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Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado Volume 41, Issue 2
May 2010
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PAIDDenver, CO
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Diana Askew, PLSPLSC, Inc.PO Box 704Conifer, CO 80433
Ethics for the Professional Surveyor
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Volume 41 Number 2
� President’s Letter ........................................................4
� From the Editor ...........................................................5
� Ethics for the Professional Surveyor ..........................7
� Control Points – Slide Rules ......................................12
� Call for Nominations...................................................14
� Why Join the PLSC ...................................................16
� In Memory: Chic Chichester and Bob Stollard...........17
� NSPS Excellence in Journalism Announcement .......18
� PLSC Board Minutes .................................................19
� WFPS January Meeting Report .................................22
� Legislative Committee Update ...................................24
� Chapter News ...........................................................25
� Sustaining Members .................................................30
This Month on WWW.PLSC.NETIn the online version, click on the titles below to download thedocuments.
Expanded meeting minutes of the PLSC Board, February 26, 2010including all attachments and reports.
Full text version of House Bill 10-1085 concerning surveyor’s licen-sure criteria and affidavit of corrections (signed on April 15, 2010).
Expanded memorials for Bob Stollard and Chic Chichester.
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DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LAND SURVEYING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE.
Dear Fellow members:Winter is finally over. In the last issue, our seasoned panel
of experts told us that surveying is often one of the first econom-ic activities to recover at the end of a long recession. I hope thatmost of you are starting to see that. This economic downturnappears to have hurt most everyone.
I am excited to announce that our long-time efforts to com-bine our separate workshops that take place along the FrontRange into a single, annual event are finally coming to fruition.Having our programs in a single, larger event would offer a greater selection of edu-cational opportunities, be more diverse, attract more sponsors, offer more choicesand events, avoid duplication, and be more efficient for both members and the PLSCorganization. So, the Board has approved of the concept of replacing the Fall Tech-nical Session at Denver University in November, and the CCPS, the Northern Chap-ter workshop and Southern Chapter workshops with what is tentatively being calledthe “Rocky Mountain Regional Conference and Annual Meeting” in February/March,2011. A new and more convenient location, with easier parking, has been planned.
With a single, large event of this sort, the PLSC will be able to attract moreimpressive speakers and have comprehensive programs that would appeal to busi-ness owners as well as field staff. It would also draw a larger crowd and offer ourmembers a much better situation for professional networking, as well as for runninginto old friends and associates. Of course, more details on this new event willappear in future issues of Side Shots.
The PLSC has chosen to have a representative on QBS Colorado, an organiza-tion formed by state architects and engineers to promote qualification-based selec-tion of professionals in the construction fields, rather than selecting on the sole basisof price. They define qualification-based selection (QBS) as “a process for the selec-tion of design professionals by public owners. It is a negotiated procurement processfor selection based on qualifications and competence in relation to the work to beperformed.” The organization offers assistance to districts, agencies and other gov-ernment groups to implement such selection procedures. I believe the PLSC Inc. canprovide valuable input and prove to be a productive contributor to the organization.
One of our board members had to leave the PLSC due to personal issues. PeterKent will replace him for the remainder of that term. Also, we have added ParkerNewby as an “exofficio” director, representing the SW Chapter. Thanks to both ofyou for filling in on the PLSC Board.
Thanks and congratulations to JB Guyton (editor of Side Shots) and to TerrySanders (webmaster of www.plsc.net) for their recent recognition by the NSPS byplacing second in state organization magazines and by placing first place in websites (respectively). Thanks also to Diana Askew, our capable Executive Director,who has greatly assisted in the quality of the website by providing updates and moni-toring the content on a regular basis, and created our online registration capability.Please thank them when you see them for their excellent work.
Finally, as you will see elsewhere in this issue, I was shocked to hear that bothChic Chichester and Bob Stollard have died. Both men were past presidents andlong-time supporters of the PLSC, and well known to many of us. I had a greatadmiration for both of them.
Sincerely, Tom Adams, PLS
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Late last year, we submittednominations and samples of bothSide Shots and our excellent web-site, www.plsc.net to the NationalSociety of Professional Surveyors inGaithersburg, Maryland for the“NSPS Excellence in JournalismContest 2009.” I was told that theymade an extra effort to securemany more nominations than theyear before, so there was consider-able competition. And yet, thePLSC hit the jackpot!
Terry Sanders, who designsand maintains the website, wonFirst Place in the website category.When you consider the fact that wewere up against larger states withfar more resources to spend ontheir websites, this honor is particu-larly impressive and very welldeserved. Congratulations to Terryfor his many years of work on our“award winning” website. If youhaven’t visited the website lately,please give it another look.
And this publication that you
have in your hands, Side Shots,won Second Place in the profes-sional magazine category, coming inbehind The California Surveyor.Placing second after the biggeststate society in the nation is nosmall achievement, and we are hon-ored by this recognition. I would liketo extend my thanks to everyonewho contributes to this publicationeach quarter, from the advertisers,the good folks at The PublishingHouse, and especially those who dothe hard work of writing and con-tributing material that gets our inter-est and makes the magazine soworthwhile for our membership.Keep up the good work.
This issue contains a duesreminder, “Why Join the PLSC?” Ifyou haven’t yet renewed your mem-bership for this year, or havethought about joining, please lookthis over, and get those dues paidright away.
I was shocked and saddened tolearn that two of the seven contribu-
tors to the February, 2010 issue’scover story, “Lessons from Survey-ing Downturns of the Past,” havepassed away: Chic Chichester andBob Stollard. More details appearin this issue. Both were formerPresidents of the PLSC andextraordinary members of our pro-fession. I am so grateful that theywere able to share their experi-ences of former bad times with usand offer theiradvice. My con-dolences areextended to theirfamilies, friendsand associates.
Let’s hopethat the thawingof the ice andsnow, and thestirrings of life in this depressedeconomy, will get all of us busy andmaking money again this spring!
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ETHICS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR
by Ed T. Bristow, Esq., PLS
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While a common definition of ethics is “the rules orstandards governing the conduct of a person or themembers of a profession,” I would give ethics a practi-cal definition that is “those conscious guidelines thatallow human beings to live in harmony as a society,resulting in prevention of personal gain at the expenseof and/or intentional harm to individuals.”
There has been a lot of discussion of ethics on aworldwide basis in the last few years, most extensivelyin the media. It does appear that there has been adecline in ethical standards, especially with governmentand large corporate interests. As I recall growing up,however, each generation has its own mantra thatethics are declining among the population. When dis-cussing individuals within our society, I do not believethis to be true. There are, of course, exceptions, but inmy experience, each individual I have dealt with in mytwo professions has been of the highest character withgreat honesty and integrity. By living up to our ownhighest ideals, chances are very slim that we will everbe in violation of an ethical code, rule, standard, orguideline. Those codes, rules, standards, and guide-lines do exist, however, and I would now like to presentthem for your consideration and guidance.
Is there a written mandate that we, as ColoradoLicensed Professional Land Surveyors, must conductourselves in an ethical manner? Yes, there is. It isfound in Rule 3.1.2 of the Bylaws, Rules and Policies ofthe State Board of Licensure for Architects, ProfessionalEngineers and Professional Land Surveyors (hereinafterthe “Board”).
Ethical Conduct. Licensees shall conduct thepractice of . . . land surveying in an ethical man-ner and shall be familiar with appropriate, rec-ognized codes of . . . land surveying ethics.
Even though individuals within the profession are ofvery high integrity and honesty, occasionally someonedoes violate an ethics provision, either knowingly orunknowingly. I present here a list of some possible vio-lations.
< Violating, attempting to violate, or aiding or abettingthe violation or attempted violation of specificStatutes, Board Rules, or Orders of the Board(C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(e); See also Board Rule3.1.8.); violating any law or regulation governing thepractice of professional land surveying in anotherstate or jurisdiction (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(m)); orfailing to meet the generally accepted standards ofthe practice of land surveying through act or omis-sion (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(b)).
