Chapter Meeting - August 15, 2023

Speaker

This month, we are excited to welcome special guests to discuss Project Nexus, a pilot initiative by the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) that aims to determine the viability and benefits of the installation of solar panel canopies over irrigation canals. Our esteemed guests will be Josh Weimer, the Manager of the External Affairs Department, and Tristan Higgins, the Right of Way Manager.

TID has partnered with the California Department of Water Resources, Solar AquaGrid, and UC Merced, for this project. 

For more details about the project, please visit TID's Project Nexus page.

This will be a hybrid meeting, use the link below to register/join via zoom. It will be on the third Tuesday of the month, which is August 15 at 6 pm.

Meeting Details:

Time: August 15, 2023 at 6:00 pm

Physical Location: Sequoia Brewing, 1188 E Champlain Dr Suite 107, Fresno, CA 93720

Virtual Location: Register below

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctc-Crpz4jHdLImwzQ-lkEqyQh6dRXR3vG

Membership

Please support the organization by paying your chapter & state MEMBERSHIP DUES. You can now pay online https://sjv-clsa.square.site/

Chapter's April Meeting

 

This month we will have a business meeting with our hybrid option, use link below to register/join via zoom.

Date:   April 18

Time:  6:00 pm

Physical Location: Sequoia Brewing, 1188 E Champlain Dr Suite 107, Fresno, CA 93720

Virtual meeting register: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctc-Crpz4jHdLImwzQ-lkEqyQh6dRXR3vG

Always Learning

2023 LS Exam Review (FREE*)

*The cost is FREE, but we please ask for any amount of donation. To sign-up and receive the virtual meeting link without a donation, please choose $0.00 and proceed through checkout. The donated money goes directly into programs like this LS Review, local college survey courses and yearly education scholarships to surveying students.

Review hosted in person at Caltrans District 11 in San Diego and also via Virtual platform.

Caltrans District Office: 4050 Taylor St, San Diego, CA 92110

 Questions? Please e-mail Secretary@SD-Surveyors.org 

 Schedule and Presenters are subject to change:

•             4/6 - 6:30-9pm - Review / Mock Exam – TBD

 See link for more info <https://bit.ly/SanDiegoCLSA>

  Always Learning

Central Valley Chapter – CST/LSIT Review

Our April 2023 regular meeting will be held via Zoom. This is a regular meeting with a speaker. No chapter business will be handled at this meeting.

 Here is the Zoom meeting ID and the password for the meeting:

Meeting ID: 875 7822 3571

Passcode: 121212

 The meeting will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 12:00 PM.

During this regular meeting we will review sample questions to prepare people for the CST and LSIT exams. Please contact Landon by e-mail with any questions. <landon.blake@redefinedhorizons.com>

 See link for more info <https://californiacentralvalleysurveyors.org/meetings-and-events/>

 

Outdoor Activities

2023 Joint (Lyles College/ASCE) Golf Tournament on May 5, 2023 at Dragonfly Golf Club

See flyer for details or link here

<http://www.fresnoymf.org/golf-tournament.html>

<https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1692/GID2/blank.aspx?sid=1692&gid=2&pgid=2384&cid=4559>

Outreach

2023 Volunteer Recruitment for Physics, Science & Math Days on April 28; May 5, 12, 19 2023 at California’s Great America

Greetings Dr. Peterson and colleagues,

 I am the immediate past president of the Santa Clara San Mateo chapter of CLSA.

Later this spring, we will be volunteering at Physics, Science, and Math Days at California’s Great America.

The event takes place on Fridays: April 28, May 5, May 12, and May 19, 2023.

We are looking for four teams of four volunteers, one for each of the dates.

Our chapter is happy to sponsor a carload of Fresno State students in order to help with gas and other travel costs.

Please share this information with all of your chapter members, and with all current surveying students at Fresno State.

Anyone with questions is welcome to contact me.

Contact Theo Martinez if you’re interested <theo@uandr.com>.

Newsletter

CLSA eNews – March Edition

IN THIS ISSUE...

