Join us for the Sacramento CLSA Chapter meeting at:

Club Pheasant Thursday, October 4th, 2012

5:00 PM Social Hour & mingling - No Host

6:00 PM Seating for Dinner and Chapter Meeting

7:00 PM Presentation and raffle

Club Pheasant

2525 Jefferson Blvd

West Sacramento 95691

FREE

LS Exam Application and

Reference Workshop

By

Ric Moore, PLS

9:30 AM, Saturday, October 6th, 2012

in Sacramento, CA

RSVP: Secretary@sac-surveyors.org DETAILS ON PAGE 8

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Upcoming Events 2

President’s

Message

3

Sustaining

Members

4

Sac Chapter

Member List

5

Familiar Faces in

New Places

6

BPELSG & CSRC

News

7

PLS Applicants

and References

Where’s the BM?

8

Sep. Meeting

Details

Web Wanderings

9

Geodetic

Seminar

10

Legal Description

Seminar

11

Membership

Forms

12-13

Sacramento

Chapter

Contact info

14

A PUBLICATION OF

THE SACRAMENTO

CHAPTER OF THE

CALIFORNIA LAND

SURVEYORS

ASSOCIATION

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F O C A L P O I N T

October 4th Sacramento Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: Club Pheasant, 2525 Jefferson Blvd, West Sacramento 95691

October 5th CSRC Geodetic Workshop 8:30 AM

Location: Lyon’s Gate Hotel, Sacramento

October 6th LS Application & Reference Workshop by Ric Moore 9:30 AM

See page 8 for more info Contact Secretary@Sac-Surveyors.org

October 10th East Bay CLSA Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: TBA, Contact: DMurtha@PortOakland.com Speaker: TBA

October 24th Central Valley CLSA Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: Perko’s, Modesto Speaker: Pat Tami

October 24th Gold Country CLSA Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: Round Table Pizza, Lake of the Pines, Speaker: TBA

October 25th Northern Counties CLSA Chapter Meeting 6:30 PM

Location: Oroville Speaker: Chuck Karayan

October 25th Principles of Surveying (PS) Exam at CalEXPO 7:00 AM

Help CLSA feed the candidates at 11 AM! Contact: Secretary@Sac-Surveyors.org

October 26th Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) Exam at CalEXPO 7:00 AM

Help CLSA feed the candidates at 11 AM!

October 26th Legal Description Seminar & Workshop 8:30 AM

See page 11 for more details

November 1st Sacramento Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: TBA but somewhere south... Speaker: Landon Blake

November 2rd GIS Seminar for Land Surveyors 8:00 AM

Location: Holiday Inn Airport, 77 Hegenberger Road, Oakland

Contact: clsa@californiasurveyors.org

November 3rd CLSA Board of Directors Meeting 9:30 AM

Location: Holiday Inn Airport, 77 Hegenberger Road, Oakland

Contact: clsa@californiasurveyors.org

November 9th Gold Country CLSA Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: Round Table Pizza, Lake of the Pines, Speaker: TBA

December 5th Central Valley CLSA Chapter Meeting 6:00 PM

Location: Perko’s, Modesto Speaker: Rolland VanDeValk

December 6th Sacramento Chapter Holiday Party 6:00 PM

Location: Blue Prynt Speaker: Annette Lockhart

RSVP REQUIRED: vice-president@Sac-Surveyors.org

December 14th Northern California GPS Users Group 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Contra Costa Public Works, 255 Glacier Dr, Martinez

Have an event you want to see listed?

Please send the particulars to: focalpointeditor@gmail.com

Upcoming Events

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President’s Message

P A G E 4

F O C A L P O I N T

Thank you to our

Sustaining Members for Your Support!

It’s renewal time.

Sustaining Membership is a great way to advertise your business

while showing your support for the Sacramento CLSA Chapter.