< Practicing without a duly authorized and issuedlicense (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(n), Board Rule 3.4.9,and Board Policy 40.9); attempting to use anexpired, revoked, suspended, or nonexistentlicense, practicing or offering to practice when notqualified, or falsely claiming that the individual islicensed (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(n)); fraud, misrep-resentation, or deceit in obtaining or attempting toobtain a license (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(a)), whetherby direct misrepresentation, or by omission of perti-
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nent facts; assisting someone else to obtain alicense when they are not qualified (Board Rule3.3.3.1); or using in any manner a certificate or cer-tificate number that has not been issued to the indi-vidual by the board (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(o)).This final prohibition would include using the seal ofanother who is working at your company. Considerwhether you have their permission, and whetherthey have reviewed the document. You, as alicensed professional, have the responsibility tomaintain control over your seal (Board Rules 3.1.3,3.2.2, 3.2.3, and those under 6.1). In this electronicage, and with the common usage of electronicseals, as well as the ease of creating an electronicseal with anyone’s name and LS number, this con-trol has become much more difficult. If you exercisereasonable control over your seal, any unauthorizeduse may be a violation for the user, but not for you.What is “reasonable” control? At the very least, donot leave your electronic seal in electronic drawingfiles that leave your office. Keep your rubber stampor crimp seal in your possession, and allow employ-ees to use it only when you have reviewed the workproduct, and are ready to sign it. Finally, unlessspecifically required by a reviewing governmentagency, do not seal draft copies of work product.
< Conviction of a felony that is related to the ability topractice land surveying as set forth in C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(c). Only the ability to practice land sur-veying? Could you argue that non-related offensescould relate to your ability to practice land survey-ing? Or perhaps if you are on the other side of thefence, you could argue that only felonies specificallystated to relate to land surveying would apply underthis Statute.
< Performing services beyond one's competency,training, or education (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(g)(Seealso Board Rules 3.2.1 and 3.3.2)). Notice the “or”separator. Can you have training and education,but still be incompetent and perform services? Iwould say yes, it happens occasionally.
< Failing to report to the board any other professionalland surveyor known to have violated any Statuterelated to the practice of professional land survey-ing, or any Board order or rule (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(h)). There are varying degrees of violations,and limited Board resources to prosecute violations.Think about those violations that endanger the safe-ty, health, property, and welfare of the public versusthose that are minor infractions. Even if you noticean infraction, I suggest contacting the surveyor firstto allow an opportunity to correct the action. Anotherfailure to report violation is the failure to report tothe Board within 60 days, any malpractice claimagainst the professional land surveyor or his com-pany, which was settled or in which judgment wasrendered (C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(k)). Based on per-sonal experience, I have been informed that sincethe Board does not regulate Companies, only indi-viduals, you do not have to report your Company for
a violation by an individual who is no longer withyour Company, either due to changes in employ-ment, or death.
< Double compensation for one project is regulated byBoard Rule 3.4.5. There are a few situations wherethis may become an issue. In some instances,accepting compensation from two different clientson the same project is acceptable, with full disclo-sure and approval of all parties. One example isworking for the engineer, architect, and contractorall on the same project. Make sure you only chargeone client for any particular task. Also be very care-ful that you charge individual tasks to the rightclient. Keep very detailed records in order to pre-vent future problems. Charging two clients for thesame task is not allowed. Other situation may arisewhich require caution and possible avoidance, suchas two professionals for the same company workingfor two separate clients on the same project, andworking for two clients on a project who becomeadversaries in legal proceedings.
< Using plans created by another professional (BoardRule 3.2.2). This situation arises under severalpossible scenarios. Presented below are two.
< After Original Professional Discharged: This canoccur when the plans were created by the profes-sional on behalf of the firm and then leaves theiremploy. The firm is tasked with completing theplans. Another possibility is when the firm is dis-charged and a replacement firm takes over theproject. In either situation, the subsequent pro-fessional assigned to the project must assurethat the work to date is reviewed, understood,and complies with that professional’s require-ments. If you adopt the plans, you are adoptingas your own ALL OF THE INFORMATIONREFLECTED THEREON. In the replacementfirm situation, however, you MUST OBTAIN THEPERMISSION OF THE ORIGINAL PROFES-SIONAL, particularly if the original professionalhas not been paid for those services. If theyhave not been paid, and you cannot obtain per-mission, DO NOT USE THE PLANS. To do so isa direct copyright violation under Federal Law.Even the underlying data is copyrighted if theoriginal professional has not been paid. If theservices were paid for, the underlying data is notthen copyrighted, but the style and presentation(the “map”) is copyrighted. (See Hermansen,Knud E., Copyright Basics for Surveyors. HoosierSurveyor Magazine, Vol. 32, No.1, p 17 (2005).
< As Part of a Complete Set for a Team: CDOTright of way plans may have seal and signaturelocations for the design survey LS, for the CDOTreviewing LS, and/or for the final construction LS.In Colorado, this is ok as long as you clearlystate which elements of the plan set you are cer-tifying to. (See Board Rule 3.2.3) Alternatively,you may be signing a set along with architects,
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engineers, and/or landscape architects. Again,limit your certification to those parts of the planset prepared by you or under your direct respon-sibility and checking.
< Leaving employment and taking files or drawings. Ifyou are the surveyor of record, you or your employ-er are required to keep a copy of all documents dis-playing the licensee’s seal, signature, and date, fora minimum of three years from the date such docu-ments are tendered to the client, and you must keepcopies of your research records, field notes, etc., aswell (Board Rules 6.1.7 and 6.6.3). Your employerdoes not have to let you take copies, but most donot object, even for draftspersons as examples ofwork completed.
< Approaching clients of former employer. Whilethere is no specific prohibition, watch out for theRules under 3.5, and if you are an owner or keymanager of a Company, and have signed a non-competition agreement, there may be written con-tractual issues.
< Violation of non-competition agreement. This is notan issue addressed directly by the land surveyingStatutes, Board Rules or Policy Statements. Thistopic is much too complex for a full discussion here,but generally speaking, non-competition agree-ments are not enforceable in Colorado, as they areheld to be an undue restraint of trade. There areexceptions, however, and both the language of theagreement and the status of the individual involvedhave a bearing on the outcome. These are actionsbrought by the Company, and are EXTREMELYEXPENSIVE to litigate.
< Issues related to allowing others to control the workproduct are covered by Board Rules under 3.6 and6.2. This is not a common occurrence, with twoexceptions.
< If a client wants a specific outcome on theirboundary determination, DO NOT give in to theirwishes if that outcome is not fully supportable inyour mind. Your decision should be totally inde-pendent and reasoned.
< Certification written by others arises commonly,and involves a certification, typically for anALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey, presented by thelender for inclusion and signature. Review thelanguage carefully. If there is anything includedthat you are unwilling or unable to certify to,negotiate a change in language, or refuse tosign. The most commonly used offending lan-guage includes items outside the purview of aland surveyor, such as planning and use conclu-sions.
< There are several other Statutes and rules of inter-est not specifically discussed above:
• C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(f) - Using false, decep-tive, or misleading advertising
• C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(I) - Being addicted to ordependent upon alcohol or any habit-formingdrugs or controlled substances
• C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(j) - Using any schedule 1controlled substance
• C.R.S. § 12-25-208(1)(l) - Failing to pay anyfine related to the practice of professional landsurveying
• 3.1.3.1 - Control of Caps• 3.1.5 - Maintenance of Confidentiality• 3.1.7 - Cooperation with Board Investigations• 3.1.6 - Caliber of Association• 3.3.1 - Truthfulness in professional reports,
statements, and testimony • 3.4.1 - Conduct that Discredits the Profession• 3.4.2 - Appearance of Impropriety• 3.4.3 - Undue Influence• 6.5.2 - Responsibility to Research Records
Finally, I would like to conclude with an issue that Ifeel is extremely important: Cooperation with other sur-veyors on boundaries. Competition in the marketplaceis often at odds with cooperation to resolve a specificboundary. Communication is the key to success. Whenyou review the work product of another surveyor, andyou disagree with their boundary conclusion based onthe evidence you have found, contact the other survey-or. They may have found evidence that is no longeravailable, or may have a reasoned conclusion that youdidn’t consider. On the other side of the issue, if youare the surveyor being called, cooperation will assist notonly the later surveyor, but the general public as well.
Remember, communication with clients, landowners,regulatory agency personnel, and fellow professionals isthe best way to avoid most of the issues set out above.Always maintain your honesty, integrity and profession-alism. Others will generally respond in like kind.