• A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
• CLSA/NALS CONFERENCE 2023
• CLSA LOSES FRIENDS
• NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK
• WHERE IN CA IS THIS?
• CALL FOR 2023 NCEES SURVEYING EDUCATION AWARD ENTRIES
• GPS on Benchmarks update for California March 2023
• CLSA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
• 2023 WOMEN SURVEYORS SUMMIT
• LAND SURVEY EXAM REVIEW BY CLSA SAN DIEGO CHAPTER
• PHYSICS SCIENCE & MATH DAYS
• Help Shape the Future of Land Surveying by Educating Our Future Surveyors
• IN THE NEWS

See link for newsletter <https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Your-March-CLSA-eNews-is-here-.html?soid=1122348466678&aid=Kw5_4m_tbXs>

Newsletter

NSPS News & Views – March 30

Highlights include:

• The NSPS Political Action Committee (PAC) is looking for Sponsors, Golfers, and Cornhole players
• National Geodetic Survey's special NGS DAY at FIG WORKING WEEK 2023, Wednesday, 31 May 2023
• USDOT Releases $94 Million in Smart Cities Projects
• FCC Precision Agriculture and Rural Connectivity Task Force Progresses
• Freshman Congressional Spotlight: Pennsylvania
• Positioning through walls: DHS and NASA partner on indoor positioning and location solution
• Forest Service kicks off centennial in Pleasant Twp.
• Here's how a single line cost Fort Worth $7.6 million in cost overruns on its new City Hall
• Sustainable Rainwater Treatment for the Future
• The American-Made CAP50 Drone Takes Flight
• Robust Navigation for Urban Air Mobility
• Data Sharing between Desktop and Mobile devices
• SimActive software enhances utility mapping
• Septentrio Launches Agnostic Corrections Partner Program

 

See link for newsletter <https://multibriefs.com/briefs/NSPS/NSPS033023.php>

Always Learning

Mentoring Mondays

Upcoming schedule for the next few weeks is:

 April 3^rd – Dane Courville, PLS - Survey Statistics, and... for those studying for the PS/FS & CST Exams.

April 10^th – TBD

April 17^th – Gavin Schrock, PLS - GNSS Corrections and Augmentations - Which Types Can Meet Surveyors Needs?

April 24^th – Jeff Lucas, PLS - Land Surveyor as Equity Judge

May 1^st – Dane Courville, PLS - Traverse Adjustments for those studying for the PS/FS & CST Exams.

May 8^th – Dana Robie, PLS - Legal Description writing

See link for more info <https://mentoringmondays.xyz/>

Always Learning

Wisdom Wednesdays

Upcoming schedule for the next few weeks is:

April 12^th – Round Table Discussion about Chapter 18

April 26^th – Round Table Discussion about Chapter 19 - 1st Book is finished!

See link for more info <https://wisdomwednesdays.xyz/>

Conference

Future Surveyors Foundation - 2023 Women Surveyors Summit

Oct 19-22, 2023 in Stillwater, MN

4^th Women Land Surveyors Summit

The Women Surveyors Summit, hosted by Future Surveyors

Foundation is held to support and promote diversity in the

land surveying profession. There are 8-10 PDH’s available.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact info@futuresurveyors.org

See link for more info <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-surveyors-summit-2023-registration-514952375417>

 Conference

FIG 2023 Working Week (NSPS is the Host)

May 27 - June 3, 2023

Hilton Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria, Orlando, FL

See link for more info <https://www.fig.net/fig2023/>

Educational Employment

Fresno State is looking for part time faculty – Spring 2023

Dr Peterson is looking for some part time faculty in the GME program at Fresno State Starting Spring 2023, requirement of License.

Needed Courses:

• GME 15L Elementary surveying Lab, Tuesday 2-5
• GME 16 Municipal Surveying, MWF 12-1
• GME 16L Municipal Surveying Lab ,Friday 2-5
• GME 66L AutoCAD, Tuesday and Thursday or Monday/Wednesday 6-9pm
• GME 159 subdivision Design, Tuesday or Thursday 5-7:30pm

Email and respond directly to Dr. Peterson (scpeterson@mail.fresnostate.edu)

17th Annual Joint Golf Tournament Friday May 5, 2023 (Lyles College and ASCE)

On Friday, May 5, 2023 the Lyles College of Engineering Alumni Chapter and the American Society of Civil Engineers will be holding the 17 Annual Joint Golf at the Dragonfly Golf Club.

 See flier for additional information

Tournament Fees

• $155 Each Normal Registration (Before April 1st)
• $165 Each Late Registration (After April 1st)

Registration due April 21st

Sign up Online at: http://bit.ly/3yM2Rn2

43369 Avenue 12, Madera, CA 93636

Physics, Science, & Math Days at California’s Great America - Volunteer Information (Santa Clara/San Mateo Chapter)

Physics, Science, & Math Days At California’s Great America

April 28; May 5, 12, & 19, 2023

Volunteer commitment: Approximately 8:15 AM to 3:00 PM

Please contact Theo Martinez in late March or Early April, 2023.  See flier for additional information

The Santa Clara/San Mateo Chapter of CLSA has organized interactive surveying presentations at Physics, Science, and Math Days at California’s Great America in Santa Clara since at least 2014. 

