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SOUTH PLAINS CHAPTER 1
South Plains Chapter No. 1
has had no activity the past quarter.
Submitted by:
Robby Christopher,
President
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CHAPTER 2
February 20, 2006 Dinner Meeting
The February
meeting was held at Romano's Macaroni Grill in Arlington. State President
Mickey Nowell was the guest speaker.
March 20,
2006 Dinner Meeting
The program
for the March meeting was a presentation by Col. Gordon M. Wells (retired)
on his efforts to establish and deploy a team of military and civilian
engineers to
Kuwait to help plan the
reconstruction of Iraq as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Col. Wells
had a very interesting power point presentation. We met at Risckys
Steakhouse in Fort Worth.
April 20,
2006 Dinner Meeting
In April, we went to the
Amon Carter Museum to see the Birdseye view exhibit. Afterwards we had
dinner and a short meeting at Milanos Restaurant in Fort Worth.
May 15,
2006 Dinner Meeting
The May meeting will be at
Hoffbrau Steakhouse in Halton City.
The speaker will be
Mr. Garey
Gilley, RPLS, LSLS, Director Texas Spatial Reference Center,
etc.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jerry L. Lehew
President
North Central
Texas Chapter No. 2
jlehew@ntmwd.com
FEBRUARY 2006
The Dallas Chapter had a joint
meeting with the International Right-of-way Association at the City Club of
Arlington at City Tower on February 14, 2006. Attorney Scott Moran spoke on
modern legal issues resulting from old survey techniques.
MARCH 2006
Dallas Chapter held their March
meeting at Cantina Laredo in Dallas, Texas.
APRIL 2006
The Dallas Chapter held
their meeting on Aril 22, 2006 at LONE STAR PARK, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
(HORSE RACES). There were approximately 70 members and guests present. A
special THANKS goes to Charlie Holland for organizing this event.
MAY 2006
Dallas Chapter held their May
meeting at Cantina Laredo in Dallas, Texas. Randel Dobbs, P.E., R.P.L.S.,
a Planning Officer with the North Texas Municipal Water District, was the
Guest Speaker.
The Chapter voted to send
$1,000.00 to the Surveying and Mapping Camp to be held in Tyler in June.
On May 20, 2006 the Chapter held
their annual - GOLF TOURNAMENT at the BRICK YARD in FERRIS, TEXAS organized
by Sean Flaherty of the Wallace Group. The lucky winners from about
70 golfers were Scott Posey and his team from Carter & Burgess.
Mike Bearden, RPLS
Dallas Chapter No. 5 President
DEEP EAST TEXAS CHAPTER 6
March 24, 2006
The
chapter held its first quarterly members meeting of 2006 at the Acapulco
Mexican Restaurant in Beaumont. The chapter agreed to participate in a
volunteer project to survey and prepare a site plan of the Gladys City
Boomtown Museum at Lamar University in Beaumont. The museum was heavily
damaged by Hurricane Rita and needs extensive repairs. The site plan will
be used by engineers to help develop plans for the rebuilding. Phil Pittman
with Faro was guest speaker and gave a very interesting demonstration of the
Faro laser scanner.
April 4-5, 2006
The
chapter participated in the annual Southeast Texas High School Career Fair
at the Beaumont Civic Center. Students interested in a possible career in
surveying were identified and given information on educational and career
opportunities.
April 27, 2006
The
chapter board of directors held its quarterly meeting at the Red Onion
restaurant in Lumberton to conduct chapter business.
May 6, 2006
Chapter volunteers participated in the survey and preparation of a site plan
for Gladys City Boomtown Museum in Beaumont. Phil Pittman with Faro
volunteered to bring the laser scanner and scan the entire site as well as
the interior of several buildings. Two students from Vidor High School that
expressed an interest at the Career Fair participated in this surveying
project and were mentored by chapter members.
In
other business, the chapter finalized plans for hosting its annual regional
surveyor’s seminar for August 5, 2006 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in
Beaumont. James Noble Johnson will present a seminar on legal issues.
