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Officers: PRESIDENT Frank Borges (925) 682-6976 ext. 1036 [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT Craig Roberts (415) 283-8581 [email protected] SECRETARY Jan Gill (510) 543-5950 [email protected] TREASURER Dave Murtha (510) 627-1474 [email protected] IMMEDIATE PAST PRESI-DENT John May (925) 476-2345 [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITOR Greg St. John (510) 544-2375 [email protected]
Inside this issue:
November Meeting Minutes 2
Events at a Glance 3
East Bay LS Review Class 4
Advertising 5—6
Chapter LinkedIn 6
Job Opportunities 7
Picture of the Month 8
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California Land Surveyors Association — East Bay Chapter November 2012
Chapter Directors: Steve Martin Hal Davis Gwen Gee (Alternate) Janine Hampton (Alternate)
Committee Chairs: MEMBERSHIP Janine Hampton GOVERNMENT LIAISON COMMITTEE Hal Davis
HOLIDAY PARTY! Wednesday, December 12, 2012
6:00pm-9:00pm Location:
Scott’s Seafood Restaurant 1333 N. California Blvd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 934-1300
Dinner Menu: Salad
BABY SPINACH SALAD includes roasted red onions, pecans, dried cranberries & aged goat cheese with citrus dressing.
+Sourdough Bread and Sweet Butter+ Entree Selections
PISTACHIO CRUSTED SALMON with ginger orange beurre blanc. 6 OZ. PETITE FILET with shiitake mushroom cabernet sauce.
(Above entrees include parsnip potato puree, roasted baby carrots & asparagus.) VEGETARIAN WELLINGTON - Flaky puff pastry filled with fire-roasted vege-
tables, served on a bed of wilted spinach with sun-dried tomato cream sauce.
Dessert PECAN CRUSTED PEAR TART with honey whipped cream & caramel drizzle.
+Peerless European Royale Coffee (Caf & Decaf)+
Cost: $40 per person RSVP by Noon, Friday, December 7, 2012 to Dave Murtha [email protected]
(510) 627-1474 (Please specify how many in your party & choice of entrée.)
White Elephant Gift Exchange. Bring a wrapped gift to participate. (Suggested value of gift between $10 and $20.)
Spouses & Guests are welcome to come & participate in the fun! Free Valet Parking for this event!
See You There!
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CLSA East Bay November Meeting Minutes
CLSA East Bay Chapter Meeting November 14, 2012 Location: Grand Oaks Restaurant, Oakland, CA
MEETING MINUTES (Submitted by Jan Gill, Secretary)
1. Called to Order: 7:10 PM by Frank Borges, President
2. Introductions. There were 26 attendees.
3. October 2012 Meeting Minutes: Approved.
4. Committee/Director Reports State Directors’ Report:
The CLSA Board of Directors meeting was held on November 3, 2012. Gwen Gee reported on the following highlights from the meeting:
NSPS continues to promote 100% membership in NSPS by State association members. Requiring CLSA members to join NSPS will require a State dues increase and bylaw amendment. CSLA is seeking a vote from all chapters to see if they support a requirement of a $40 increase to the State membership which will automatically pay for the NSPS membership. (A vote was taken and as a result East Bay Chapter agreed to support the increase. It was mentioned that the NSPS has turned around and is a better and more efficient organization.)
Marti Ikehara, NGS Geodetic Advisor, will be retiring and there is no plan yet to find a replacement. Proposed legislation is moving forward to require PE’s to take the LSIT exam. Proposed legislation is moving forward to require tag numbers be included on public agency monuments. Michael Butcher was elected to fill the vacant position of President-Elect for the remainder of 2012 and President for 2013.
5. New Business John May suggested the Chapter purchase the box set of CLSA LS Instructional DVD’s for $149 for the Chapter. A vote was taken and
approved to purchase the DVD’s.
6. Announcements Frank Borges announced the following upcoming events: CLSA East Bay Chapter LS Review Class – Jan. 5 through Apr. 13, 2013.