We welcome all land surveyors, land survey technicians, and land surveying students to join us in our presentations. 

Your commitment will be from approximately 8:15 AM to 3:00 PM, but the event actually goes to 5:00 PM. You are certainly welcome to continue to staff our table until 5:00 PM, but you will also have the option of enjoying Great America’s rides and other attractions between 3:00 and 5:00 PM.

We generally have a table with literature about career opportunities in land surveying. We also generally set up a robotic total station and perform continuous topographic measurements in the general vicinity of our table. We also try to set up our presentation in a location close to the teachers’ lounge. With this location, we can make contact with geometry, trigonometry, and geography teachers with the goal of visiting their classes at a later date.

Chapter's March Meeting

Topic:

Reedley College Land Surveying Programs – Certificate of Completion/Certificate of Achievement/ Associate of Science

The focus of the Land Surveying program is to provide the student with a thorough background in land surveying and mapping in addition to an introduction to the collecting, manipulating, formatting and mapping of data. A student who successfully completes the program will have the technical expertise necessary for an entry level position in the field of Land Surveying or related fields of geographic information systems specialists, architectural services, and engineering services. Land Surveyors measure and record property boundaries and the topography of the land for construction and engineering projects. Surveys are used to establish legal boundaries to prepare maps and exhibits, and write descriptions of land tracts that satisfy legal requirements. The program also assists students in preparing for the State Land Surveyor-In-Training and Land Surveyor's Exams.

Ms. Al Haider will share the status of the program, how you can assist, and answer questions.

Speaker Bio:

Rebecca Al Haider is the Coordinator of Noncredit Programs at Reedley College. In this position, she has successfully launched the college's Extended Learning program, which offers over 230 noncredit courses and programs to meet the academic, economic, and personal needs of students. Currently, she is focused on developing a Land Surveying program that will meet the needs of the industry and create opportunities for the community.

She participates in the college's shared governance by serving as faculty co-chair of the Marketing and Communication committee and secretary of Academic Senate. She graduated from Fresno State University with a B.A. and M.A. in Linguistics. In 2007, she taught EFL at South East European University in Macedonia, and in 2008 as an English Language Fellow, she taught EFL at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt

Meeting Details: 

Date: March 21, 2023 

Time: 6:00 pm 

Physical Location: Sequoia Brewing 1188 E Champlain Dr Suite 107 Fresno, CA 93720 

Virtual Location: Register at :https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctc-Crpz4jHdLImwzQ-lkEqyQh6dRXR3vG

Reedley College Stem Conference: 

https://stemconference2023.eventbrite.com/

62nd Annual Fresno State Geomatics Engineering Conference

 

62nd Annual Fresno State Geomatics Engineering Conference

Conference website

Fresno State Campus Map

Date and time: Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 12:00 PM – Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 5:00 PM PST

Where: Lynda & Stewart Resnick Student Union 5244 North Jackson Avenue Fresno, CA 93740

Have Questions? – reach out via email gmeconf.csuf@gmail.com;

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/62nd-annual-geomatics-conference-tickets-466660904327

Tentative Schedule

Chapter's October Meeting

This month speaker will be CLSA's President Elect, Kevin Hills, County Surveyor for the County of Orange. If you have any pressing questions/concerns/comments, come on by and meet our president elect. This will be a hybrid meeting, use link below to register/join via zoom. 

It will be on the third Tuesday of the month, which is October 18 at 6 pm, please support the organization by paying your chapter & state MEMBERSHIP DUES. You can now pay online https://sjv-clsa.square.site/ 

Speaker Bio:

Kevin is a professional land surveyor with more than 35 years of experience in the surveying profession. Kevin is experienced in the preparation of ALTA surveys, topographic surveys, subdivision engineering, and 3D spatial mapping for a wide range of commercial, residential and educational facilities. As County Surveyor for the County of Orange, Kevin’s team is responsible for the managing all Surveying & Mapping, GIS Services, Map Reviews and Right of Way acquisitions in support of Orange County Public Works. Kevin has a Diploma in Survey Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Science in Management and a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Meeting Details: 

Date: October 18, 2022 

Time: 6:00 pm 

Physical Location: Sequoia Brewing 1188 E Champlain Dr Suite 107 Fresno, CA 93720 

Virtual Location: Register at the link below: 

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lc-GrpjgsEtEHskxWooA09q7tR4wgnGjN

Chapter's November Meeting

The San Joaquin Valley Chapter's November meeting will be held via Zoom at Tuesday 11/16/2021 from 6pm to 9pm.

Please register for the meeting at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvc-GvrTotHNLHKxN4EVo6cgYO1tHELGeg