Submitted May 15, 2006 Richard Worthey
Secretary-Treasurer
GULF COAST CHAPTER 9
ALAMO CHAPTER 11
Adrian E. Reyes, Chapter
President
February 2006 – - 20
members in attendance
The February business
meeting was held Thursday February 16th at the Hungry Horse
Restaurant at 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The Speaker was Scott McMurrian of BonnE
Commercial Real Estate Services. Mr. McMurrian presented 3 of the seven
deadly sins of commercial leasing titled “Do’s and Don’ts of Commercial
Leasing”. The presentation was informative to those within the chapter who
lease office space or who are considering it. His website is
www.bonnecrs.com. The turnout was rather light with 18 people in
attendance.
March 2006 - 28 members
in attendance
The March speaker was Pat
Smith, RPLS. His topic was Governmental Affairs at the state level. His
presentation brought on discussion regarding registering Party Chiefs with a
field registration having a similar relationship to the medical doctor and
physician’s assistant. There was an open forum on the topic.
April 2006
– 70+ members in attendance
The annual Alamo Chapter 11
golf tournament took place concurrent with the Duderstadt open
house/barbeque at the Quarry Golf Course. The tournament set a new
participant record with over 70 golfers. After the golf tournament, BBQ was
served to all attendees. The BBQ was sponsored by Duderstadt Stake Company.
March- the Chapter
displayed historical survey instruments, field books and other related items
at the Bexar County Courthouse during Surveyors Week and is still currently
on display.
April- the annual Golf
Tournament to raise monies for the Chapter’s Scholarship fund.
May- the Chapter conducted
the Trig*Star competition with over 70 participants.
February 2, 2006 -
Meeting at Carter::Burgess Office. Discussed Chapter business.
March 2, 2006-
Meeting at Carter::Burgess Office. Discussed amending the Chapter’s
guidelines for the scholarship, guest speaker itinerary, golf tournament,
and the fishing tournament.
April 6, 2006-
Meeting at Mamacita’s Restaurant. Discussed final preparations for the golf
tournament and satellite meeting location.
COASTAL BEND
CHAPTER 12
Our attendance has grown to a steady 20 to 25 people at each meeting. We
meet once per month in Corpus Christi.
We have had one
directors/officers meeting for the 1st quarter of 2006.
There is typically a
speaker from the local area. Subjects have been: safety, pipeline location,
height modernization, and others.
We agreed to request
changing Aransas County from Chapter 14 to Chapter 12. A letter will follow
to keep the process moving.
Attendance is expected to
hold steady for the remainder of the year.
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James M. Naismith, RPLS,
LSLS
Frontier Surveying
710 Buffalo St., Suite 700
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
CHAPTER 18
Minutes for: Chapter 18
quarterly meeting
Guest Speakers:
Gloria Brownell with the City of
Abilene Planning Department
Gary Gilley - Investigator for the
Texas Board of Professional Land Surveyors
Date: April
4th, 2006
Venue: Cahoot's Restaurant
Chairperson: Ray Ussery
Minutes Recorder: Toby
Coomer
Present at Meeting: Ray A.
Ussery, Gary Hudson, Terry Vines, Garey Gilley, Toby Coomer, Corey Morse,
Robert Powell, Steve Daggs, Keith Raybuck, Riley Griffith, Adam Tobar, Mike
Kszyminkski, Tino Trevino, Mark Brown, Dustin VanZandt, Jim Williams, Joe
Gryzwa, Ernie Delacruz, David Todd, Chirstopher Britton, Gary Billington
Items:
1. Financial statement presented
and acknowledged, no one contested the current statement.