Contact John May ([email protected]) or Tom Finnigan ([email protected]) The review class will be held on Sat-urdays at Union Hall in Alameda, the same place as last time. John May mentioned they are still looking for a speaker on Con-struction.
Dec. 12, 2012 – CLSA East Bay Holiday Dinner Dave Murtha said the Holiday Dinner will be held at Scott’s in Walnut Creek this year. The menu there is more expensive. The cost will be approximately $40 per person. The chapter will add $10 to $15 per person to cover the full cost. Significant others are welcome to the event.
7. Business Meeting Adjourned: The business meeting was followed by the guest speaker.
8. Guest Speaker The guest speaker was Carlos Cochran, Caltrans District 4 Party Chief, Transportation Surveyors. His presentation was on “The Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore Project. He gave a very interesting talk on the surveying challenges and technical aspects of this pro-ject – a long-awaited improvement to CA Highway 24.
9. Raffle Following the speaker, a raffle for several prizes was held. Proceeds from the raffle go to support the Chapter Scholarship Fund.
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The CLSA Board of Directors Meet-ing Minutes and Highlights from
their November 3, 2012 Meeting are available online at the CLSA website. This info was also sent out by email
by Chapter Secretary
Mark Your Calendar! CLSA/NALS Conference
March 23-27, 2013
Silver Legacy Resort & Casino, Reno NV Additional information can be found on the CLSA website
http://www.californiasurveyors.org/conference.html
CLSA/NALS Conference 2013
December 12: East Bay Chapter Meeting: CLSA Christmas dinner—Scott’s, Walnut Creek January 5th: First East Bay Chapter LS Review Seminar: Exam Strategy January 9th: Chapter Meeting: Nick King, President of Engineers Without Borders January 12th: East Bay Chapter LS Review Seminar: Legal Descriptions January 19th: East Bay Chapter LS Review Seminar: LS Act and SMA January 25-26: Fresno State Geomatics Engineering Conference: Clovis Veterans Memorial January 26th: East Bay Chapter LS Review Seminar: Contracts/Ethics February 2nd: East Bay Chapter LS Review Seminar: Constructions Calculations February 13th: Chapter Meeting: Mike Durkee – Topic: The Subdivision Map Act March: No Chapter Meeting due to the CLSA Conference April 10th: Chapter Meeting: Landon Blake – Tentative topic: GIS Basics for Land Surveyors (with OpenJUMP)
Events at a Glance
52nd Annual Geomatics Engineering Conference California State University, Fresno
JANUARY JANUARY JANUARY
FEATURING Speakers, Awards, Exhibits, Auctions, Banquet and Bulldog Race
The Conference will be held at: The Clovis Memorial District, 808 4th Street, Clovis, CA 93612
http://conference.fresnogmefoundation.org/
FRIDAY
25 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
SATURDAY
26 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Special Thanks to Carlos Cochran, Caltrans District 4 Party Chief, for his presentation covering the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore
Project ! Thanks, Carlos!
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CLSA East Bay Chapter LS Review ClassCLSA East Bay Chapter LS Review Class Mark your Calendars and Spread the Word!
Dates: Saturday Mornings Saturday Mornings 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon)
Jan 5th through April 13thJan 5th through April 13th To reserve a seat or to help present a topic
Please contact John T. May or Tom Finnigan
[email protected] [email protected]
Topic Speaker Date Exam Strategy Ric Moore - John T. May January 5 Legal Descriptions John T. May January 12 LS Act and SMA Janine Hampton January 19 Contracts/Ethics John T. May January 26 Construction Calculations Tom Finnigan February 2 Boundary Determination/ Angela Boyea—John T. May February 9 Simultaneous Conveyances Public Lands Survey System John T. May February 16 Public Lands Survey System John T. May February 23 Photogrammetry Tom Dougherty March 2 Water Boundaries Evan Page March 9 GPS, Geodesy, and Error Analysis Rob McMillian March 16 Laws for the California Land Surveyor Tom Dougherty March 30 State Plane Coordinates Dave Murtha April 6 Practice Exam April 13
A form-fillable .pdf registration form is attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. See said form for registration details
LS Instructional DVD’s The LS Review sessions at the 2012 CLSA/NALS Conference were videotaped. The DVDs are now available to the profession as a re-source.
