field photos
- Proponent uploading additional digital spatial overlays
- Scheduling, assigning and tracking of staff time / tasks on referrals
- Produce referral response letters (and customize)
- Automatic rating or analysis of referrals
- Customizable referral fee structure
- Track costs of processing referrals (e.g. staff time tracking)
- Integration with calendar functionality, including warnings for upcoming deadlines
- Custom payment processing - including automatic (email) invoicing of proponent
- Links to other parts of a Community Information System (e.g. TUS data collection/management, Archaeology data collection/management).
Click on the links in the Menu above to explore the pages and Panels used by a typical First Nation to manage their Community Economic Development, including Consultation/Referrals.
See:
Consultation Policy
Consultation Dashboard
Government Pre-Consultation (Referral) Form
3rd Party Pre-Consultation Form