Control Points – Number 9By Warren Andrews, PLS
Slide Rules
In the last Control Points article, I said that loga-rithms were the underlying reason that the slide ruleworks. That is true, that a slide rule is just a log scale ona stick. The accompanying pictures show both sides ofa fancy K&E Log Log Duplex Decitrig slide rule that Itried to learn how to use when I started at the ColoradoSchool of Mines back in the Dark Ages. No one now-days needs one of these things when a hand calculatoris much easier to use and you don’t have to worry aboutwhere the decimal point goes.
Only a historian probably would be interested in thebackground of the slide rule even though they are stilltoday quite usable. To me as a mathematical calculatingtool, I think they are rather neat. As I previously said,John Napier of Merchiston, Scotland, in 1614 came upwith the idea of a better way of calculating large num-bers for the astronomers by using powers of numbersthat are logarithms. He wrote:
“Seeing there is nothing (right well beloved Studentsof Mathematics) that is so troublesome to mathematicalpractice, nor doth more molest and hinder calculators,than the multiplications, divisions, square and cubicalextractions of great numbers, which besides the tediousexpense of time are for the most part subject to manyslippery errors, I began therefore to consider in my mindby what certain and ready art I might remove those hin-drances.”
Soon after, in 1620, Edmund Gunter, famous to sur-veyors for his 66-foot Gunter’s Chain, invented thestraight logarithmic scale and calculated with it by meansof a pair of compasses.
The history of the slide rule continues with WilliamOughtred in 1630 who arranged two Gunter logarithmicscales alongside each other and adapted to slide pasteach other. In 1675 Sir Isaac Newton solved the cubicequation by means of three parallel logarithmic scalesand made the first suggestion about using an indicator.In 1722 John Warner, a London instrument maker, usedsquare and cube scales. Sometime before 1733unknown inventors made circular slide rules and some ofthese used spiral scales.
Still in England, in 1775 at the time of the AmericanRevolution, Thomas Everard, an English Excise Officer,inverted the logarithmic scale and adapted the slide ruleto gauging. (Maybe these were measuring the oddshaped barrels of illegal Scotch whiskey.) In 1815 anEnglish physician, Peter Roget, invented a Log Logscale.
Then in 1859 Lieutenant Amedee Mannheim, ofthe French Artillery, invented the present form of theslide rule that bears his name. Cylindrical calculatorswith extra long logarithmic scales were invented byGeorge Fuller, of Belfast, Ireland, in 1878 and EdwinThacher, of New York, in 1881.
A quite different slide rule construction, withscales on both the front and back of body and slideand with a double faced indicator referring to allscales simultaneously, was patented in 1891 byWilliam Cox, who was mathematical consultant tothe Kueffel & Esser Co. With the manufacture ofMannheim rules and this new rule, K&E becamethe first commercial manufacturer of slide rules inthe United States. Previously these had all beenimported from Europe.
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Folded scales CF, DF, and C1Fwere put on slide rules about 1900,to reduce the amount of movementand frequency of resetting the slide.At first the scales were folded at the√10 but K&E later folded suchscales at π so that π could be usedas a factor without resetting. Log- log scales in three sectionswere put on K&E rules about 1909.
A scale referring to the A or Bscales to give the logarithms of theco-logarithms of decimal fractionswas introduced on K&E slide rulesabout 1924. Puchstein’s scales forhyperbolic functions, patented in1923, were put on commercial K&Eslide rules in 1929. The trigonomet-ric scales were divided into degreesand decimals of a degree, thusmaking it possible to eliminate allnon-decimal sub-divisions from therule.
K&E introduced a slide rule(patented in 1939) in which all ofthe trigonometric scales are on theslide and refer to the full length Cand D scales. In solving vector
problems on this rule or other simi-lar problems involving continuousoperations and progressive manipu-lation, only the final answer needsto be read.
In 1947, on the basis of Bland’sinvention, the scales of the loga-rithms of decimal fractions werereferred to the C and D scales, cor-related with the Log-log scales andalso with all the other scales of therule, thereby increasing the powerof the slide rule by simplifying thesolution of exponential or logarith-mic problems, the determination ofhyperbolic functions, reciprocals,etc.
Of course, K&E was not theonly maker of slide rules but wasone of the principal makers. Manytypes of slide rules have beendevised and made in small quanti-ties for the particular purposes ofindividual users. Rules have beenmade especially for chemistry, sur-veying, artillery ranging, steam andinternal combustion engineering,hydraulics, reinforced concrete
work, air conditioning, radio andother special fields. However, theacceptance of such rules has beenrelatively limited.
The actual use and manipula-tion of the slide and the setting ofthe glass indicator for multiplication,division, squares and square roots,cubes and cube roots, proportion,reciprocals, trigonometry and sur-veying, plus powers and roots ofany number are given with manyexamples in the K&E Manual thatgoes along with the slide rule.Unfortunately for surveying, the dis-advantage of the slide rule is theuncertainty of the fifth significant fig-ure. But you sure learn quicklywhere the decimal point goes.
From the Keuffel & Esser Co. Slide Rule No. N4081 Instruction Manual by Lyman Kellis, Willis Kern and James Bland, 1947
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1 – President, for a 2-year term (2011-2012)1 – Vice President, for a 2-year term (2011-2012)1 – Secretary-Treasurer, for a 2-year term (2011-
2012)4 – Directors, for a 4-year term (2011-2014)
The terms for the following individuals will concludeafter the election in February/March of 2011:
Tom Adams, President (2009-2010)Mike Greer, Vice President (2009-2010)Diana Askew, Secretary-Treasurer (2009-2010)Douglas Berling, Director (2007-2010)Michael Bouchard, Director (2007-2010)Russ Clark, Director (2007-2010)Roger Nelson, Director (2007-2010)
Directors Gary Gable, Peter Kent, Patrick Greenand Stan Vermilyea will continue until 2012.
Your nominations can be sent either by mail or email:
Douglas Berling11536 Community Center Drive, #87Northglenn, CO [email protected]
Deadline for nominations: December 15, 2010
Please include name of nominee, position nominatedfor, and their contact information.
Ballots will be sent to the membership 36 days priorto the annual meeting, to be held in February, 2011.
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Call for NominationsThe Nominations and Elections Committee of the PLSC
is now accepting nominations for the following positions:
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Members have access to bene-fits and services including the fol-lowing:
• PLSC is highly involved inproposing legislation that affectssurveying, education, continuingeducation and other relevant laws.Whether you agree or disagree withlegislation that the PLSC has sup-ported, you need to be a member tohave your voice heard.
• PLSC has informational &educational workshops at its annualmeeting. These workshops bring inspeakers from around the state andaround the country to speak on top-ics that are relevant to surveyors,from Laws, Ethics and LeastSquares, to CORS stations and GISnetworks.
•PLSC sponsors the education-al opportunities for members andfuture land surveyors: The Survey-ing & Mapping program at MetroState College of Denver (the onlyfour-year accredited program in thestate), the Colorado Land SurveyingRefresher course at the ColoradoSchool of Mines to help prepareSurvey Interns to take their LSexam, the McComber MentoringPrograms- an excellent way to getan overview of some of the manyfacets of Land Surveying, and thePLSC awards scholarships to stu-dents enrolled in Surveying, GIS orother mapping-related programs.
•The PLSC has several regionalchapters, one of which serves thearea you live in. The chapters meetregularly and have workshops andguest speakers to discuss varioustopics of interest to land surveyorsin that region. The meetings alsoprovide members an opportunity tocommunicate with others and keepabreast of the latest techniques andequipment.
•The PLSC is working to estab-lish a Real Time Reference Networkin Colorado. A special Chapter, theColorado Spatial Reference Net-work of the PLSC, has been formedfor this purpose.
•The PLSC journal, “SideShots”, is a quarterly publicationthat keeps members up to date onimportant activities of the PLSC, thelatest legislative information, andupcoming events that would be ofinterest to surveyors.
•The PLSC offers its membersan insurance program. The PLSCInsurance Program offers a fullselection of commercial and per-sonal lines of insurance to mem-bers of the PLSC.
However, all these benefits andservices do not completely conveywhy a PLSC membership is soimportant to Land Surveyors in Col-orado.
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Perhaps the most importantbenefit is dissemination of informa-tion, including news of what is goingon in our profession, data on thelatest technologies, trends in anddevelopment of rules and legislationand government regulations, andthe list goes on.
