Posted in the Sacramento Bee
By Jim Wasserman and Jon Ortiz
jwasserman@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 | Page 9A
Excuse some mood swings in the construction industry.
On a good day, President-elect Barack Obama says he will spend untold billions of dollars on infrastructure work to wake up the U.S. economy.
Then, on a bad one, California officials say they'll cancel $5 billion worth of infrastructure projects in two weeks unless there's a fast budget fix.
"One week we're getting fantastic news and this week you wake up and it's complicated. Is it a roller coaster? Absolutely," said Diane Meehan, owner and president of Sacramento's Richard A. Heaps Electrical Contractor Inc. The company works on highway traffic lights from Merced to Oregon.
"There are a couple of things pulling against one another," said Steven Hiatt, Sacramento office director for the engineering firm Nolte Associates Inc. The firm's 500 employees operate in three states and Mexico. "The (federal) economic stimulus package tends to weigh toward some quick projects that may take place next year. But the state's budget problem tends to counter that. How that works out remains to be seen."
This can, indeed, seem like the best and worst of times for an embattled construction industry competing for fewer projects with ever-lower bids. Yet many area construction executives who work throughout California and the West say they're largely looking past the state's budget problems to a coming boom.
If the explosion of work comes "it's going to be huge for firms in the Sacramento area," said Meehan, who has 65 employees.
Collectively, Meehan, Hiatt and many others are watching as an incoming presidential administration considers massive deficit spending to rebuild the nation's bridges, highways, tunnels and schools.
Days ago, Obama promised to create millions of jobs with the "single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s." He also promised to create new jobs by upgrading schools and making buildings more energy-efficient.
Obama said that such action is necessary – and soon – to offset the loss of 2 million jobs in this recession. In California, the construction industry alone has lost 66,100 jobs in the past year – mostly in the home-building sector.
Ken Kayser, president of Sacramento-based Teichert Construction, said, "It's huge. With the private side all dried up, it really is the only game there is for companies like ours."
Teichert specializes in paving, grading and widening roads and highways from Bakersfield to Marysville. While much of its work was for housing developers during the boom, the collapse of the Central Valley housing market has heightened its need for public infrastructure jobs. The firm has about 3,000 workers.
Sacramento-based highway contractor C.C. Myers said Tuesday that building infrastructure to stimulate the economy "is good for everybody. Other people make and supply the things we need. It puts them to work, too."
But consider this, too, he said. "We need it done. We're way behind the curve in where we should be on maintaining our highways. One of the reasons it doesn't get done is because we haven't had the money for years. This infusion will help."
Myers, like Kayser, is waiting to see a game plan from the California Department of Transportation. Caltrans has outlined plans to spend $107 billion on transportation projects in the next decade.
Department spokeswoman Tamie McGowen said those plans contain the likeliest candidates for construction under a federal stimulus. For big contractors like Myers, that's a shot at projects like 550 miles of new high-occupancy vehicle lanes and 750 miles of new highway lanes.
Myers said his firm largely depends on public sector work, such as rebuilding a damaged Bay Area freeway interchange and overhauling a section of Interstate 5 last summer in Sacramento. His firm is currently building what Myers calls "the longest arch bridge in the U.S." on Highway 395 near Carson City, Nev. He employs 450 to 500 people.
While heavy construction firms await stimulus moves by the federal government, the state is proving – at least momentarily – more worrisome. Monday, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer warned the Legislature that cash is running so short that $5 billion in public works projects are threatened with a halt within two weeks.
He said that could force thousands of layoffs.
"Our ability to give our struggling economy a much-needed shot in the arm will be lost," Lockyer said.
Paul Meyer, executive director of the American Council of Engineering Companies of California, said it's critical that California "get its act together in time" to provide matching funds for the federal stimulus. The Sacramento organization represents 1,100 private consulting, engineering and land-surveying firms in California.
"If California doesn't have the funds available to match, it could delay projects, at a minimum. We could miss out on some," he said. "It's a competitive situation between the states."
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Call The Bee's Jim Wasserman, (916) 321-1102. Read his blog on real estate, Home Front, at www.sacbee.com/blogs.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
California Surveyor Paul Cuomo Passes
Written by Tony Cuomo (as posted in American Surveyor Magazine Online)Paul Cuomo, PLS, of Newport Beach, California, founder of Pacific Land Seminars and owner of Paul Cuomo Press, Inc., passed away on December 2, 2008. He had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in August 2008. He passed peacefully with his family by his side. Paul began his surveying career in 1958 with the California Division of Highways (Cal Trans). He became a licensed Land Surveyor in 1973 and that year started teaching boundary classes at Santa Ana Junior College. He left Caltrans in 1980 and joined the Orange County Surveyor's Office as Deputy County Surveyor. In 1985, Paul founded Pacific Land Seminars and began offering exam preparation workshops for the California Land Surveyor in Training (L.S.I.T.) and Professional Land Surveyor (P.L.S.) exams. He "retired" in 1993 to become a consultant in the boundary and mapping fields, and to focus more on surveying education. Paul was a founder and past chairman of the California Foundation for Land Surveying Education. He was a major supporter Cal Poly Pomona's efforts to obtain ABET accreditation for their 4-year Surveying option program. As a result of the Foundations efforts, over $100,000 in scholarships have been awarded to surveying students at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fresno. In addition to scholarship funding, the foundation also provided over $50,000 in equipment donations to the Fresno, Pomona, Santiago Canyon Community College, and San Jacinto Community College surveying programs. Along with Michael Pallamary and the late Roy Minnick, he co-authored "Advanced Land Descriptions", and authored "Surveying Principles for Civil Engineers" as well as the yet to be published "Elements of Boundary Control." He has been an Expert Examiner for the State Board of Registration, held the office of president at both the local and state level for the California Land Surveyors Association, and, through Pacific Land Seminars, has presented classes, seminars, and workshops across the United States.