2. Jim Williams still needs
suggestions for items to send to the Ray Wisdom Picnic and Auction. This
takes place on June 9th and 10th this year, so time is running out. Please
send any suggestions to
jim@williamssurveying.com
3. In the previous meeting Riley
Griffith was appointed to research and recommend the best way for Chapter 18
to contribute $1000 dollars to the surveying field preferably in the form of
one or more scholarships. Riley Griffith recommended that Texas A & M
Corpus Christi would be the best choice due to the lack of other
institutions that catered to surveying education. A Motion was carried that
two $500 dollar scholarships be awarded to upper classman in the surveying
curriculum with a minimal set of qualifications. Riley Griffith
acknowledged he would carry forward with Dr. Gary Jeffress, R.P.L.S. at
Texas A & M to work out the details.
Action Items:
1. Riley Griffith acknowledged he
would carry forward with Dr. Gary Jeffress, R.P.L.S. at Texas A & M to work
out the details of the scholarships.
Respectfully submitted,
Ray
A. Ussery
Chapter President
RIO GRANDE VALLEY
CHAPTER 19
RGV
Chapter 19 had a meeting on Tuesday May 2, 2006. Only five members attended,
our meeting was to discus a TSPS seminar for July-August and the new Board
of Directors.
CVQ Land Surveyors
Carlos Vasquez, RPLS
BRAZOS
VALLEY CHAPTER 20
Our chapter is planning
a meeting in late May or early June, depending on our speaker. We worked on
Trig-Star this year by sending out letters and visiting with teachers but
had no luck with anyone working us into their busy schedule. We are going
to try and get into the schools next year and see if the students want to
participate. If so, we may try a test taking day somewhere in our community.
We are working with members on items to be included in the Auction.
Sincerely,
Curtis Strong
NORTH EAST
TEXAS CHAPTER 23
REPORT TO THE TSPS BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
FROM CHAPTER 23 – NORTH EAST TEXAS
BOD quarterly meeting 10 June 06
Report submitted 21 May 06
Chapter 23 bi-monthly membership
meetings were held in March and May. RPLS attendance at the two meetings was
13 and 9, respectively. In addition, a Board of Directors meeting was held
in March with the full board in attendance.
Chapter meeting in March was an
afternoon get-to-gather at a city park in Mt. Pleasant. Instrument supplier
Topcon brought a number of instruments from their line and set them up in
the park for hands-on demonstration. Then Topcon personnel gave a one hour
presentation to the membership about the current technology represented by
their instruments and some information about the future of the technology.
The program was presented in conformance with new rules suggested by TBPLS
which might result in CEU’s being granted for significant chapter programs.
Chapter members fried and devoured catfish and all the trimmins. A business
meeting then was held and the following topics were discussed:
1) Chapter
should strive to increase it’s membership and participation by better
meeting the needs of the Chapter and presenting programs of significance
which might be worthy of approval by TBPLS for CEU’s.
2) The
primary purpose of Chapter 23 in presenting seminars is to provide Education
for Surveyors.
3) Progress
was noted in preparing the Chapter’s seminar in Paris, September 9 and 10.
The date, site and presenter are firmly in place. Brochure and other
promotional items are underway.
4) A
worksheet showing the Chapter’s donations over the last ten years was
presented to the membership. Donations totaling $67,625 have been made to
TSFI, SEFT, Tyler Junior College, TSPS historical display cabinets and Texas
Heritage Museum in Jefferson.
5) It
was noted that a number of members (some present) had not yet renewed their
membership by paying their dues.
Chapter 23 next met in May at
Luigi’s Italian Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant. The program was brought by
Surveyor Robert Young and was derived from his CEU approved program entitled
“Ethics and Professionalism”. Robert included PowerPoint with his talk and
the presentation was well received by the membership. A Chapter business
meeting followed with the following subjects being addressed:
1)
A nomination committee
chair was appointed.
2)
It was noted that Chapter
Board was still short one member.
3)
Chapter voted to spend $500
for items to donate to the auction at June meeting in Austin.
4)
Progress report of the
Paris seminar indicates that everything is OK and the promotional brochure
is prepared and in Austin to be included in the next Texas Surveyor.
Invitations for complimentary participation have been sent to eleven
individuals or organizations. Four adjoining states have been notified of
the seminar with requests to include the seminar on their state calendars.
End of Report
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