If you want to see your business card or logo on the Sustaining

Member page, please contact our Chapter Secretary, Rob McMil-

lan, at: secretary@sac-surveyors.org

Renewal Time!! P A G E 5 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

Just because chapter dues have been waived for all CLSA state association members, doesn’t mean we don’t

need you to fill out those membership application forms. The number of Directors the Chapter sends to the

CLSA Board of Directors meeting is based on the number of professional land surveyors who are state CLSA

members, and declare Sacramento as their home Chapter. Please join the Sacramento Chapter and show

your support for the ways in which we support the profession. Be sure your state dues are current!

If your name is not on the list below, please fill out a membership form and send it to Rob McMillan,

(secretary@sac-suveyors.org) as soon as possible. A copy of the form is on page 13.

Sacramento Chapter Members as of 9/21

John Adam

Rich Aviles

Jeremiah Bean

*Travis Bohan

Peg Bostley

Jim Brainard

Rich Briner

Tom Brungs

*Howard Brunner

Brian Bullock

Curt Burfield

Michael Butler

Charles Capp

Paul Carlson

Bill Carmack

Tim Case

Carl CedeBaca

Cameron Clark

Christopher Curtis

Charlie Czapkay

*Phil Danskin

Jeremy Dean

Albert DeLeon

Yvette DiCarlo

Birk Ellis

Paul Enneking

Chris Fasset

Larry Fenske

Ryan Ferris

Joe Feyder

Dan Forgey

Adam Foster

Jim Frame

Dan Frink

Bruce Gandelman

Jason Gasser

Martin Gonzales

Dave Goodman

Chris Gorges

Dan Gregory

Steve Guay

David Gutierrez

Stuart Hagerman

*Roger Hanlin

Kevin Heeney

Nate Hershey

Joseph Hicks

Cody Hustead

Don Ivy

Jerry Jones

Neal Jones

Chuck Karayan

Dave Karoly

Eric Kiel

Steve Kilmer

Mike Kindle

Stan King

Kris Klima

Rand La Force

Nick Labedzki

Justin Lambert

*Paul Lamoreaux

Mike Lee

Christopher Lerch

Annette Lockhart

Mike Long

Matt Machado

Abe Magdaleno

*Don Marcott

*Steve Martin

Ray Mathe

Bill McKinney

Rob McMillan

Hugh McWilliams

Dave Mello

Alfredo Mijango

*Jerry Miller

Ron Monsour

Ben Moody

Ric Moore

Steve Ourada

Joe Pacheco

Evan Page

Jimmie Pallares

Steve Parrish

Kent Poythress

Martin Ramos

Ben Sanchez

*Jon Scarpa

Dan Schwartz

Tom Sekel

George Senning

Karl Sharlette

Jonathon Shattuck

*Aaron Smith

Robert Snow

*Keith Spencer

Craig Speiss

Matt Stringer

Patrick Tami

Tom Taylor

Bill Telling

Joe Tennyson

Brian Thionet

Sherry Toutges

Jill Van Houten

*Marc Van Zuuk

Dave Waddell

Channing Whetstone

Brendan Williams

Ian Wilson

Jim Wilson

*John Wilusz

John Wunschel

Sherrie Zimmerman

There is still plenty of

room for you!

Sustaining Members shown in Bold Print, Members from other Chapters shown with *

P A G E 6

Faith Reccio

Promoted to Sacramento City Surveyor

F O C A L P O I N T

Familiar Faces in New Places

Congratulations to CLSA member Faith Reccio, PLS, selected to be the City Surveyor for Sacramento.

Keith Hay Joins REY Geospatial

Dou you have someone newly hired or a promoted?

Send their photo and a little bit of information to FocalPointEditor@gmail.com

Sacramento Chapter CLSA LSIT member has joined REY Geospatial.

Sacramento Chapter member Chris

Fassett, his wife Lisa, and daughter

Caitlyn welcomed twins Ashley and

Matthew into their lives on Sept 27th.

Fassett Twins Arrive

From Chris Shepherd:

Hello everyone… Please be on the lookout. My TDS ranger (serial #SS54C13508) was stolen out of my house last Wednesday September 26th, plus a lot more, in the bankrupt town of Stockton. They left a pile of stuff in my entry way that they must not have been able to carry. One of them was my total station. Thank God they didn’t take that.