Paul was born on March 23, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York. He was a devoted husband and doting father. He is survived by his wife of nearly fifty years, Peggy, by his two sons, Tom and Tony, their wives Janessa and Rachelle, and his four grandchildren, Julian, Elena, Zoe, and Cole. In his youth, Paul was a devoted Brooklyn Dodger fan. In the late fifties, he followed the team to Los Angeles, California. In spite of his team's defection, Paul loved to travel back to his native New York to take in the theater in Manhattan, and visit family & friends. He was an avid pool player where his skills earned him the moniker 'Paulie Fats' Paul played a wicked and deadly game of 9-ball. He loved music of all types and had a wonderful singing voice.
As an educator and mentor over the past four decades, Paul's passion and devotion to the advancement of surveying education has touched thousands of lives and careers. Based on his extraordinary commitment to Land Surveying education, two separate memorial funds have been set up, one through his local Orange County, California, chapter of the California Land Surveyors Association, and the second through California State University at Fresno. Donations can be made payable to either the "Paul Cuomo Memorial Scholarship Fund" (the C.L.S.A. Orange County Chapter fund) or the "Paul Cuomo Memorial Educational Fund" (the Cal State Fresno fund), and forwarded to Pacific Land Seminars, 2832 Tigertail Dr., Rossmoor, CA., 90720. A memorial celebration is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, January 17th. Please contact tony@pacificland.com, rachelle@pacificland.com, or visit www.paulcuomo.com for details as they become available.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Fresno State student, group honored by the U.N. and State Department
The United Nations, U.S. State Department and a West Virginia manufacturer of instruments to detect landmines have honored Fresno State senior David Biswanger and an engineering student group for raising money to help remove landmines, the manufacturer has announced.
Biswanger is president of the student chapter of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping at California State University, Fresno, which worked with the Civil & Geomatics Engineering Department at the university and several other groups on the project.
They collected more than 400 cell phones for recycling and raised more than $1,029 to buy a de-mining tool from Schonstedt Instrument Co., which also makes devices used to detect cluster bombs and other unexploded ordnance.
The magnetic locator purchased through the fundraising -- and a matching tool donated by Schonstedt -- were sent to Nepal, according to the company.
Biswanger, 40, of Carmel Valley is a geomatics engineering major.
"It's nice to be honored, especially by the United Nations and State Department," he said. "It was really nice getting a letter from both those entities."
Posted in The Fresno Bee 10/29/08 23:41:17
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/974480.html
Biswanger is president of the student chapter of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping at California State University, Fresno, which worked with the Civil & Geomatics Engineering Department at the university and several other groups on the project.
They collected more than 400 cell phones for recycling and raised more than $1,029 to buy a de-mining tool from Schonstedt Instrument Co., which also makes devices used to detect cluster bombs and other unexploded ordnance.
The magnetic locator purchased through the fundraising -- and a matching tool donated by Schonstedt -- were sent to Nepal, according to the company.
Biswanger, 40, of Carmel Valley is a geomatics engineering major.
"It's nice to be honored, especially by the United Nations and State Department," he said. "It was really nice getting a letter from both those entities."
Posted in The Fresno Bee 10/29/08 23:41:17
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/974480.html
Thursday, August 14, 2008
2009 Officer Nominations
At the August Chapter meeting, the nominations for 2009 Chapter Officers were finalized. The nominees are:
President:
- Kevin Nehring (Incumbent)
Vice President:
- Bob Greene (Incumbent)
- Brad Luken (2008 Secretary)
Secretary:
- Augustine Ramirez
Treasurer:
- Kevin Nehring (Incumbent)
- James Temple (2008 Past President)
Chapter Representative:
- Ted Kerber was elected last year to a two year term.
Ballots will be mailed to the general membership and others on the Chapter mailing list early next week. The votes for nominees, along with write-in votes, will be counted at the Chapter meeting on September 11, 2008. The officers will be installed at the Chapter meeting on November 13, 2008.
President:
- Kevin Nehring (Incumbent)
Vice President:
- Bob Greene (Incumbent)
- Brad Luken (2008 Secretary)
Secretary:
- Augustine Ramirez
Treasurer:
- Kevin Nehring (Incumbent)
- James Temple (2008 Past President)
Chapter Representative:
- Ted Kerber was elected last year to a two year term.
Ballots will be mailed to the general membership and others on the Chapter mailing list early next week. The votes for nominees, along with write-in votes, will be counted at the Chapter meeting on September 11, 2008. The officers will be installed at the Chapter meeting on November 13, 2008.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Call for Nominations
During the July Chapter meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association, a call was made for nominations for new Chapter Officers for 2009.
Board positions are as follows: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Duties can be found in the Article 7 of the Chapter Bylaws.