Or maybe PLSC’s most impor-tant benefit is opportunity. Theopportunity to network with peersfrom across Colorado, across thewest, and across the nation throughrelationships with other state sur-veyor’s societies. Another opportu-nity is to increase one’s proficiencyand efficiency through educationand the acquisition of new skills inour ever-evolving technology. Beingpart of the PLSC provides memberswith the opportunity to make a dif-ference in our profession and to ourfellow citizens.
Finally, there is the benefit ofactive participation in the future ofour profession. Surveying is rapidlychanging - LIDAR, GIS and landinformation systems, GPS, CAD.How many were involved in thesejust a few years ago? We are trulyin the digital age. These new tech-nologies are revolutionizing the waywe do our work! We are facinghigher educational standards,stricter requirements for financialresponsibility and a mutual respon-sibility for competence. Beyond allof this lies the ability to help shapethe future, in cooperation with othersurveyors, doing collectively thatwhich we cannot do ourselves.PLSC is and will be at the forefrontof these developments.
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In Memoriam
Robert “Chic” Allen Chichester, PLS
September 27, 1928 – February 17, 2010
Chic was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Harold and Haxel Chichester, and moved westto Colorado in 1949.
Chic was a jack of all trades. He worked with cars, ran a gas station, plowed snow, was adraftsman and teacher, but the passion of his life’s work was being a professional surveyor.Like almost everything he took on, he did his utmost best to be a good surveyor, support hisprofession and advance his own knowledge as well as the knowledge of others about hiscraft. Chic was one of the founders of the PLSC and a former President. He was also adelegate to the Western Federation of Professional Surveyors for many years. He was the
founder of Contract Surveyors, Ltd.
He was just as passionate about how he spent his free time. Jeeping in Colorado and Utah was his favorite thingto do, especially if he could combine it with camping and fishing. He bought a bike when he was in is 70’s so hecould ride with his grandchildren and he loved to ride down (only down) Vail Pass and into Frisco.
Chic is survived by his wife, Pat; children, Debbie Moyer of Florida, John Chichester of Leadville and KathieChichester of Denver; and grandchildren, Tara, Erik, Caitlin and Sarah.
Robert Milo Stollard, PLS
September 26th, 1929 to April 7th, 2010
Robert "Bob" died peacefully on April 7th 2010. Bob was born in Omaha, Nebraska onSeptember 26th 1929. He married Ida Louise Graves on August 5, 1951 and they moved toColorado Springs in August, 1952. Bob continued his education in Land Surveying andreceived his Certificate of Registration in Wyoming in 1957 and then in Colorado in 1958.
In April 1962 they moved to Denver and he worked for J. W. Williams Engineering andAssociates until 1974. He received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Colorado in1973 and became a teacher from 1974 to 1976. Bob worked for Hutchinson Homes, doingsurveying from 1976 to 1981. In 1982 he worked for the Jefferson County Mapping
Department and retired in 1996. Bob served on the PLSC board of directors and was a former president of thePLSC. He loved going to conferences to be with close friends and to learn and share with fellow surveyors.
More recently, he enjoyed many years of doing missionary work for his church. He assisted refugee familiesfrom Burma, Bosnia and the Congo, helping them find housing and medical care. He hosted foreign students athis home, enjoyed his Kiwanis group and delivered meals on wheels.
Bob leaves behind his loving children Dale Stollard, Durwin (Diane) Stollard and Deanna (Steve) McKay,grandchildren, Amberlee Stollard, Shawn and Christa McKay and sister Shirley (Dick) Beck and first cousin Lucy(Tom) Murch and Sharon (Dave) Weddle.
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Call to Order: 6:00 P.M.
Recognition of PLSC BoardMembers and Officers Present:Present: Tom Adams, MichaelGreer, Diana Askew, MichealBouchard, Doug Berling, RogerNelson, Patrick Green, StanVermilyea, Gary Gable, Peter Kent,Warren Ward, JB Guyton
Absent: Russell Clark, DaveDifulvio
Welcome of Guests: Todd Beers,Pam Fromhertz, Andrew Cornelius,Warren Andrews, Tom Sylvester,Bryan Clark, Rob Snodgrass, JimRihanek
ReportsLegislative Committee - RogerNelson, ChairDiscussion of HB-1085:
Affidavit of Correction – Mike Greerexpressed concern that countysurveyor involvement may not besupported by counties who do nothave budgets for the countysurveyor. Many elected countysurveyors are not paid a salary.Doug Berling indicated that thewording of the bill should beclarified. For example, AdamsCounty said they don’t have thestaff to review the affidavits and areconcerned about changes per the
affidavit would change the plat.
Revision to bill regardingapprenticeship – the original billincreased the number of years toqualify for licensure to 20 years, upfrom 10 years. DORA was againstincreasing the number of years forapprenticeship, but would acceptremoving it altogether. Acompromise was made to removethe apprenticeship option forlicensure by Warren Ward andRoger Nelson in order to avoidpulling the entire bill. It could bepossible that the PLSC could losethe respect of the Legislature if thebill were pulled at that time.According to Warren Ward, AngieKinnaird Linn had mentioned thatDORA was in favor of a four yeardegree requirement with noapprenticeship option. A two yeardegree will remain one of theoptions toward licensure. Theapprenticeship option will be gonein 2020. Warren Ward said that weneed to spend the next 3 yearsfiguring out what kind of coursesshould be required for a non-surveying 4 year degree to beconsidered toward licensure.
Legislative issues for committee tobegin working on:
Tom Adams feels that the legislativecommittee can discuss anythingthey want; however, it is necessary
to maintain communication anddiscussion between the committeeand the board. Tom reiterated thathe wants to avoid the possibilitythat the committee will spend a longtime working on legislationlanguage that is not approved bythe board.
Discussion of machine guidance –Alan Blair
The legislative committee shouldbegin some research concerningmachine grading.
Discussion of revisions to themonument record – Warren Ward
Warren would like to ask that thecommittee consider increasing themonument record depositing timefor up to a year. JB reminded theboard of the suggestion from Gabythat there should be some type ofcoordinate added as well.
Tom Adams asks for a straw vote –who feels that the language in theBoard Rule for Monument Recordsshould be extended from sixmonths to a year?
The result is: Ten for, two against.
Tom Adams asks the legislativecommittee to begin work on therevisions to the monument recordand to investigate machine grading.The committee will continue to lookfor direction from the board.
Abridged PLSC Board of Director’s Meeting MinutesHosted by CCPS as part of the CCPS Annual Surveying Conference on February 26, 2010
Tivoli Center, Zenith Room, Denver, CO
Bank Accounts 1/31/2010 2/25/2010Balance Balance
Checking at Wells Fargo - Main Checking 32,745.52 39,509.31Merchant Checking at Wells Fargo 15,449.68 9,541.34PLSC Savings at Wells Fargo 40,164.39 40,164.39PLSC Scholarship Fund Inc. 2,527.26 2,527.26PLSC Scholarship Fund Savings 50,760.80 50,760.80TOTAL Bank Accounts 141,647.65 142,503.10 Investment AccountsICA 23,461.52 23,461.52 Investments at Merrill Lynch Investments 27,764.90 27,347.60WMIF 23,788.94 23,788.94TOTAL Investment Accounts 75,015.35 74,598.05OVERALL TOTAL 216,663.00 217,101.15
Secretary-Treasurer, Diana Askew Treasurer’s Report
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The 2010 proposed budget will be prepared once theBoard of Directors determines proposed goals andaccomplishments for 2010. Income and expense for2009 are shown in the chart below. Attendance for theFall Technical Session was down in November of 2009as compared to the previous year; however, it was goodconsidering the economic conditions. Our duesrestructuring may help to offset some of themembership decreases due to the economy. The votingand sustaining membership was modestly increased,and the associate level remained unchanged. 2010dues now include a chapter membership. At this time,membership renewals are slow, so it may be necessaryto send a first class reminder this year.