Please see the CLSA website for more information.
http://www.californiasurveyors.org/
Thanks to the following advertisers for their support!
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Thanks to the following advertisers for their support!
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 Half Page: 7.5”w x 5”h Full Page: 7.5”w x 10”h If you are interested please contact newsletter editor, Greg St. John at [email protected]
Join the Chapter on our LinkedIn Page We are anxious to connect with you!
Visit us at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2022049&trk=hb_side_g
Thank you to Khae Saetern Bohan for starting the LinkedIn “Group” for our chapter!
The East Bay Chapter is on Linked-In!
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SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Senior Land Surveyor SALARY: $3,337.54 - $4,057.78 Biweekly OPENING DATE: 11/26/12 CLOSING DATE: 12/19/12 04:00 PM http://agency.governmentjobs.com/vtasantaclara/default.cfm SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Survey and Mapping Manager SALARY: $3,864.82 - $4,697.76 Biweekly OPENING DATE: 11/26/12 CLOSING DATE: 12/19/12 04:00 PM http://agency.governmentjobs.com/vtasantaclara/default.cfm
Job Opportunities
Northern Counties Chapter presents its annual seminar on February 22nd Speakers include:
Don D’Onofrio “GPS Development and Early Deployment” Steve Martin “GPS & Geodesy Basics along with GPS Standards & Specifications for Geodetic Control” Marti Ikehara “Using GNSS data & NGS Tools for Geodetic Control”
The location is the Gold Country Casino, Oroville, CA 95966
Hope to see you there!
Northern Counties Chapter, CLSA presents “Global Positioning System Surveying” Workshop
Date: Friday December 14th, 2012 Location: Contra Costa Public Works Office on Glacier Drive in Martinez, CA. Time: 9AM - Noon. Dr. Ronni Grapenthin, currently a post-doctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, will discuss:
“Earthquake Early Warning Efforts from the Geodetic Side”. He will speak on how they are integrating real time GPS into this as well as their attempts to use GPS to sense volcanic plumes.
Marti Ikehara (NGS) will have a report.
Also, the NGS has announced the release of the draft National Height Modernization Program strategic plan, which was devel-oped to help achieve the program's goals and priorities. This plan is closely aligned with the updated NGS Ten-Year Plan, to be formally released in January 2013. Users are encouraged to review this draft plan:
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/news/HMODPlan_PublicReview_Nov2012.pdf
Northern California GPS Users’ Group Meeting!
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
Is There a Problem? (submitted by Steve Martin)
CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION
EAST BAY CHAPTER
L.S. Exam Review Class Registration MEMBER INFORMATION:
1. NAME ___________________ _____________________ FIRST LAST
2. FIRM/AGENCY/COLLEGE ___________________________________________
3. MAILING ADDRESS ___________________________________________ STREET
______________________________ __________ CITY ZIP
4. CONTACT PHONE ( ______ ) ________________________________
5. E-MAIL ___________________________________________
REVIEW CLASS FEES:
[___] EAST BAY CHAPTER MEMBER ($50)
[___] NON-MEMBER ($100)
MEMBERSHIP GRADE:
[___] OUT-OF-STATE ($20) State where licensed: _____________
[___] ASSOCIATE ($20) L.S.I.T. # _____________
[___] AFFILIATE ($20)
[___] STUDENT ($20)
Are you a C.L.S.A. State Member? [___] YES [___] NO
CHECKS ONLY, PLEASE. DO NOT BRING OR MAIL CASH. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BRING COMPLETED APPLICATION WITH CHECK PAYABLE TO “C.L.S.A. EAST BAY CHAPTER” IN THE CORRECT AMOUNT TO NEXT CLASS MEETING OR MAIL TO:
PAYMENT INFO CHECK: # __________
AMOUNT: $ __________
DATE: ________________ FOR CHAPTER TREASURER USE
JULIE ECKMAN P.O. BOX 1775 VACAVILLE, CA 95696
