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Officers:
PRESIDENT Craig Roberts (415) 283-8581
VICE-PRESIDENT Jan Gill (510) 543-5950
SECRETARY
Silke Jobst 408-265-2607 x-3726
TREASURER
Julie Eckman (925) 708-5824
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Frank Borges (925) 682-6976 ext. 1036
[email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Greg St. John
Inside This Issue
NSPS 100% Membership Request 1
Events at a Glance 2
Meeting Announcement 2
LS/LSIT Pass Rates 3
Obituary Myron Lewis 3
2013 Advertisers 5-7
Job Opportunity 8
Mfay Chapter Meeting Minutes 9
Picture of the Month 10
Seeking Employment 11
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California Land Surveyors Association — East Bay Chapter
May 2013
Chapter Directors: Steve Martin (2013-2014)
Hal Davis (2012-2013) Gwen Gee (2013-2014)
Alternates: Janine Hampton (2012-2013)
Rich Ray (2013-2014) John May (2013-2014)
Committee Chairs: Membership
Janine Hampton
Scholarship
Steve Martin
PPC Les Freligh
LS Exam Review John May
Website Greg St. John/Craig Roberts/
Caleb McAllister
NSPS 100% Membership Request
President’s Note (Submitted by Craig Roberts)
NSPS is requesting each state surveying association sign a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 100% member-
ship. Under the terms of the MOU, each Regular (licensed)
member of the association is required to be a member of
NSPS. NSPS will reduce dues to $40 per member which will
be added to the state association dues. CLSA's current
dues for a Regular member are $159. If CLSA signs the MOU
with NSPS, dues will increase to $199 which will include
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It's graduation season. And with graduation from
high school, college, and maybe kindergarten, comes
volumes of speeches and advice for tomorrow's
leaders. One of my favorite quotes "There are two
types of fools: those who listen to everybody and
those who listen to nobody", shows that everyone,
including the new younger generation, has to decide
for themselves who of the older and presumably
wiser generation is worth listening to. So here's my
advice for what it's worth:
The advice is... "Get involved". "in what?" you might
ask. Anything. Raise your hand, volunteer, partici-
pate, and take on responsibility. You might get in-
volved in a professional organization like the CLSA, or a neighborhood or homeowner asso-
ciation. You could get involved in some sort of recreational activity, like planning fun out-(Continued on page 8)
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June 19h: Joint Chapter Meeting with Santa Clara/San Mateo Chapter-Sinodino’s, Newark CA-CLSA
President Elect, Michael Butcher
June 20th: Webinar: NSPS Membership Benefits - Speakers: Carl CdeBaca, PLS, NSPS Area 9 Di-
rector & Matt Vernon, PLS, CLSA NSPS Governor 12:00 pm
July 10th: Chapter Meeting—Picnic and Vendors—Location to be Determined
July 17th: Webinar: Assessing and Communicating Boundary Survey Risk—Speaker: Landon Blake,
PLS 12:00 pm
September 18th: Webinar: Processing Static GPS Networks with CORS and PBO Data—Speaker: Landon
Blake, PLS 12:00 pm
November 15th: Webinar: Copyright Law for Surveyors & Engineers—Speaker: Knud E. Hermansen,
P.L.S., P.E., Ph.D., Esq. 12:00 pm
Events at a Glance
East Bay Chapter Joint Meeting with Santa Clara/San Mateo Chapter
Wednesday, June 19 (Note Meeting is not on the Second Wednesday)
Sinodinos Steakhouse 36665 Cedar Boulevard
Newark, CA 94560
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Social Hour;
6:30 pm: Call to Order, Introductions and Announcements
7:00pm: Dinner;
7:30pm: Guest Speaker
9:00pm: Adjourn
Cost: $35 per person
Includes Dinner and One Raffle Ticket
Additional tickets available at the door.
RSVP by Noon, Monday, June 17th
Speaker:
Rolland Van De Valk, CLSA President Elect (photo from CLSA webpage)
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Pass rates for 2013 Exams
Well, the results are in for this year’s LS Exam. Notice the fast turn-around due to the new testing format.
Statewide 69 passed LS exam. The East Bay Chapter had 5 pass the exam out of 21 attempts, yielding a 23%
pass rate. Welcome new Land Surveyors!
Alex White, PLS
Mark Swallow, PLS Robert Cleveland, PLS
Kevin Stein, PLS
Chris Pentes, PLS
The East Bay Chapter had 3 applicants pass the LSIT exam out of a total of 4, a 75% pass rate. Congratula-
tions!
Joe Waller, Matt Langford, Matt Veilbaum
Job Opportunities
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membership in NSPS. The CLSA Board of Directors will be reviewing the MOU and would like feedback from the member-
ship. Please take a moment, to complete the survey. Your comments are appreciated.
Click Here to Complete Survey
A webinar on the subject has been scheduled by CLSA:
NSPS Membership Benefits
Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:00 pm
Speakers: Carl CdeBaca, PLS, NSPS Area 9 Director
Matt Vernon, PLS, CLSA NSPS Governor
Carl and Matt will discuss the benefits of NSPS membership and the NSPS proposal for 100% membership. Questions
may be emailed in advance to [email protected]
https://californiasurveyors.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=californiasurveyors
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NSPS 100% Membership Request (request by Central Office)
Spread the Word ….
*LSIT Review Class*
When: Sept 28th and Nov 5th, 8am to 4 pm
Where: Operating Engineers Local #3 Offices 1620 S. Loop Rd., Alameda , CA
How much: $100 per person
Study book and lunches for both days will be provided.
Please RSVP to John T. May @ [email protected] space will be limited.
Thanks to the following advertisers for their support!