PLSC, Inc Income and Expense 2009 Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009INCOMEChapter Conference Income (disbursed) $17,685.00Fall Technical Session $45,712.00Membership Dues (Includes Chapter Dues) $65,390.15Other Inc, Bus $8,598.25Side Shots Ads $400.00_DivInc $1,380.67TOTAL INCOME $140,823.03
EXPENSESBank Charge (merchant account fees) $4,807.30Chapter Credit Card income from Conferences (disbursed) $19,468.78Computer software and maintenance $322.33Dues and Subscriptions $125.00Insurance, Bus $1,000.00Chapter Membership Disbursements $28,315.15Office Supplies (ink, paper, membership cards,
mailing labels, etc) $851.33PLSC Meeting Expense (venue, food, speakers, etc) $12,211.31Postage and Delivery $1,358.65Printing and Reproduction $14,516.81Prof and Legal Fees (tax prep, lobbyist) $5,735.00Rent Paid (PLSC Library, storage) $4,550.00Supplies, Bus (lapel pins, decals, pens, name badges,
plaques) $8,526.04Tax $17.99Travel, Bus (PLSC Meetings, WestFed, NSPS) $5,372.45Wages (Executive Director) $15,000.00Web Site (Web server, domain, CVENT,
Web Master) $8,349.31TOTAL EXPENSES $131,645.45OVERALL TOTAL $9,177.58
Executive Director, Diana Askew
Tom Adams and I worked on a job description for theposition of Executive Director, to be morecomprehensively discussed later in this meeting. Ourbiggest challenge was to separate the roles of theExecutive Director from the roles of the Secretary –Treasurer.
I have included some questions in the onlinemembership application to fine tune the 2010 Rosterand create an avenue for posting our membershipinformation online, while protecting the privacy of ourmembership. With the economy as it is, I would like tosupport business through our roster, if possible. I would
also like to support our sustaining members with moreof a presence on our Web site and within ourpublications. In addition, we have ordered 100 copies ofthe 2009 BLM Manual of Instructions which wereoffered through the online membership application at adiscount. Those who renewed or joined early in the yearspoke for them very quickly.
I also sent post cards to all of the PLS’s and LSI’s whopassed their exams in 2008 and 2009, offering them afree membership with the PLSC for a year. This hasbeen something that Tom has wanted to do since hewas Vice-president and we had two years of catch-upnow that we can afford it.
The Executive Committee is working on the changes tothe by-laws, which will be discussed by the Board ofDirectors once we get the changes outlined.
The CSEF accounts were closed just after the first ofthe year and the funds were moved into new accountsunder the PLSC Scholarship Fund, Inc. I found thecorrespondence between the Moos family and thePLSC, which determined that the Moos funds were tobe deposited into the PLSC Scholarship Fund. All of thefunds in the CSEF account were Moos funds.
President, Tom Adams
Goals for 2010:
Ed Bristow volunteered his time to help prepare a contractfor the position of Executive Director. Tom offers thanks toEd for his time and expertise! Tom proposes that thePLSC Board review the contract and job description atthis meeting and move forward with implementing acontract with Di for 2010. Di has been working without acontract through 2009. (see attached online)
Motion: Gary Gable moves to accept the contract andproposed wages for the Executive Director of $2,500per month for 2010. Stan Vermilyea seconds.Discussion: The Secretary-Treasurer duties areoutlined in the by-laws, which provide a separation ofduties from those of the Executive Director. The Boardasks that the language in the contract be amended asfollows to provide for renewal of the contract in the caseof inaction by the board:
““Following the installation of the new president, theboard is obligated to review the performance, the jobdescription, the contract, and the salary of the ExecutiveDirector prior to the expiration of the contract or thecontract will renew automatically at the current termsand conditions.” Vote: unanimous approval
The PLSC Board needs to include an appointee fromevery chapter as an ex-officio director on the board. Wehave tried to include members from every chapter in thepast and it appears we need to add pressure so thatevery chapter has a voice on the PLSC Board ofDirectors. The names of the ex-officio directors will beadded to the letterhead and in Side Shots. They will needto attend the meetings and report back to their chapter.
The PLSC needs to start promoting Trigstar. Colorado islast in Trigstar participation. Tom would like to see acommittee formed among the chapters to promote the
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program across the state. NSPS is in charge ofpromoting Trigstar across the US. JB will send a draft tothe board, and he went on to say that one personshould not be doing this, if a lot of people do a little thenthe schools will love it! Students love it and get moneyfor participating.
Standing committees and committees of one need to bereviewed and given a purpose.
Tom will create a new education committee to researcha 4 year degree program, continuing education, and theannual meeting and seminars.
Tom has asked Diana to find ways to add CEUs forother fields to our seminars and get speakers certifiedto teach surveying topics to other professions. This willbring in revenue to the PLSC and help build respectamong the other professions.
Warren asked that Tom write a letter in support of theRailroad bill.
Action Item: JB and Warren will educate the chaptersabout Trigstar and get the program rolling
The scholarship application form needs to be in a moreprominent place. It needs to include Westfed as well asa source of scholarships. Di will be the clearinghouseand point of contact.
Action Item: Rob Snodgrass has volunteered tostandardize the form, and create standards forevaluation. Rob is now the chair of the SpecialCommittee for Scholarships.
Action Item: Todd Beers has offered to help revive thechapter summit and help organize strategic planningsessions.
Action Item: Doug Berling will send information to JB forinclusion in the next Side Shots on Nominations andElections for this year.
Next Meeting: Conference Call, March 31, mid-day.Time to be determined.
Motion: Diana Askew moves to adjourn. Pat Greenseconds. Vote: unanimous approval.
Adjourn: 10:15 PM
Respectfully submitted:
Diana E Askew, PLS
PLSC Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Director
A complete version of the minutes with all of theattachments is available online at www.plsc.net
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The WFPS meeting in Honoluluwas held in conjunction with theannual conference of the HawaiiLand Surveyors Association(HLSA), who extended their greathospitality to the WFPS delegation.There was at least one delegatefrom each state in attendance. Iwas the only delegate from Col-orado, and the two staff membersof WFPS did not attend, in order todefray expenses. Several dele-gates were able to attend confer-ence seminars at the HLSA confer-ence and learn about the unusualcharacter of Hawaiian land law. Wealso shared lunch with members ofthe HLSA Board of Directors duringtheir meeting, and were treated tostories about surveying in Hawaii byKevin Kea, their WFPS delegate,and Artie Sevigny, current HLSApresident.
I conducted a workshop on thePublic Lands Survey System, sincethe NCEES exam requires allprospective registrants to have afundamental knowledge of thePLSS, even in Hawaii, a state thatis not included in the PLSS. Thesession was followed by a wellattended breakout session for ques-tions and answers, and the interestand enthusiasm in the topic by theHawaiians was both surprising andsatisfying. Many of the attendees atthe conference were quite young,an unusual departure from themostly older crowds we typicallysee at conferences in the otherWFPS states.
WFPS current assets stood at$142,051 as of the end of 2009, up$7,327 from 2008. NSPS PresidentJohn Matonich gave a presentationduring the conference luncheon.He mentioned how NCEES is mov-ing toward a “curriculum based”knowledge for questions on the FSexam. This will be a significant shiftin national testing, as candidates
will be unlikely to pass the examwithout a degree in surveying, or arelated field.
There has been news circulat-ing that the solvency of the NationalMuseum of Surveying in Springfield,Illinois may be in jeopardy. Moreinformation will be distributed as itbecomes available. It is advisedthat no donations be sent to themuseum at this time.
CaGIS, a member organizationof ACSM, has opted to leave ACSMin 2011. A motion was carried tochange WFPS banners, logos, let-terhead, etc. to reference affiliationwith NSPS instead of ACSM.
Finally, most state reports indi-cate a decrease in their member-ships, and it’s fair to say that theeconomy has played a part in thatsituation.
State Report Highlights
ALASKAThe 2010 conference of the
Alaska Society of Professional LandSurveyors will be held in Anchoragefrom Feb. 22-26th and will highlightthe 50th anniversary of their organi-zation. Membership fees remainedunchanged for 2010; in 2009, therewere 497 registered ProfessionalLand Surveyors, with 110 of thoseliving out of state, and 163 paidmembers in the ASPLS. The Alas-ka Legislature convenes on January19th, and legislative prioritiesinclude protection of signed andsealed documents from beingcopied or altered without authoriza-tion, to allow easier enforcementthrough the state court system.
ARIZONAThey are working on a joint
conference with ACSM. They are
also working on affiliations with GISorganizations, and certificationrequirements of control layers bysurveyors. Arizona is also lookingto move to a four-year degree, withsome opposition. They are alsolooking into basing surveying licen-sure on specialties.