Final nominations will take place at the August Chapter meeting, and ballots will be mailed out soon after. Ballots will be tallied at the September meeting.
If you would like to nominate someone for a position, or volunteer yourself, please contact the Chapter President, Kevin Nehring, at SJVCLSA@gmail.com or by phone at 559-297-4200 x8.
Board positions are as follows: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Duties can be found in the Article 7 of the Chapter Bylaws.
Final nominations will take place at the August Chapter meeting, and ballots will be mailed out soon after. Ballots will be tallied at the September meeting.
If you would like to nominate someone for a position, or volunteer yourself, please contact the Chapter President, Kevin Nehring, at SJVCLSA@gmail.com or by phone at 559-297-4200 x8.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Trimble buys Seco Manufacturing
REDDING July 30, 2008 8:29am
• Second acquisition of an engineering and construction accessories company
• "Seco will enable us to continue to augment our existing product lines"
Privately-held Seco Manufacturing Company Inc. of Redding has been acquired in an all-cash transaction by Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ: TRMB) of Sunnyvale.
Seco makes accessories for the geomatics, surveying, mapping, and construction industries.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Trimble recently acquired of Crain Enterprises, which was announced in January. The purchase of Seco and Crain allows Trimble to provide the necessary accessories that can be offered as part of its positioning products used in the engineering and construction markets, it says.
Seco specializes in the development, fabrication and machining of metallic accessory products while Crain is more focused on polymer and composite-based products.
"Seco will enable us to continue to augment our existing product lines by offering additional accessories as part of our solutions portfolio,” says Bryn Fosburgh, sector vice president of Trimble. “The acquisition allows us to better satisfy our user's needs."
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Posted in the Central Valley Business Times July 30, 2008
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=9440
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Read Trimble's News Release HERE.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Land surveyor becomes one of world’s oldest PhD recipients
Colonel Michael Cobb, an RICS member since 1949, has become the oldest recipient of a PhD from Cambridge University at the age of 91.Over 40 family members joined Col Cobb at the ceremony in July, some coming from as far as Texas and Canada.
Col Cobb received his doctorate for creating The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas, taking 18 years to complete and a total of 25 years before it was published.
Dr Richard Smith, Head of Cambridge's Geography Department and one of Michael's PhD examiners, said the atlas is a remarkable piece of scholarship.
"It is a definitive record. It is not just of interest to the enthusiast but a vital tool for anyone seriously interested in the economic geography and history of Great Britain. There is nothing like it."
Originally from Devon, Col Cobb saw action in Dunkirk, north Africa and Italy.
After the end of the war in 1945, Michael began surveying for the Army, commanding survey regiments in Egypt and other places.
He retired from the Army in 1965 and worked in mapping until his retirement in 1971.
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Photograph courtesy of Guann-Yeu Chin
Posted on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on 24 July 2008
http://www.rics.org/Networks/Faculties/Geomatics/oldestphd_f_230808.htm
Monday, July 14, 2008
SJV-CLSA July Meeting in Visalia
Hello All -
We're meeting in Visalia this month! For those of you in the southern part of the Chapter, we're bringing the meeting to you. We hope to see you there.
The July meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 6:30 pm, at Crawdaddy's, 333 E. Main Street, Visalia, CA 93291, Phone 559-625-5300 (http://www.crawdaddysvisalia.com/). We'll be able to order off the menu this month; prices range from about $8.00-$20.00.
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The CLSA State Office has been contacted by various High Schools throughout the State regarding their Career Fairs. Within the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, the High Schools from Corcoran, Dinuba, Hanford, and Laton have all expressed an interest in having a CLSA representative visit their schools for their Career Fair.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact the SJV-CLSA Chapter President, Kevin Nehring, at sjvclsa@gmail.com or 559-297-4200 x8, or contact Crissy Willson at the CLSA Central Office at 707-578-6016.
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., July 17, SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Crawdaddy's, 333 E. Main Street, Visalia, CA 93291
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sat., July 26, 10:30-16:00, CLSA Board of Directors meeting
Where: Oakland Hilton, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, Ca.
Sat., Aug. 2-5, ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit
Where: San Diego, Ca.
Thur., Aug 14, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm
or contact the Chapter President at sjvclsa@gmail.com
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group/SJVCLSA available to all Chapter members and those on the email list. (You will need a Google account to post.)
We're meeting in Visalia this month! For those of you in the southern part of the Chapter, we're bringing the meeting to you. We hope to see you there.
The July meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 6:30 pm, at Crawdaddy's, 333 E. Main Street, Visalia, CA 93291, Phone 559-625-5300 (http://www.crawdaddysvisalia.com/). We'll be able to order off the menu this month; prices range from about $8.00-$20.00.
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The CLSA State Office has been contacted by various High Schools throughout the State regarding their Career Fairs. Within the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, the High Schools from Corcoran, Dinuba, Hanford, and Laton have all expressed an interest in having a CLSA representative visit their schools for their Career Fair.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact the SJV-CLSA Chapter President, Kevin Nehring, at sjvclsa@gmail.com or 559-297-4200 x8, or contact Crissy Willson at the CLSA Central Office at 707-578-6016.
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., July 17, SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Crawdaddy's, 333 E. Main Street, Visalia, CA 93291
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sat., July 26, 10:30-16:00, CLSA Board of Directors meeting
Where: Oakland Hilton, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, Ca.
