The Future of Surveying…You! Registration remains open until January 31 for the 2nd FIG Young Surveyors North American Meeting. Being held in conjunction with and generously hosted by the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) the meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Minneapolis, MN. As an added benefit, young surveyors attending the meeting can attend the MSPS Annual Conference (February 11-12) at no charge (non-MSPS members only).

Registration form and more details at: https://goo.gl/IbvayI

Program - 2nd FIG Young Surveyors North American Meeting

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A letter to the Membership from NSPS President Jon Warren

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NSPS Welcomes Sustaining Members

NSPS recently reorganized its Sustaining Member program, and is proud to announce that we have recently received commitments from Culpepper and Terpening, Inc., Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors, headquartered in Fort Pierce, Florida, and Schonstedt Instrument Company located in Kearneysville, West Virginia and Berntsen International located in Madison, Wisconsin. NSPS very much appreciates the support of these three companies, and looks forward to working with them in furthering the success of the surveying profession.

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Getting to know your 2015-2016 NSPS Leadership Team

The recently installed officers of NSPS will serve from April 2015 until the date of the 2016 NSPS general membership meeting. This year’s leaders come from a variety of backgrounds in the surveying profession, and are indicative of the diversity of the NSPS membership in general, as have NSPS leaders since the organization’s beginnings in 1980. All are licensed professional surveyors with extensive experience in NSPS, either as NSPS Governors, Directors, or Officers.

President Jon Warren has a diverse background encompassing both the private and the public sectors. He currently serves as Land Survey Division Manager for the City of Bellevue, WA. Formerly, Jon has served as Snohomish County (WA) Surveyor, as Survey Business Line Manager for WH Pacific, and as Senior Associate and Puget Sound Region Survey Manager for David Evans and Associates, Inc.

Check out interview with new NSPS President Jon Warren as he looks ahead at the society's year during his term of office.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIBnSfvimA

President-Elect Tony Cavell also has experience in both the private and public sectors, having worked in construction surveying, offshore, and has expertise in GNSS applications for surveying. Working with LSU, he was a manager for C4G, and helped establish CORS and develop GULFnet RTN for Louisiana. Tony is one of the initial Certified Federal Surveyors (CFedS) and has served as a Director for the Public Lands Survey System Foundation (PLSSF).

Vice President Jan Fokens has owned Fokens Enterprises (a private practice land surveying/consulting firm in MI), served as a Business Consultant for the Michigan Small Business Technology Development Center at Mid-Michigan Community College, and as a Peer Review Consultant for Isabella and Gladwin Counties, MI Remonumentation Program. He is the Chairman of the City of Mt. Pleasant, MI Zoning Board of Appeals.

Treasurer Robert (Bob) Miller is Director of Land Surveying for Horizon Engineering, LLC in Pennsylvania where he is actively involved in project management and survey activities, including plan generation, field and office scheduling, and marketing. He also has served as an expert witness in numerous court proceedings. For the last 18 years he has been teaching workshops in Basic and Applied Survey Mathematics, Construction Surveying, Writing Legal Descriptions, and Boundary Survey Law.

Secretary Tim Burch has over 30 years’ experience, and is currently the Survey Department Manager for Chastain & Associates (IL) where his duties include establishing new markets and clients, and mentoring of surveying staff. In 2013 he participated in the Illinois Boundary Law book project written by Jeff Lucas. The publication was organized by the Northeast Chapter, and published by the IPLSA for its members. Tim also has been a contributor to the Illinois Surveyor newsletter.

Past President Pat Smith will continue as a member of the NSPS Executive Committee for 2014-2015 where he will share the expertise he gained serving as the 2013-2014 NSPS President. Pat is Senior Staff Surveyor at Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (SAM Inc.) in Austin, TX.

The NSPS Executive Committee is comprised of its officers along with four members of its Board of Directors (representatives from the respective state surveying societies). The four Directors serving on the NSPS Executive Committee for 2015 are: David Holland (VA); Mike Maxwell (FL); Rick Howard (CT); Bob Akins (OH).

Summary of NSPS Meeting during the NSPS/MAPPS Geospatial Conference, April 13-16, 2015

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NSPS Radio Hour — Every Monday, 11 a.m. EDT - Click Here to Listen

If you are unable to listen to the show when it is being broadcasted, listen to the archive of the show. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.

During the show, listen for the "key question" and be the first to email the correct answer to win a $50 gift certificate from our sponsor, Parker Davis Quik Stakes. No purchase is required to receive the gift certificate. Winners limited to once every three months.

Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative

Now in its eighth year, the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative has provided 477 donated magnetic locators to United Nations-supported humanitarian demining teams operating in 27 countries.

Each unit purchased for donation to this cause is matched one-for-one by the company and sent, according to UN priorities, to where they are most needed in the world… and where humanitarian demining would not otherwise be possible.

Schonstedt is inviting NSPS members and state affiliates to learn more and to participate in the program. A 4-minute video captures the essence of the initiative while a brochure specific to NSPS provides details.

For further information, please contact Bob Ebberson, Program Manager at [email protected] or (304) 724-4754.