CALIFORNIAMembership in 2009 was down
slightly, to 2,486. The CLSA web-site has been redesigned and isnow online, with a new look andimproved functionality. The CLSArecruitment campaign materialshave been customized for use in 17other states, including their DVDand print materials.
The CLSA has developed aright-of-entry brochure for home-owners and law enforcement, aswell as a brochure for surveyorsthat provides guidelines for workingon private property.
The CLSA donation to theNational Museum in Illinois for $25Kis currently on hold. CLSA is send-ing a representative to Boy ScoutJamboree to assist with the NSPSSurveying Merit Badge Booth. Inaddition, a Voluntary ProfessionalDevelopment Program has beenimplemented in California.
COLORADO The PLSC sponsored the annu-
al Fall Technical Session at the Uni-versity of Denver on November 12-14th, 2009. Attendance was 160,down from the record setting 260session in 2008. The 22nd annualGIS in the Rockies Conference washeld last September in Loveland,Colorado. The Colorado licensingboard has advised the PLSC thatany changes to educational require-ments for licensure and/or continu-ing education should wait until thenext sunset review period by the
Western Federation of Professional SurveyorsBoard of Directors Meeting Report
January 30, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii
By John B. Guyton, PLS, Colorado Delegate
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state legislature. Randy Zanon,who retired last year as the ChiefCadastral Surveyor for the BLM inColorado, has been replaced bylong-time BLM employee RandyBloom.
HAWAIIA discussion about the soci-
ety’s banquet and the conference ingeneral took place. Kevin Keaasked for comments/feedback.Kevin talked about his production ofthe video showing interviewers talk-ing about “Pat Cummings” and Patbeing given “The Hawaii Surveyorof the Year Award.” It was the firsttime ever for this in Hawaii. Kevinthanked Ray and myself for partici-pating in the conference.
IDAHOQualification-based selection
(QBS) law was passed by the StateLegislature. ISPLS has reviewedthe possibility of separating fromengineers on the State Board.They’ve decided to stay with thepresent system maybe addingmore members.
MONTANAMARLS website has been over-
hauled, www.marls.com . Member-ship as of the end of 2009 was 484members. Treasure State Surveyormagazine is not being sent out toWestFed anymore due to cost. Dothey want us to start it up again?The consensus was “yes.”
NEVADAEnrollment for Great Basin Col-
lege stands at 48 students and onlyhalf are from Nevada, with the bal-ance from other states utilizing theirdistance learning option. A four-year degree in surveying isrequired for licensure as of July2010. ABET for the school is beingconsidered but funding is an issue.
NEW MEXICOThe State Legislature intro-
duced a bill concerning LandGrants and notification prior to sur-veying. Surveyors are dealing withcounties that believe patented gov-ernment lots are not separateparcels.
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Legislative Committee Update– Tom Adams, President
House Bill 10-1085 that wasproposed by the PLSC legislativecommittee was signed into law bythe Governor on April 15th, 2010.Some of the highlights of the billinclude:
• Language to allow for a land sur-veyor’s affidavit of correction whenan error is discovered;
• Adding to the qualifications forobtaining licensure as a Profes-sional Land Surveyor to include abachelor’s degree in a non-sur-veying curriculum with some mini-mum courses along with experi-ence;
• Repealing the section on obtaininglicensure by apprenticeship-onlyby the year 2010.
The legislative committee hasnow been asked to work on severalother issues. The committee will beresearching the issues surrounding“machine control grading”. With theaid of GPS technology, rough grad-ing can now be done by machineand without survey stakes. Theconcern, of course, is that the datais electronic in nature (less securethan a signed and sealed drawing)and the grading could be done with-out an engineer or surveyor being
responsible for the product. Manyother states have started to addressthis issue in their statutes. CDOTpresently has written standards forcontrolling and checking work doneby machine-control grading. Thecommittee will research this issueand hopefully come up with somerecommendations on how to dealwith it.
Other issues the legislativecommittee is looking into include,the timeline for filing monumentrecords, electronic filing of plats,and electronic signatures and seals.
OREGONOregon is doing away with State Plane Coordinate
System and going to a low distortion projection system.Access will be available on the web and there will be 20zones.
WestFed’s meeting, June 12, 2010 will be held atOffices of David Evans & Assoc., 2100 SW River Park-way, Portland, OR 97201. Please use the trolley to getdowntown from the airport.
State society membership is down by 100 mem-bers.
Oregon’s Board of Registration adopted the StateSurveying Professional Society Standards of PracticeManual.
UTAHRight-of-Entry law was rescinded by State Legisla-
ture. The state society is working to allow surveyors anexemption. Machine Control Basis was being handledby non-licensed individuals, creating problems. ForUCLS, it has been 10 years since current standardshave been modified/updated. UCLS membership is up.
WASHINGTONMembership is down 13%, at 1,364 with Associate
memberships down 28% due to the economy. AttorneyGeneral has been requested to give a definition for“Land Surveying”.
WYOMINGThere are currently 273 active members. Southeast
Chapter is taking over the publication of PLSW Linesand Points. President Mark Rehwaldt has taken a posi-tion with the University of Wyoming as Surveying Direc-tor in the Wyoming Outreach program, replacing RodSkaggs.
The next WFPS meeting will be held June 12, 2010in Portland, OR.
The September 2010 meeting will be held some-where in Nevada.
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Spring is in full swing andCCPS is busy looking forward tothe coming seasons and planningfor a successful year. The commit-tee assignments for the year havebeen finalized and CCPS commit-tee contacts are listed below:
Membership committee chair –Jim Beatty, Director
Election committee chair – EarlHenderson, Director
Scholarship committee chair –Rob Snodgrass, Director
Sustaining member committeechair – Earl Henderson, Director
Website communication andoutreach committee chair – ChrisRaml, Director
General meeting committeechair – JJ Rihanek, Vice President
Conference committee – Allboard members serve.
Finance committee chair –Aaron Willis, Treasurer
All board members help eachother with these committees andthe atmosphere on the board is, asalways, respectful and cooperative.The other members of the 2010board are:
Joe Conway, PresidentNorm Simonson, SecretaryShawn Clarke, DirectorJim Holben, DirectorWarren Ruby, Director
If you are interested in helpingout with one of our committeesplease contact the committee chairperson. All members of CCPS areeligible to serve on the board ofdirectors. Elections are held at theend of the calendar year for termsstarting in February. Please consid-er volunteering as an officer for nextyear to help and to serve your com-munity.
CCPS offers scholarships tostudents twice each year who areworking toward an Associate’sDegree or a Bachelors Degree insurveying. See the website atPLSC.net for scholarship applica-tions and details about how to applyfor scholarships. If you know any-one attending one of these pro-
grams, please pass this informationon to them.
CCPS is joining forces withPLSC to organize and hold a superconference in February, 2011. Lookfor more details to follow and planto attend. It is going to be huge!
Look for the CCPS newsletterto find out all the details about ourgeneral membership meetings. Weprovide an interesting topic for dis-cussion or presentation 5 timeseach year. Meetings are held on the4th Thursday of January, March,May, August, and October.
Special thanks to outgoingpresident Todd Beers. His effortsand organizational skills got theCCPS running like a top. This boardof directors will try to keep it spin-ning, Todd. If you see Todd pleasetake the time to thank him for hisefforts personally.
On behalf of the CCPS boardand members we wish to acknowl-edge the passing of Bob Stollard.Bob was a consummate profession-al dedicated to serving the public.He was our colleague and friend.We will miss him at our meetingsand functions. He did a lot forCCPS, too.
Joe ConwayPresident - CCPS
CSRNThe Colorado Spatial Refer-
ence Network (CSRN) has had anactive beginning to the year. Wehave initiated discussions and areactively pursuing numerous items toenhance the CSRN’s exposure tothe survey and GIS community.
The CSRN is going on its 4thyear as a chapter of the PLSC andthis year was the first time theCSRN has collected membershipdues through the PLSC and we hada surprisingly large response andenrollment. The CSRN would like tothank all of those who selected theCSRN as a chapter affiliate and the
PLSC for working with us to accom-plish this. If you are not a memberof the PLSC but want to be involvedwith the CSRN efforts, contact DanSmith via our website atwww.csrn.us to discuss a trial mem-bership offer that may be available.We encourage all professionalswho are involved with mapping orgeodetic measurements to partici-pate.