Sat., Aug. 2-5, ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit
Where: San Diego, Ca.
Thur., Aug 14, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm
or contact the Chapter President at sjvclsa@gmail.com
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group/SJVCLSA available to all Chapter members and those on the email list. (You will need a Google account to post.)
Sunday, June 8, 2008
SJV-CLSA June Meeting
The June meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association has been CANCELED
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The CLSA State Office has been contacted by various High Schools throughout the State regarding their Career Fairs. Within the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, the High Schools from Corcoran, Dinuba, Hanford, and Laton have all expressed an interest in having a CLSA representative visit their schools for their Career Fair.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact the SJV-CLSA Chapter President, Kevin Nehring, at president@sjvclsa.org or 559-297-4200 x8, or contact Crissy Willson at the CLSA Central Office at 707-578-6016.
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., June 12, SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting CANCELED
Thur., July 10, SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Visalia Area (We're working on it)
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sat., July 26, 10:30-16:00, CLSA Board of Directors meeting
Where: Oakland Hilton, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, Ca.
Sat., Aug. 2-5, ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit
Where: San Diego, Ca.
Thur., Aug 14, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm
or contact the Chapter President at president@sjvclsa.org
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group/SJVCLSA available to all Chapter members and those on the email list. (You will need a Google account to post.)
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The CLSA State Office has been contacted by various High Schools throughout the State regarding their Career Fairs. Within the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, the High Schools from Corcoran, Dinuba, Hanford, and Laton have all expressed an interest in having a CLSA representative visit their schools for their Career Fair.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact the SJV-CLSA Chapter President, Kevin Nehring, at president@sjvclsa.org or 559-297-4200 x8, or contact Crissy Willson at the CLSA Central Office at 707-578-6016.
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., June 12, SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting CANCELED
Thur., July 10, SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Visalia Area (We're working on it)
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sat., July 26, 10:30-16:00, CLSA Board of Directors meeting
Where: Oakland Hilton, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, Ca.
Sat., Aug. 2-5, ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit
Where: San Diego, Ca.
Thur., Aug 14, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm
or contact the Chapter President at president@sjvclsa.org
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group/SJVCLSA available to all Chapter members and those on the email list. (You will need a Google account to post.)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Candidate for surveyor was fined in 2003 on ethics issue (Medford, Oregon)
By John Darling for the Mail Tribune - May 14, 2008
Kerry Bradshaw, a candidate for Jackson County surveyor, came under review five years ago by the state ethics commission over allegations he used city time and resources to do private work on the side while employed as a surveyor for the Medford Public Works Department.
Based on documents found on Bradshaw's computer and other evidence, the Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission found there was "substantial objective basis" to believe Bradshaw had violated the law and recommended further investigation.
Bradshaw said in a recent interview that rather than fight the complaint, which would've cost him "thousands of dollars," he paid a $500 fine and quit the job.
"The city felt my outside business was crowding into my city work," Bradshaw said. "We had a disagreement and I quit and started my own business."
The complaint was filed by public works Director Cory Crebbin, who declined to be interviewed for this story.
Darrell Huck, Bradshaw's opponent in the primary, said the complaint against Bradshaw was five years ago and therefore a "dead issue."
Huck added, however, that he believes mixing personal and government business is a clear conflict of interest.
"You shouldn't use public resources to conduct personal business," Huck said. "That is straightforward, basic ethics."
Huck said he is concerned that Bradshaw has said he would keep operating his private business, Timberline Land Surveying Inc., if elected county surveyor.
"I would treat the county surveyor job as a prime occupation needing full-time attendance," Huck said. "To try to run two businesses opens the door for potential conflict of interest."
According to the GPSC's preliminary review, the city found documents on Bradshaw's work computer indicating he had engaged in personal business with city resources and on city time. The documents included legal descriptions of property, proposals and contractual agreements, survey drawings and invoices for work performed.
"It appeared that Mr. Bradshaw had been operating this personal businesses as a land surveyor during the years 2000 into 2003," the review said.
In his defense, Bradshaw said surveyors were allowed flexible work schedules and could work on weekends, evenings or early mornings to compensate for personal time taken during normal business hours. He also said he used the work computer when his home computer was down and that some of the documents found, though personal, were used when conducting city business. He said that his personal business activities "had never resulted in any complaints, reprimands or unfavorable evaluations," the GSPC review said.
Bradshaw said in an interview he admitted no guilt when he paid the civil penalty.
"It wasn't worth the hassle. I didn't agree with it but I didn't have the thousands of dollars to fight it," he said.
Doug Detling, manager of the city's Human Resources Department, said in an interview that city employees, then and now, are not authorized to do secondary work using city time or resources and that flex time (making up hours used for personal work) is not allowed.
Employees are allowed secondary work outside business hours as long as they report it in advance and it doesn't occur inside the city, Detling said.
John Darling is a freelance writer living in Ashland. E-mail him at jdarling@jeffnet.org.
Posted in The Mail Tribune: http://www.mailtribune.com/
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS/805140326/-1/LIFE
Kerry Bradshaw, a candidate for Jackson County surveyor, came under review five years ago by the state ethics commission over allegations he used city time and resources to do private work on the side while employed as a surveyor for the Medford Public Works Department.