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Is Your Firm Interested in Advertising in
the East Bay Chapter CLSA Newsletter? Advertising Rates:
Quarter Page: $10 per month or $90 per year;
Half Page: $20 per month or $180 per year;
Full Page: $30 per month or $270 per year
Quarter Page: 3 ¼”w x 5”h (portrait)
Half Page: 7.5”w x 5”h (landscape)
Full Page: 7.5”w x 10”h (portrait)
If you are interested or know a business who would be please contact newsletter editor,, Greg St. John at [email protected]
We have over 200 professionals on our email distribu-
tion list!
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President’s Note (cont.)
ings for your friends or making sailing trips a reality. You could plan fundraising parties or help kids or sen-
iors. Someone in college could join one of the many clubs they have available to them. Your involvement could be
professional, or something you do for fun or for the community. The key is to get involved in a larger group that is
creating something that can only be created when people work together.
The rewards are great. By getting involved you make new friends and connections, expose yourself to new experi-
ences, and learn how to work with people to solve problems. You may not get paid for your involvement. In fact,
you're more likely to have to pay to get involved, but the skills and connections you make will lead to more pay in the
future. But don't only measure your wealth with money. Be sure to include your friends, your community, your free-
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Job Opportunities
Part Time Field Work - SF Bay Area (from CLSA Forum)
As I am starting up as a self proprietor, I am looking for an assistant for field work in and around the Bay Area, as need-
ed. I have work flowing in, but this is not a full time position at this time. I am looking for someone available to work
weekdays and or weekends as needed. If you are looking for additional work strictly on the weekdays or on weekends,
please specify so that I may consider your availability.
I would prefer someone that has field experience, or a student that has taken some surveying courses at a local college.
If you are currently looking for a career change and you want to learn more about land surveying, please specify as
training would be available. This position is for outdoor work which will require some physical labor.
Please send inquiries along with a resume to: [email protected]
__________________
Keith Nofield, PLS
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Chapter Meeting Minutes
CLSA East Bay Chapter Meeting
May 8, 2013
Location: Vo’s Vietnamese Restaurant, 59 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA MEETING MINUTES (Submitted by Silke Jobst, Secretary)
Called to Order: 7:00 PM by Craig Roberts, President
Introductions. There were 27 attendees
April 2013 Meeting Minutes: No changes, approved.
President’s Report (Craig Roberts)
o Asking for Fundraising ideas
Treasurer’s Report (Julie Eckman)
o Current balance of $5090.89 on ATM checking account.
o No-shows of confirmed RSVP’s are responsible for cost of dinner.
Director Reports (Gwen Gee and Steve Martin)
o Next Director’s meeting is July 21, 2013
o July 31, 2013 the membership roster is due. This is an important date since it determines the number of Directors chap-
ters get. It’s a good time to go after membership for our chapter. CLSA offers member discount benefits such as FedEx, Office Depot, etc. Suggest letting prospective members know of these CLSA benefits.
o CSUF Endowment Fund still will match $1 for $1 until September 15, 2013. Last year we had individual donations due to the
short notice. The Chapter can discuss if they want to donate as a Chapter to take advantage of the matching monies.
o CLSA will request that NSPS (National Society of Professional Surveyor successor to ACSM- American Congress on Sur-
veying and Mapping) make a presentation to the BOD on combining CLSA and NSPS membership. Several states have al-
ready combined their state membership with NSPS.
o Proposals for location of upcoming conference: San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno
Old Business: none
New Business
o Steve Martin made the nomination to start meetings ½ hour earlier. The chapter approved the motion with 4 (four) op-
poses.
o Jan Gill is resigning as Vice President.
o Next chapter meeting in June will be a joint meeting with the SC/SM Chapter.
Announcements
o Job opening at Martin M. Ron Associates, Inc. in San Francisco.
o Internships: 2 positions for college students open at Port of Oakland.
o San Ramon Art and Wind Festival: Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society and EB-CLSA will have a joint booth.
Guest Speaker
o The guest speaker was Neil King, PLS; his presentation was on Data Models and Geospatial Limits.
Raffle
o Following the speaker, a raffle for several prizes was held. Proceeds from the raffle go to support the Chapter Scholar-
ship Fund.
Do you have an image for the “Picture of the month”? Please send it in .jpg format to
newsletter editor, Greg St. John [email protected].
CLSA East Bay Chapter CLSA
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Picture of the Month
“Bay Bridge”, Submitted by Dave Murtha
Summer help never looked so good! Well-rounded and well-respected geomatics / land surveying / geodetic surveying professional, available full-time until August 26th, and part-time during the Fall and Spring college semesters. I have both a California Professional Land Surveyor license and a CfedS certification, with over 20 years of field and office experience related to thousands of projects. I have worked in both the public and private sectors, as a principal and as an employee. Work samples and references available. Primary areas of expertise: Boundary retracement / Land Title Surveying, Control Surveys, GNSS surveying (static and RTK/RTN), Geodetic networks, subdivision design and staking, right-of-way staking and design (as permitted). I possess a high level of understanding of the technical equipment and software used to accomplish survey projects. Knowledgeable in ACAD (including Civil 3D) and most flavors of Survey add-ons. Working understanding of basic ESRI tasks. Fluent understanding of Trimble Business Center and Trimble Geomatics Office. Fluent understanding of Ashtech GNSS Solutions. Fluent in error propagation and least square adjustment. Fluent with MS office Suite, including Excel, Word, Access, Power Point Comprehensive understanding of all tools used for GNSS surveying, traditional surveying (total station and automatic leveling), and real time GNSS surveying. (Both mechanical and electronic tools) Can work full-time or part-time and would consider 1099 (prefer employee status…but will negotiate). I have a full compliment of surveying equipment and software. Looking to stay in the Bay area. Let’s Talk. Alex Kelser [email protected]