The CSRN is actively develop-ing an “Industry Showcase” displayon our website. This feature willallow companies to showcase Col-orado-specific projects performedusing RTK GPS from any of theavailable reference networks oryour own network. If you have aproject that you believe is exciting,interesting, difficult or illustrateshow the reference networks helpedyou complete or accomplish yourproject/client objectives, submit abrief summary to us via our websiteto be considered for posting. If youhave pictures and a story to go withyour project, please submit theseas well. If selected your project andcompany information will be postedfor 30 days. Submit several projectsif you have more than one that youwould like us to consider.
Currently our website is beinghosted by Bohannan Hustonthrough their Denver office and theyhave done an outstanding job, how-ever this is set to expire in April,2010. The CSRN is actively seekinga firm to provide web hosting serv-ices for our website to begin at theend of April. This is a great opportu-nity for a firm to market their webtalents and abilities by placing yourcompany logo on our web pagethroughout the hosting duration. Fordetails on the web hosting require-ments, please visit our website atwww.csrn.us/docs/enewsletters/march2010. This commitment will be forone year. Please email us if you areinterested in additional exposure tonumerous markets. You canaddress your emails to Dan Smithor Brian Dennis and we will contactyou to discuss further.
The CSRN is currently dis-
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cussing a summer BBQ late thissummer to allow members anopportunity to meet on a sociallevel. This would be a family eventfor adults and children. The locationis to be determined but a pavilion ata local lake is being considered.This will be a great networkingopportunity as we expect profes-sionals from the private and publicsectors of several markets toattend. If you have any ideas orsuggestions, contact us. We maybe organizing a planning committeefor this event. This type of socialnetworking event is something thatthe CSRN has wanted to do forsome time to help create a collabo-rate effort in thesurveying/GIS/mapping /geodeticcommunities.
The CSRN’s next open boardmeeting will be May 26, 2010. Thelocation is not determined at thistime. If you are interested in hostinga meeting for the CSRN, contactDan Smith. The meeting times are3-4pm for open board meetings and4-6pm for general membershipmeetings. An agenda will be provid-ed prior to the meeting date.
Brian DennisVice President-CSRN
NC/PLSCOur March meeting was a little
different than usual. Wally Muscott,City Surveyor for the City of FortCollins, gave a presentation onCrime Scene Surveying. In FortCollins, crimes involving a murder,where placement and careful cata-loging of evidence is essential, theCity Surveyors are called out to sur-vey the scene of the crime. Theyusually arrive after the scene hasbeen processed by the detectives,but still need to be extremely care-ful not to touch any evidence. Wallyoutlined the situations they’veencountered, methods they use toget accurate measurements, andhow they correlate the evidence tothe maps. If the case is going tocourt, the survey department also
produces large, clear maps to beused as court exhibits. Even bullettrajectories and blood spatters canbe measured and shown. Wallysaid that when called into court andquestioned about his mappingmethods, being a professional landsurveyor for whom taking measure-ments is his professional occupa-tion makes him, and his exhibits,credible to both sides.
Our April meeting will feature apresentation by Todd Beers fromNolte Associates, Inc. on High Defi-nition Surveying. The May meetingwill be a planning meeting with afull schedule of topics picking up inthe fall. Please contact Rob [email protected] for meeting loca-tion, session topic, or to become amember of the Northern ColoradoChapter.
Laine LandauDirector, NC
NW 1/4The NW 1/4 met March 22 in
Craig, Colorado at the Holiday Inn.The meeting was called to order byJohn Noonan, V.P., attending wereTom Effinger, Walter Magill, Brian T.Kelly, Lloyd Powers, Jim Joy andDave Ginther. The treasurer’s reportrevealed we have $1,316.56 in ouraccount, and the report and min-utes were approved with minor revi-sions.
New business primarily con-cerned the database for the platdeposits in Routt County. Tom Effin-ger and John have been workinghard on this and there are over2500 records so far. The Countyhas tentatively agreed to keep thedatabase updated once it is com-plete at a point in time, but SkidgeMoon, County Surveyor, needs toconfirm.
Tom let the members know thatthe biggest disciplinary action bythe State Board concerns failure topay licensing fees, and essentiallypracticing without a valid license.
Dave Ginther, BLM surveyor forNW Colorado, Craig office, led theprogram for the evening. His pro-gram concluded an earlier presen-tation from December concerningthe confluence of three principalmeridians, the Ute, New Mexicoand 6th P.M. in Section 36, T15S,R98W, 6th P.M. This area is nowcommonly known as theDominguez-Escalante NationalConservation Area which is about220,000 acres. There is private landin Section 36 and also along theGunnison River. The surveys in thearea started with an 1883/1884Third Correction Line South, fol-lowed by a survey by Edwin Kelloggin 1895. Treece and Fuller also didsurveys in the township and therewas even a suspended survey - thegovernment refused to recognizethe survey work due to large errors.A subsequent survey directed thesurveyors to remove all evidence ofthe suspended survey, such asremoving the stone corners, butapparently they missed at leastone, because Dave Ginther foundit. The country is extremely ruggedand none of us have ever done this,but the 1890’s surveyor probablylooked at the probable corner loca-tion and said, “Oh, they wouldn’t setthat.” But of course they did, it wasinvalid, and Ginther’s crew pulledthe stone 110 years later. Themeeting concluded at nine o’clock.
Brian T. Kelly, Sec.-TreasurerNW 1/4
SCPLSJon Tessin was elected for a
two-year term as a Director of theSouthern Chapter board and wasinstalled at the February boardmeeting. Jon replaces Mike Mincic,who had decided not to run forreelection. Our thanks to Mike forhis service to the chapter.
On March 16, 2010, the South-ern chapter held a membershipmeeting at the Miramont Castlelocated in Manitou Springs, Col-orado. The Miramont Castle is the
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home of the Manitou Springs His-torical Society.
The event was the presentationof the Historic Map and DocumentCollection from Sawyer & GarstinEngineers, who were active fromaround 1880 to the 1940’s.
The evening began with a St.Patrick’s Day corned beef dinnerwith all the fixings. The chair of thePreservation of Historic Maps andDocuments Committee, JosephAlessi, PLS was master of cere-monies and presented the guestspeaker, one of our own, Mr. Char-lie Tucker with the FarnsworthGroup. Mr. Tucker gave a veryinformative presentation on thepreservation of maps and docu-ments.
The evening concluded with thedisplay of numerous maps and doc-uments from the Sawyer & Garstincollection. The display was only asmall fraction of the documents,maps, field books and correspon-dence comprising the collection.
There were approximately 50attendees comprised of PLSCmembers (including PLSC Presi-dent Tom Adams), title companyrepresentatives, local historians,BLM employees, and representa-tives of Teller County Planning andthe City of Colorado Springs Engi-neering and Development Reviewdepartment.
Volunteer opportunities areavailable with the Preservation ofMaps and Historic Documents Pro-ject:
1. Archiving 2. Assisting in future plans
and goals3. Grant Applications4. Professional Evaluation of
Map Room Environment5. Serving on committees6. Completing the construction
of the Map Room
Karen L. Crilly, Business Devel-opment Director with theFarnsworth Group, Inc. has sched-
uled an inspection of the map roomfacility for renovation recommenda-tions.
Thank you,Mark Johannes
President, SCPLS
SWC/PLSCNew officers have been
appointed for 2010 for the PLSCSW Chapter:
President – Rob TrudeauxVice President – Tom AuTreasurer - Ed Young Secretary – Parker Newby
At our March 16th Chaptermeeting in Durango, Colorado, dis-cussion continued regarding theinvolvement of the Chapter in com-munity relief efforts and other volun-teer organization. Contact withEngineers Without Borders (EWOB)will be made and other research willbe done to determine the opportuni-ties for community outreach by theChapter. Ideas from Chapter mem-bers are welcome.
Josh Casselberry gave a leg-islative committee update. Heexpressed difficulty in being able toproperly represent the Chapter as alegislative representative due to hisschedule. Parker Newby will stepin and begin monitoring legislativeitems to report to the Chapter. Anotification to the PLSC of thechange in Chapter representativewill be made.