Based on documents found on Bradshaw's computer and other evidence, the Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission found there was "substantial objective basis" to believe Bradshaw had violated the law and recommended further investigation.
Bradshaw said in a recent interview that rather than fight the complaint, which would've cost him "thousands of dollars," he paid a $500 fine and quit the job.
"The city felt my outside business was crowding into my city work," Bradshaw said. "We had a disagreement and I quit and started my own business."
The complaint was filed by public works Director Cory Crebbin, who declined to be interviewed for this story.
Darrell Huck, Bradshaw's opponent in the primary, said the complaint against Bradshaw was five years ago and therefore a "dead issue."
Huck added, however, that he believes mixing personal and government business is a clear conflict of interest.
"You shouldn't use public resources to conduct personal business," Huck said. "That is straightforward, basic ethics."
Huck said he is concerned that Bradshaw has said he would keep operating his private business, Timberline Land Surveying Inc., if elected county surveyor.
"I would treat the county surveyor job as a prime occupation needing full-time attendance," Huck said. "To try to run two businesses opens the door for potential conflict of interest."
According to the GPSC's preliminary review, the city found documents on Bradshaw's work computer indicating he had engaged in personal business with city resources and on city time. The documents included legal descriptions of property, proposals and contractual agreements, survey drawings and invoices for work performed.
"It appeared that Mr. Bradshaw had been operating this personal businesses as a land surveyor during the years 2000 into 2003," the review said.
In his defense, Bradshaw said surveyors were allowed flexible work schedules and could work on weekends, evenings or early mornings to compensate for personal time taken during normal business hours. He also said he used the work computer when his home computer was down and that some of the documents found, though personal, were used when conducting city business. He said that his personal business activities "had never resulted in any complaints, reprimands or unfavorable evaluations," the GSPC review said.
Bradshaw said in an interview he admitted no guilt when he paid the civil penalty.
"It wasn't worth the hassle. I didn't agree with it but I didn't have the thousands of dollars to fight it," he said.
Doug Detling, manager of the city's Human Resources Department, said in an interview that city employees, then and now, are not authorized to do secondary work using city time or resources and that flex time (making up hours used for personal work) is not allowed.
Employees are allowed secondary work outside business hours as long as they report it in advance and it doesn't occur inside the city, Detling said.
John Darling is a freelance writer living in Ashland. E-mail him at jdarling@jeffnet.org.
Posted in The Mail Tribune: http://www.mailtribune.com/
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS/805140326/-1/LIFE
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Lewis and Clark depart
from http://www.history.com/
One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, an army captain, to lead an expedition into what is now the U.S. Northwest. On May 14, the "Corps of Discovery"--featuring approximately 45 men (although only an approximate 33 men would make the full journey)--left St. Louis for the American interior.
The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a 55-foot long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea, joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana, where they first saw the Rocky Mountains. On the other side of the Continental Divide, they were met by Sacagawea's tribe, the Shoshone Indians, who sold them horses for their journey down through the Bitterroot Mountains. After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, the first European explorers to do so by an overland route from the east. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. Louis.
On September 23, 1806, after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the largely unexplored region, as well as valuable U.S. claims to Oregon Territory.
One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, an army captain, to lead an expedition into what is now the U.S. Northwest. On May 14, the "Corps of Discovery"--featuring approximately 45 men (although only an approximate 33 men would make the full journey)--left St. Louis for the American interior.
The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a 55-foot long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea, joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana, where they first saw the Rocky Mountains. On the other side of the Continental Divide, they were met by Sacagawea's tribe, the Shoshone Indians, who sold them horses for their journey down through the Bitterroot Mountains. After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, the first European explorers to do so by an overland route from the east. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. Louis.
On September 23, 1806, after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the largely unexplored region, as well as valuable U.S. claims to Oregon Territory.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Tennessee-Georgia border dispute derided
By Lee Shearer | lee.shearer@onlineathens.com | Story updated at 11:20 PM on Monday, March 3, 2008
When Georgia legislators moved to redraw the border with Tennessee last week, they launched a doomed and costly waste of taxpayer money, say professionals and researchers in the arcane field of state boundaries and surveying.
The long-held legal principle is simple, said border expert Louis DeVorsey: The decisive fact is not where surveyors meant to draw the line - it's where people have accepted the line to be over time.
"It's where people adjusted their lives to," he said.
A retired University of Georgia geography professor, DeVorsey wrote the book on another Georgia border dispute - a court battle between Georgia and South Carolina over the exact line dividing their two states.
Apparently motivated by a thirst for Tennessee River water that flows temptingly close to the state's northern border, Georgia lawmakers have called for a new land survey to put the border where the Peach State lawmakers say it ought to be - on the 35th parallel, about a mile north of where it is now.
The actual state line was drawn in 1818 by a joint Georgia-Tennessee survey team led by UGA surveyor and mathematician James Camak.
The survey team's charge was to go into the mountain wilderness between the two states and mark a line along the 35th parallel, the agreed-upon border between the two states. Traveling in rough mountain territory, the team missed the right spot by a mile, according to modern measurements.
But courts have held over and over again in other border disputes that the line everyone follows over time - not the theoretical one - is the legal border, DeVorsey said.