If you hear of or see any for sale Please let me know.

On a side note, my neighbor has film of the perpetrators driving their Hon-da accord into my garage. SPD has the plate and is looking for the owner. I bet most of my items have already been hawked pond or sold by now.

Contact me if you hear of anything.

Chris Shepherd 209.321.5447

P A G E 7

New applications for the April 2013 PLS and PE Exams are Due November 1, 2012. See page 8 for details on a FREE PLS Application and Reference Workshop in the Sacramento area.

Refile applications for the April 2013 PLS and PE Exams are Due January 22, 2013.

ALL PS and PE National Exam candidates - See the NCEES website for registration details: http://ncees.org/exams/states/ca.php

ALL April 2013 FS and FE (LSIT and EIT) Exam applications - Proceed to the NCEES website

for details and registration. http://ncees.org/exams/states/ca.php

April 2013 Examination Dates: Principles of Surveying (PS) April 12, 2013 (Friday) FE/FS (EIT/LSIT) Exams April 13, 2013 (Saturday) California Land Surveying Exam April, 2013 (TBD)

The California specific PLS Exam Is now a computer based format test, offered at a ProMetric testing center convenient to you. See map below for locations.

Online license renewal is available: https://www.dca.ca.gov/webapps/pels/renewal.php

See BPELSG website for details on new fee structure.

O C T O B E R

Main Topics of Discussion: CSRC and California Real Time Network (CRTN) Updates - Time: 10 AM to 3 PM 9:30-10:00 AM meet/greet, light breakfast Lunch will be provided around noon Location: IGPP Dept., Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), UCSD Martin Johnson House (Building T29) 8840 Biological Grade, La Jolla, 92037 There are no registration fees or costs to attend. Please RSVP by October 17th to

BPELSG Announcements

CSRC Coordinating Council Semi-Annual Meeting

October 25th in San Diego

LS Exam Application and Reference Workshop

P A G E 8 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

Will you be taking the exam in the future?

Will you be asked to serve as a reference for anyone?

If so, you should attend this FREE workshop, Saturday, October 6th, 2012, presented by Ric Moore, PLS. This workshop will address how the Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG) reviews and evaluates applications for the Professional Land Surveyors Examination in accordance with Board Rules and the Professional Land Surveyors Act.

Topics include: 1 Application Form Details 2 Engagement Record ¨ Part A - Applicant Responsibilities ¨ Part B - Reference Responsibilities 3 Qualifying Education Details ¨ ABET vs. Non-ABET Curriculum 4 Board Request for Additional Information 5 What the Board Looks for to Approve an Application 6 Reasons the Board Rejects Applications

WHERE IS THIS BENCHMARK? The US C&GS BENCHMARK shown in the photo to the left was found and photographed by our Chapter President.

Can you identify the location from the beautiful scenery in the background?

If you have a guess, e-mail Annette at President@Sac-

Surveyors.org

Answer will be provided in the next Focal Point.

What to Bring: A current resume or work experience record complete with past and present employers, as well as possible references, questions, and concerns, paper and pen/pencil.

A workshop panel will follow to assist you in filling out your Application and answer any remaining questions.

RSVP: Secretary@sac-surveyors.org

Do you have a photo you’d like to share?

Or a location you’d like to tease your fellow chapter members with?

Send it along to focalpointeditor@gmail.com and we’ll print it.