Unfortunately, due to a shorttime frame and our ability to securean adequate amount of speakers,the PLSC SW Chapter has decidednot to have its 2010 SW Seminar.Thank you to everyone who put inthe extra time and effort to make ithappen this year. We will plan onhaving the seminar again in 2011.Also, the chapter members want tothank Clyde King for continuing tokeep the SW Chapter website up todate with the latest meeting min-utes, newsletters and chapter proj-ects. The website can be found at
http://plscswc.com. The next meeting is scheduled
for May 11th at Christina’s Bar andGrill, Durango Colorado, 6pm.
Rob TrudeauxPresident, SWC/PLSC
WCLSWestern Colorado Land Sur-
veyors held their bi-monthly meet-ings January 13, 2010 and March10, 2010.
At the January meeting, newofficers were installed as follows:Tom Sylvester, President; RichardBullen, Vice President; Brian Bowk-er, Secretary/Treasurer. The follow-ing were named to the Board ofDirectors: Rick Mason (ImmediatePast President), Les Doehling, MikeDrissel, Patrick Green,Jon Koby-larz, Peter Krick, Dennis Shelhornand Scott Thompson.
Rick Mason gave an update onthe legislative committee activity.
The Chapter voted to offer a$1000 scholarship at the May Semi-nar.
Tom Sylvester gave an updateon the 2nd semester MentoringClasses being held at the DeltaMontrose Technical College.
Rick Mason (outgoing Presi-dent) presented Mike Grizenko witha Surveyor’s Appreciation Awardfrom the Chapter for his exceptionalwork in almost single handedlyorganizing this year’s seminar andthe seminars for the last severalyears. Congratulations Mike.
Tom Sylvester presented RickMason a plaque and letter of appre-ciation for his outstanding work overthe last two years as President.Congratulations Rick.
At the March meeting, TomSylvester gave a presentation of theheretofore unpublished method thatthe BLM in Colorado uses to subdi-
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vide a section especially as itapplies to sections with witness cor-ners, angle points on section lines,etc. This is not in the 1973 Manualbut is an unpublished internal policyused by the BLM in Colorado.We’re still researching whether the2009 Manual addresses the issues.There was considerable discussionafter the presentation.
Rick Mason gave us an updateon the latest work of the legislativecommittee and the status of theproposed surveying bill as it is mov-ing through the legislature. He alsosummarized the various licensurerequirements if the bill passes aswritten, i.e. those portions withoutchanges and those portions withchanges.
Lee Stiles will be term limited asMesa County Surveyor at the end ofthis year. Patrick Green expressedan interest in running for the positionand has since officially entered hisname in the party caucuses.
Les Dohling and Pat Greengave an update on the $1000 schol-arship ($500 from WCLS and $500matching from PLSC) that we willbe presenting at our May seminar.Applications were sent out in Marchand early April to various highschools and colleges. We hope tohave an extensive list of well quali-fied candidates from which tochoose.
Mike Grizenko gave us anupdate on the upcoming May 7Seminar. The Professional Track
will be “Quiet Title Actions in Col-orado” by Geoff Anderson. TheTechnical Track will be “ThinkingOutside the Box” by Bob Green,Chuck Hutchins, and Matt Naw-rocki. This will be an excellentseminar and we hope to have agood turnout. The PLSC is plan-ning their Board meeting right afterthe seminar and we encourageeveryone to attend.
Peter Krick was presented withour March 2010 Surveyor Apprecia-tion Award for his outstanding serv-ice to the WCLS Chapter, the sur-veying profession, and to the com-munity. Congratulations Peter.
Tom Sylvester, PresidentWCLS
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I have had several conversations with clients over thepast few months; about the “what if” of insurance. Therefore, Iwant to address a few risk management topics with the PLSCmembers in this article.
What if...a client slipped and fell on your property? A cus-tomer sued me for an error I made? An employee stole funds?A power surge zapped your equipment?
Unfortunately, today’s surveying business owner faces bigrisks every day. And while it’s impossible to eliminate risks, it’spossible to reduce the financial impact on you by using a fewproven risk management ideas.
The following will be a general overview of three ways ortips to manage your business risks or how to control propertylosses, lawsuits, vehicle losses, and workplace accidents.
Accidents. Surprises. Losses. They all come with owningyour own business. But there’s no reason you have to be a“victim” of these unexpected losses, not if you take advantageof following three key ways to manage your risks.
1 You can insure risk One primary approach to risk management would be pur-
chasing insurance to transfer the losses to your insurancecompany.
Know your insurance policies. If you don’t know whattypes of losses your policies cover, you may be in for a sur-prise when a loss occurs. You need to review your policy andif necessary purchase additional coverage to ensure that yourcompany is fully protected.
2 You can transfer riskWhen appropriate; you’ll want to shift the risk to your sub-
contractors, competitors and even your customers. Here aresome tips on how to transfer some of your business risk toothers.
• Hire the right subcontractors. Using knowledgeable,properly insured subcontractors can reduce your risk and min-imize high risk professional liability exposures. Request Certifi-cates of Insurance to verify that your subcontractors have cur-rent insurance.
• Consider “hold harmless” agreements. A “HoldHarmless” agreement is a tool that shifts legal and financialrisk from you to another party
• Don’t try to be all things to all people. Let your com-petitors take the job and the chances on potentially problemprojects.
3 You can control riskOf course; there are some things you can’t prevent, like
storms, power failures, or accidents. But there are ways ofminimizing either the likelihood something will occur, or theimpact it will have on your business after it occurs.
Fire. Theft. Water damage. Just a few of the things thatcan do damage to your property—one of your business’ mostvaluable assets. Unless property and equipment are main-
tained properly and insured adequately, they can be at signifi-cant loss and damage to your business.
Some tips:• Review your insurance to make sure you understand
what is and is not covered.• If your policy has “blanket” coverage for a number of dif-
ferent properties, make sure that all properties that should beinsured are actually listed on the property policy.
• Be sure that your property is insured to replacementvalue. Improvements or changes in building costs should bereflected on your insurance coverage. So periodically reviewand update your property values and adjust the coverageaccordingly.
Managing Your Vehicle RisksYour business’ autos represent many types of risk in one
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As a member of PLSC you have available to you thePLSC Insurance Program that will provide coverage neces-sary to cover your business needs.
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www.berntsen.com
CAD-1, INC.12130 Pennsylvania Street #101
Thornton, CO 80241303-427-2231
www.cad-1.com
DEMANCHE ENTERPRISES CO. INC605 Joyce Ct
Berthoud, CO 8513303-519-7933
DIVERSIFIED UNDERGROUND INC2851 S. County Road 137
Bennett, CO 80102303-636-9999
www.diversifiedunderground.com
ESRIOne International CourtBroomfield, CO 80021
www.esri.com
FLATIRONS, INC.3825 Iris Ave., Suite 395
Boulder, CO 80301303-443-7001
www.flatsurv.com
BOB JOHNSP.O. Box 589
Silverthorne, CO 80498
NOAAPamela Fromhertz
4201 E. Arkansas Ave., 4th Floor Denver, CO 80222
240-988-6363
NOLTE ASSOCIATES, INC8000 South Chester St, Suite 200
Centennial, CO 80112www.nolte.com
OATLEY & DIAK LLC5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 1075
Greenwood Village, CO 80111303-221-1900
www.oatleydiak.com
RANGE WEST, INC.P.O. Box 589
Silverthorne, CO 80498970-468-6281
www.rangewestinc.com
SITEWISE, LLC7000 N. Broadway #3-306
Denver, CO 80221303-650-8680
www.sitewisellc.com
SKLD INFORMATION SERVICES9540 East Jewell Ave., Suite A
Denver, CO 80247303-695-3850www.skld.com
TOTAL POSITIONING SOLUTIONS5385 Quebec Street
Commerce City, CO 80022303-853-9891
www.totalpositioningsolutions.com
UNDERGROUND CONSULTINGSOLUTIONS
2701 W. Oxford Ave., Suite 6 Englewood, CO 80110
303-904-7422www.dontdigwithoutucs.com
VECTORS, INC8811 E Hampden Ave., Suite 110
Denver, CO 80231303-283-0343
www.vectorsinc.com
WESTWOOD COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY7350 North Broadway
Denver, CO 80221
GARY WILKINSONP.O. Box 589
Silverthorne, CO 80498
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