The Georgia-Tennessee dispute legally is no different than if someone builds a garage partly on a neighbor's land. If the garage sits there for 30 years, a court will not make the garage builder tear it down, he said.
Farris Cadle of Savannah, another author and researcher of boundary history, was less diplomatic.
"The whole thing is stupid," Cadle said.
The legislature's move to annex a slice of Tennessee will just replay what's happened before with a lot less publicity, he said.
"Every 20 or 30 years, some bright legislator that doesn't know the background of this situation ... will say, 'Oh, we're missing out on some of our territory,' " he said.
That lawmaker convinces fellow legislators to appoint a boundary commission and hire lawyers; the lawyers look up court rulings that say the boundary can't be redrawn to suit Georgia and then the border war dies - until the next time, Cadle said.
Like others, Cadle believes Georgia legislators are motivated by a thirst to tap into the water that flows in the Tennessee River, just across the state line - but south of the 35th parallel.
But the effort might backfire, he said.
"It's bad enough they're throwing away taxpayer money. It's going to create bad relations with the people of Tennessee," he said.
Virtually no surveyed state line in the eastern United States - and none of Georgia's - is exactly where it originally was meant to be, Cadle said.
Surveyors back then had crude instruments, had to traverse rugged wilderness on foot or horseback and had to worry about hazards like Indians attacking, he said.
Surveyors did the best they could with the instruments they had, said Greg Spies, a professor at Troy State University in Alabama and an authority on the history of state border lines - especially the Georgia-Tennessee line.
"There was no way - absolutely no way - they could accurately put a parallel of latitude on the ground," Spies said.
Spies wrote a scholarly article on the Camak survey expedition four years ago.
Camak wanted to get better survey instruments before he set out to map the Georgia-Tennessee border, but the expedition began before the tools could be shipped from Europe, Camak wrote in 1826, when the surveying discrepancy was first detected.
The instruments Camak took included a sextant made for nautical use - good enough to get a ship to within a mile of land, but not the best tool for accurate land surveying, Spies said.
But the boundaries Camak and his team drew are the ones legally accepted today, he said.
"All those old surveys like that are in error, if you want to look at it like that, but the boundaries are where they are," he said.
And Georgia will lose the border war of 2008, as well, Spies predicted.
"I'm not a betting man, but I'd just about put money on it," he said.
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Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 030308
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/030308/news_2008030300238.shtml
When Georgia legislators moved to redraw the border with Tennessee last week, they launched a doomed and costly waste of taxpayer money, say professionals and researchers in the arcane field of state boundaries and surveying.
The long-held legal principle is simple, said border expert Louis DeVorsey: The decisive fact is not where surveyors meant to draw the line - it's where people have accepted the line to be over time.
"It's where people adjusted their lives to," he said.
A retired University of Georgia geography professor, DeVorsey wrote the book on another Georgia border dispute - a court battle between Georgia and South Carolina over the exact line dividing their two states.
Apparently motivated by a thirst for Tennessee River water that flows temptingly close to the state's northern border, Georgia lawmakers have called for a new land survey to put the border where the Peach State lawmakers say it ought to be - on the 35th parallel, about a mile north of where it is now.
The actual state line was drawn in 1818 by a joint Georgia-Tennessee survey team led by UGA surveyor and mathematician James Camak.
The survey team's charge was to go into the mountain wilderness between the two states and mark a line along the 35th parallel, the agreed-upon border between the two states. Traveling in rough mountain territory, the team missed the right spot by a mile, according to modern measurements.
But courts have held over and over again in other border disputes that the line everyone follows over time - not the theoretical one - is the legal border, DeVorsey said.
The Georgia-Tennessee dispute legally is no different than if someone builds a garage partly on a neighbor's land. If the garage sits there for 30 years, a court will not make the garage builder tear it down, he said.
Farris Cadle of Savannah, another author and researcher of boundary history, was less diplomatic.
"The whole thing is stupid," Cadle said.
The legislature's move to annex a slice of Tennessee will just replay what's happened before with a lot less publicity, he said.
"Every 20 or 30 years, some bright legislator that doesn't know the background of this situation ... will say, 'Oh, we're missing out on some of our territory,' " he said.
That lawmaker convinces fellow legislators to appoint a boundary commission and hire lawyers; the lawyers look up court rulings that say the boundary can't be redrawn to suit Georgia and then the border war dies - until the next time, Cadle said.
Like others, Cadle believes Georgia legislators are motivated by a thirst to tap into the water that flows in the Tennessee River, just across the state line - but south of the 35th parallel.
But the effort might backfire, he said.
"It's bad enough they're throwing away taxpayer money. It's going to create bad relations with the people of Tennessee," he said.
Virtually no surveyed state line in the eastern United States - and none of Georgia's - is exactly where it originally was meant to be, Cadle said.
Surveyors back then had crude instruments, had to traverse rugged wilderness on foot or horseback and had to worry about hazards like Indians attacking, he said.
Surveyors did the best they could with the instruments they had, said Greg Spies, a professor at Troy State University in Alabama and an authority on the history of state border lines - especially the Georgia-Tennessee line.
"There was no way - absolutely no way - they could accurately put a parallel of latitude on the ground," Spies said.
Spies wrote a scholarly article on the Camak survey expedition four years ago.