P A G E 9 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

The September Sacramento CLSA Chapter meeting was our best attended event this year. Those present enjoyed delicious pizza, cold beverages, and discussions with CLSA Chapter members and our local vendors. Thanks again to our vendors who provided equipment for us to handle, swag for the raffle, and contributed pitchers of beverages to sooth our parched throats. If you missed it, be sure to attend next year. On the business front, the Chapter has ordered a new laptop through the Dell commercial sales group and Cardno. Those members present elected our slate of Chapter Officers for 2013: President: Paul Carlson Vice-President: Rob McMillan Secretary: Jerry Jones Treasurer: Matt Stringer CLSA Directors: New term: Jerry Jones, Annette Lockhart Continuing term: Jill Van Houten, and Ian Wilson VP Report - Paul Carlson October Meeting: November Meeting: December Meeting: Blue Prynt Restaurant - Chapter Holiday Party - RSVP: vice-president@Sac-Surveyors.org We are always looking for feedback and venue suggestions for future meetings. Let Paul know if you are pleased with food, venue, etc. Paul is also looking for speakers. If anyone wants to speak or has a topic, let Paul know. VicePresident@sac-surveyors.org Secretary's report Renewal memberships are still trickling in. Please submit Chapter membership forms and encourage others to join at both the State and Chapter levels. Be sure you are current with State CLSA dues! We fell short of our goal of 100 PLS members, but there is always next year! (It’s football season - I’m a Chargers fan) Let’s get to over 100 PLS members in 2013! Committee Reports No Sacramento Chapter membership dues this year for State CLSA members! Get people you know to join at both the state and Chapter levels! 50-50 Drawing Paul Carlson’s raffle ticket was chosen again for the 50/50 drawing, but his grand nephew did not draw the Joker! The total is now incredibly large. Suffice to say a 1099 form will be involved, and you won’t mind a bit. You could be the next to draw a card.

What the heck is a Double Diamond? What does it mean to REALLY step up and support the profession and the higher education of our future Land Surveyors? Many surveyors, including one of our Sustaining Members, showed us: http://www.californiasurveyors.org/endowement.html Way to go! Total fund as of September 25th: $79,805

September Chapter Meeting

wwwandering the www

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CLSA/CSRC California Real Time Network

(CRTN) Workshops are coming this Fall

The Southern California workshop was a big success. Don’t miss the

Northern California seminar.

Date: October 5th, 2012 (Friday)

Time: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Northern California Location: Lyon’s Gate Hotel, Sacramento, CA

Workshop topics include:

- CRTN Consortium: Benefits and Resources;

- Procedures/Guidelines for Surveying (Static/RTK) with CRTN;

- Connecting to CRTN: NTRIP Connection, IPs & Ports, RTCM Versions;

- CSRN Continuous GPS Stations: Usage, Advantages and Limitations;

- Understanding Datums: California’s Unique Problems and Solutions;

- Geoid Models and the Future of Benchmarks.

Additional details are at pages 26 and 27 in the Summer 2012 issue of the

Cal Surveyor magazine (#170) and in the CLSA Discussion Forum.

F O C A L P O I N T

Sac CLSA Mini-Seminars Continue in November We’ve had suggestions for astronomic observations - theory and practice, Slope-staking with the Easy-Arc, and FEMA Elevation Certificates. Dave Karoly and Stan King were roped into giving the first two. Locations & dates to be determined. If you are interested in any of these, e-mail Rob: Secretary@sac-surveyors.org This is an affordable and effective way to improve your skills or learn something new. 3 for $40 or $20 each.

P A G E 1 1 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

P A G E 1 2 First timers - Join on-line for prorated dues. Renewals - no proration.

F O C A L P O I N T

P A G E 1 3 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

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CLSA SACRAMENTO - 2012 CHAPTER OFFICERS

Annette Lockhart (209) 518-9962 President@sac-surveyors.org

Paul Carlson (530) 677-1205 VicePresident@sac-surveyors.org

Rob McMillan (760) 846-4491 Secretary@sac-surveyors.org

David Gutierrez (530) 392-8007 Treasurer@sac-surveyors.org

Bill Telling, R.I.P.

Tim Case (916) 214-9571 BoardReps@sac-surveyors.org

Jerry Jones (530) 798-6700 BoardReps@sac-surveyors.org

Jill Van Houten (916) 284-1801 BoardReps@sac-surveyors.org

Ian Wilson (916) 960-9573 BoardReps@sac-surveyors.org

Address: PO BOX 162846, Sacramento, CA 95816-2846

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