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ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting Committee met two times this quarter and continues to make great progress toward making the 2009 Convention a success. The theme for this year is: "Austin 2.0". We are on Texas Land Commissioner, Jerry Patterson's calendar to be Thursday's Keynote Speaker and are still checking on Kirk Watson's availability for Friday's luncheon address. We have Jim Comer that is willing to be a contingent speaker if we cannot contact Kirk Watson for Friday's presentation. We have commitments from all of the presenters for the concurrent sessions and have also scheduled their speaking times and dates. The Golf tournament has been reserved and is set for Wednesday at Avery Ranch. The contract for the Skeet Shoot at Capital Area Gun Club has been finalized and will include sporting clays and lunch with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. The entertainment and location for Friday night's social event is booked. We are still concentrating our efforts toward sponsorship of the Annual Meeting, securing vendors, and amassing the many volunteers necessary for the Meeting to function properly. TSPSA has scheduled a Wednesday Reception; Thursday wine tasting; arts and crafts, and CPR and first aid; and Saturday being the annual meeting.
Respectfully Submitted, David A. McDow
SEMINARS & SYMPOSIUM SUBCOMMITTEE SubCommittee Mandate: Prepare, schedule and organize subcommittee meetings. Prepare and submit committee reports to the Education Committee chair in time to be included in the quarterly board books. Plan and organize the TSPS seminar offerings for both CEU’s and paraprofessionals in accordance with the TSPS professional development curriculum categories. Plan and organize the symposium for this year and for the near future. Provide suggestions for future seminar offerings in coordination with the Course Development & Speaker Development Subcommittee. Work with TSPS staff members to work out logistics for the seminars and symposiums. Help seek local volunteers for both the seminars and symposium. Work with TSPS staff members to insure that any scheduled seminars are listed on the TSPS website. Coordinate with the On-line/Distance Learning Subcommittee to offer on-line courses.
The following have taken place since the last Board Meeting:
Since the last TSPS Board Meeting there have been no Seminars held..
The following seminars are scheduled to be held over the next few months.
"Locating Original Corners" to be held Sept 10-12 in Concan, presented by Gerry Goodson, Ben Thompson, Greg Smythe, Bill O'Hara, Davey Edwards and Paul Carey.
"GNSS, Geodesy & Map Projections for Texas Land Surveyors" to be held at the Doubletree Hotel-Houston Intercontinental Airport, in Houston on December 5, 2009, presented by Jim Gillis. In addition, we will be holding a seminar on the same date at the Doubletree Hotel Dallas Campbell Center in Dallas, entitled "Advanced Survey Technology" presented by Bob Hysmith.
The following Course/Seminar is the first of those prepared by TSPS Course Development to be ready to be "taken on the road" and is not presenter specific.
"RTK Basic Operation and Troubleshooting" which will be sponsored by Chapter 2 and presented in Trophy Club, near Fort Worth on September 30. Jim Gillis has been requested to present this course.
Congratulations to Shannan and Fred at Course Development and to Chris Nelms and Tricia Lund, the course developers.
And for the future,
Symposium 2010 will be held in Abilene, March 12-13, at the Abilene Civic Center. Hotel arrangements have been made with MCM Elegante Suites.
This subcommittee continues to use Go To Meeting at appropriate times, and has met as part of the Education Committee at each quarterly Board Meeting.
Respectfully Submitted by: Jim Gillis, Chair
SKILLSUSA Committee Charge: Prepare, schedule and organize subcommittee meetings. Prepare and submit committee reports to the Education Committee chair in time to be included in the quarterly board books. Foster relationships with Texas Skills USA leaders to help promote the surveying profession. Communicate with any SkillsUSA high school programs and encourage new programs. Develop a basic curriculum for high school SkillsUSA Surveying Programs, emphasizing math, science and history skills as they relate to surveying. Keep the TSPS board of directors updated on the high school surveying programs and any other new Skills USA programs that may commence in Texas. Per the February 7, 2009 Motion: Keep the TSPS Board of Directors aware of the status of funding for SkillsUSA programs and the matching funds allocations. Work in conjunction with the TSPS leadership and Public Relations Committee to ensure that the student competitions and SkillsUSA/Chapter activities are publicized in the TSPS and local publications.
Respectfully submitted,
Sub-Committee Chair TRIG*STAR
This committee has not been active for
the last quarter with all of our activity occurring previously. The only news
we have to is that Anthony Pabillano was this year’s second place national
winner. NSPS would like to do the presentation a bit different this year. They
would like to arrange for Anthony and his teacher to have their prizes awarded
during the TSPS conference. Their President, John Matonich, will be attending
and he could certainly present the award along with TSPS. Since I will not be
continuing as committee chair I believe that the new committee chair should help
present this award and interact with the national level people. UNIVERSITY ADVISORY
The third annual High School Educators
Retreat, held this year at LSC-Montgomery seemed to be a smashing success. We
have received some very positive feedback from a number of the attendees and I
have received several contacts from teachers who heard about the retreat too
late to sign up this year inquiring whether there will be another one in the
future. We had a total of 38 high school teachers attend this year’s retreat
and we had another 12 teachers on the waiting list in case any of the first 38
was unable to attend. This gives us a starting point for possible attendees for
next year.
I was very surprised by the
demographics of the attendees. Of the 38 attendees, 19 were from the chapter 9
area and the remaining 19 were from other chapter areas across the state. We
had a number of attendees from as far away as Dallas, San Antonio and Corpus
Christi as well as some cities in between. The point I am making is that this
event is becoming better known and we can count on drawing attendees from larger
areas.
By the last count, we were able to
raise $11,299.31 in sponsorship money which almost covered our projected budget
of $11,928.68. Rather than recite the names of the very generous sponsors in
this report I will attach a copy of the spreadsheet to this report so that all
of the sponsors can be identified.
We will probably be selecting a site
for the 2010 High School Educators Retreat at the August meeting and at this
time it looks like that may be in the Dallas area unless another group comes
forward. I do believe that the Educators Retreat is a very valuable tool in
reaching potential land surveying students and future land surveyors through the
high school teachers that have very close contact with them at a formative stage
in their lives.
In view of my health issues that have
prevented my traveling to Austin throughout this year and my busy teaching
schedule, I believe that it would be a good thing for the upcoming President
to appoint a replacement to chair the University Advisory Committee next year.
I would like to remain on the committee, but I do not think that I will be able
to chair the committee again. Respectfully Submitted: Roger W. McDonald
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