Camak wanted to get better survey instruments before he set out to map the Georgia-Tennessee border, but the expedition began before the tools could be shipped from Europe, Camak wrote in 1826, when the surveying discrepancy was first detected.
The instruments Camak took included a sextant made for nautical use - good enough to get a ship to within a mile of land, but not the best tool for accurate land surveying, Spies said.
But the boundaries Camak and his team drew are the ones legally accepted today, he said.
"All those old surveys like that are in error, if you want to look at it like that, but the boundaries are where they are," he said.
And Georgia will lose the border war of 2008, as well, Spies predicted.
"I'm not a betting man, but I'd just about put money on it," he said.
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Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 030308
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/030308/news_2008030300238.shtml
Thursday, February 14, 2008
"Rural Surveyor" Designation in Alabama
Apparently, the State of Alabama is contemplating creating a new type of surveyor that requires no background in surveying! This new surveyor would be referred to as a "Rural Surveyor". I am not sure how or if we should get involved, but I think we should support our counterparts in the State of Alabama as they fight this bill.
The following is a letter dated February 12, 2008 from Ann M. Galloway, Executive Director of the Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors:
The following is a letter dated February 12, 2008 from Ann M. Galloway, Executive Director of the Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors:
Feb. 12, 2008
To: All Members of ASPLS
Fr: Ann M. Galloway , Executive Director
Re:House Bill #333 by Rep. Marc Keahey(whose District 65 covers Choctaw, Clark and Washington Counties ) was introduced in the legislature last week.
This bill would amend the BOL law relating to licensure of surveyors. This bill would allow for a "rural surveyor". This type of surveyor would not have to be licensed. This bill would limit the practice of the rural land surveyor to rural areas and municipalities with a population less than 5,000.
We believe that rural areas are just as important as any other to be properly surveyed by a licensed professional land surveyor.
This bill has been assigned to the Board and Commissions Committee.
This is a very bad bill and ASPLS opposes this bill. Please review the bill yourself. For a complete copy of this bill, go to the website of the Alabama Legislature: www.legislature.state.al.us
Select legislation, code & constitution
Scroll down and click on Visit ALISON
On left hand side, click on BILLS
Then BILLs by Sponsor
Under House, scroll down to Rep. Keahey's name, click on his name, then Get bills on the left, scroll down to HB #333.
Click on this bill number, then up in the top red tool bar, click on VIEW, then you can print a copy of this bill.
Also in the red bar, you can click on amendments and history to get a detail about the progress of this bill.
MOST IMPORTANTLY call your Representative today and tell him that you oppose this bill because it is important that boundaries whether rural not should be located by a licensed professional land surveyor.
Ask your representative to oppose HB#333. To reach your representative, call (334)242-7600 and ask for him by name.
If you do not know the name of your legislator, you can search on the legislature website by your zip code to find out who it is.
Please email me back when you make contact to let me know if your representative agreed to vote against the bill when it comes up.
It is very important that you contact your representative now!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
SJV-CLSA Meeting Announcement - Feb. 21st
The February meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held next week on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 6:30 pm. It will not be held this week, on our usual 2nd Thursday of the month. We will meet at our usual place, Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA. Please reply to this message to RSVP for the meeting. We need a minimum headcount of approximately 12 people so that the restaurant can prepare the proper accommodations. (If we get less than that, we may need to move the meeting out of the private banquet room into the front dining area.)
We will have a presentation by John Dodson of SJV Technology on their new software, "The Floodplain Surveyor" (http://www.floodpd.com). John has been developing this software to help surveyors with the task of performing, and completing, the FEMA Elevation Certificates. The software is nearly complete (beta testing) and he is looking for input from the surveying community to "fine-tune" it to a surveyor's real world needs. Come take a look and tell him what you think.
Also of note: Andiamo's raised their large group prices at the beginning of the year. That'll mean a few dollars more for us, but they're not charging us for the room, like most places would, which is a substantial savings for the Chapter. All meals include bread, salad, and a non-alcoholic drink. The full menu that has been offered to us can be found at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/AndiMenu.htm
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., Mar 13, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: Crissy Willson of the State CLSA
Topic: CLSA Student Outreach Program
Crissy will give a presentation on the CLSA Student Outreach Program and explain how we can better present the CLSA and the surveying profession to students and the public.
Thur., April 10, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm
or contact the Chapter President at president@sjvclsa.org
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group/SJVCLSA available to all Chapter members and those on the email list. (You will need a Google account to post.)
Friday, February 8, 2008
Chapter Meeting Announcement
Our regularly scheduled, 2nd Thursday (Feb. 14, 2008) meeting has been rescheduled to the 3rd Thursday (Feb. 21, 2008). This was to avoid any conflict with Valentines Day, the reservation scheduling of our usual Italian eatery, and any potential scheduling conflicts with the Significant Other.
The February meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 6:30 pm, at Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA. We will have a presentation by John Dodson of SJV Technology on their new software, "The Floodplain Surveyor" (http://www.floodpd.com/). John has been developing this software to help surveyors with the task of performing, and completing, the FEMA Elevation Certificates. The software is nearly complete (beta testing) and he is looking for input from the surveying community to "fine-tune" it to a surveyor's real world needs. Come take a look and tell him what you think.
Also of note: Andiamo's raised their large group prices at the beginning of the year. That'll mean a few dollars more for us, but they're not charging us for the room, like most places would, which is a substantial savings for the Chapter. All meals include bread, salad, and a non-alcoholic drink. The full menu that has been offered to us can be found at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/AndiMenu.htm
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., Mar 13, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis,
CA
Speaker: Crissy Willson of the State CLSA
Topic: CLSA Student Outreach Program
Crissy will give a presentation on the CLSA Student Outreach Program and explain how we can better present the CLSA and the surveying profession to students and the public.
Thur., April 10, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis,
CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm
or contact the Chapter President at president@sjvclsa.org
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group/SJVCLSA available to all Chapter members and those on the email list. (You will need a Google account to post.)
SJV-CLSA President
Kevin W. Nehring, PLS
mailto:president@sjvclsa.org
http://www.sjvclsa.org
The February meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 6:30 pm, at Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA. We will have a presentation by John Dodson of SJV Technology on their new software, "The Floodplain Surveyor" (http://www.floodpd.com/). John has been developing this software to help surveyors with the task of performing, and completing, the FEMA Elevation Certificates. The software is nearly complete (beta testing) and he is looking for input from the surveying community to "fine-tune" it to a surveyor's real world needs. Come take a look and tell him what you think.
Also of note: Andiamo's raised their large group prices at the beginning of the year. That'll mean a few dollars more for us, but they're not charging us for the room, like most places would, which is a substantial savings for the Chapter. All meals include bread, salad, and a non-alcoholic drink. The full menu that has been offered to us can be found at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/AndiMen
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thur., Mar 13, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis,
CA
Speaker: Crissy Willson of the State CLSA
Topic: CLSA Student Outreach Program
Crissy will give a presentation on the CLSA Student Outreach Program and explain how we can better present the CLSA and the surveying profession to students and the public.
Thur., April 10, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis,
CA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
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For more information:
visit the Chapter website at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/
visit the Chapter calendar at: http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calenda
or contact the Chapter President at president@sjvclsa.org
Current Chapter activity, Chapter polls, and links to current trade magazines & articles (updated daily) are posted on the Chapter's (updated occasionally) online blog at http://sjv-clsa.blogspot.com/.
Additionally, the Chapter has an online chat group at http://groups.google.com/group
SJV-CLSA President
Kevin W. Nehring, PLS
mailto:president@sjvclsa.org
http://www.sjvclsa.org
Friday, January 18, 2008
Chapter Meeting Announcement - SJV-CLSA & NorCal ACSM
Welcome to 2008 -
The January meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2008, at 6:00 pm, in the Freedom Room of the Rex Phebus Veteran's Memorial Building, 453 Hughes Avenue, Clovis, California 93612. It will be a joint meeting with NorCal ACSM held in conjunction with the CSUF Geomatics Conference. Bill Henning from the NGS will give a presentation titled "Latest Trends in Real-Time GPS Surveying".
For more information, visit the Chapter website page (http://www.sjvclsa.org/) or these links:
CSUF Geomatics Website: www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/
CSUF Geomatics Conference Information: http://www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/conference/
CSUF Geomatics Conference Schedule: http://www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/conference/speakers.htm
Map to the Conference Site
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rex+Phebus+Veteran%27s+Memorial+Building%2C+453+Hughes+Avenue%2C+Clovis%2C+California+93612&hl=en
NorCal ACSM: http://www.norcal-acsm.org/
Clovis Memorial District: http://www.clovismemorialdistrict.org/
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thu, Feb 14, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: John Dodson of SJV Technology
Topic: "The Floodplain Surveyor" software (http://www.floodpd.com/).
Thu, Mar 13, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: Crissy Willson of the State CLSA
Topic: CLSA Student Outreach Program
Crissy will give a presentation on the CLSA Student Outreach Program and explain how we can better present the CLSA and the surveying profession to students and the public.
For more info, see the Chapter website calendar page. (http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm)
The January meeting for the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2008, at 6:00 pm, in the Freedom Room of the Rex Phebus Veteran's Memorial Building, 453 Hughes Avenue, Clovis, California 93612. It will be a joint meeting with NorCal ACSM held in conjunction with the CSUF Geomatics Conference. Bill Henning from the NGS will give a presentation titled "Latest Trends in Real-Time GPS Surveying".
For more information, visit the Chapter website page (http://www.sjvclsa.org/) or these links:
CSUF Geomatics Website: www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/
CSUF Geomatics Conference Information: http://www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/conference/
CSUF Geomatics Conference Schedule: http://www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/conference/speakers.htm
Map to the Conference Site
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rex+Phebus+Veteran%27s+Memorial+Building%2C+453+Hughes+Avenue%2C+Clovis%2C+California+93612&hl=en
NorCal ACSM: http://www.norcal-acsm.org/
Clovis Memorial District: http://www.clovismemorialdistrict.org/
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Mark Your Calendars -
Thu, Feb 14, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: John Dodson of SJV Technology
Topic: "The Floodplain Surveyor" software (http://www.floodpd.com/).
Thu, Mar 13, 6:30pm - SJV-CLSA Chapter Meeting
Where: Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis, CA
Speaker: Crissy Willson of the State CLSA
Topic: CLSA Student Outreach Program
Crissy will give a presentation on the CLSA Student Outreach Program and explain how we can better present the CLSA and the surveying profession to students and the public.
For more info, see the Chapter website calendar page. (http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm)
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