2011 Officers. April 2011

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1 2011 Officers Chapter President Wm. T. Smith, PLS President Elect Peter G. Wiseman, PLS Secretary Ryan M. Versteeg, PLS Treasurer Ryan Hunsicker, PLS Immediate Past President Delia K. Smith, PLS Education Liaison Bill Hofferber, PLS Monthly Newsletter To subscribe, unsubscribe or add other interested individuals or companies to the distribution list please send a request via to rversteeg@deainc.com include contact name & Our Mailing Address Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter of CLSA P.O. Box 523 Moreno Valley, CA Calendar & Events Next Chapter Meetings April 21 Title Insurance Q & A May 20 - New 2009 BLM Manual See Meeting Schedule on Pg. 18 Our Website Address State Assoc. Website Address Chapter Membership Renewals for 2011 were due January 1!!! Chapter Membership = Representation at the State Level Pay your 2011 Dues at the April 21st meeting! Dinner Meeting: April 21, 2011 (see page 12) Speaker: Kent Koepsell & Danielle Gonzalez from Lawyers Title Company Topic: Title Insurance Q & A Bass Pro Shop, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Bill Young Memorial Golf Tournament May 20th, Links at Summerly, Lake Elsinore, CA See Page 13 for details on how to sign up!

2 Table of Contents Page 2 Table of Contents...Page 2 Announcements....Page 3 More Announcements.....Page 4 President s Message Page Trig*Star Event...Page 6 Chapter Committees.... Page 7 Advertising Section.....Page 8 & 9 RSB Chapter 2011 Membership Application..Page 10 CLSA State Announcements... Page 11 Dinner Meeting Details..... Page 12 Golf Tournament information Page 13 Bill Young Remembered.. Page Proposed Dinner Meeting and Special Events Schedule. Page 15 Other Announcements.....Page 16

3 Announcements... Page 3 Future Meetings: April 21 Kent Koepsell & Danielle Gonzalez, Lawyers Title Company, Title Insurance Q&A Rancho Cucamonga, CA May 19 Lance Bishop, BLM, New 2009 BLM Manual, - Corona, CA Announcements: Our local chapter board meetings are generally on the second Saturday following the dinner meeting. Our local chapter monthly dinner meetings are generally on the third Thursday of each month. If you know of any restaurants in your area that would allow us to hold our chapter meetings and can accommodate up to 50 people (more or less) please contact a Chapter Representative. Monthly Newsletters: State Members: Articles are encouraged for publication in the newsletter. Send reports and articles to rversteeg@deainc.com by the first of the month. Remember to visit our state CLSA website at and log in to get important information available only to members. Advertising for you & your firm (Ad fees are due January 1 of each year). Full page ad for one year in our newsletter is $ Half page ad for one year in our newsletter is $ Business card size ad for one year in our newsletter is $ Employment offers are free for one month Riverside County Scanned Images (See New Hard Drive Requirement) Available FREE for the time being...could change anytime. Drop off a minimum 150GB portable hard drive and pickup in a day or two. Questions, contact the Riverside County Surveyor s Office. Riverside County Updated Preparation Manual Is available for viewing and downloading from the County website at Use this as a guide for preparing Tact Maps, Parcel Maps, Records of Survey, and Corner Records. San Bernardino County Research Website The public Internet website is up and running at the San Bernardino Surveyor s Office. You will need to set up an account in order to purchase images from the website. Send an to surveymaporders@dpw.sbcounty.gov to request an account or details.

4 .More Announcements Page 4 Send Me Your Articles, Opinions, Interesting Links, Pictures, Employment Opportunities, Etc. for publication in the newsletter. Send to rversteeg@deainc.com by the first of each month. Interesting Links ALTA/ACSM Standarnds effective February 23, Public Land Survey System Foundation (PLSSF) 2009 Manual of Survey Instructions - Ordering and Information Page - Government info on 2009 Manual - Federal Land Records Word of the Month Boustrophedon (\bü-strə-fē-dän\) From Greek, ox-turning or turning like oxen in plowing. Mainly, it is a type of bi-directional text, usually in ancient manuscripts. Every other line is reversed with reversed letters. When reading boustrophedon text, you would read left-to-right on one line and the next line you would read right-toleft. To relate this to surveying you need to look no further than the Public Lands System and the method used to number the sections. (click to see Wikipedia for more information) Check Out The New Page on the RSB Website Archives First entry is an Adobe PDF document submitted by Dana Robie. It is a syllabus prepared by none other than William C. Wattles, circa 1943 for what was then known as the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways. If you have documents, field notes, pictures, maps, etc. that you feel have historical significance, are important, know they should be kept but have no where to put them, or are just really cool that you would like to share, please submit them to Ryan at rversteeg@deainc.com If you need help getting them scanned we can help with that too. Thanks Dana for getting us going CLSA Voluntary Professional Development FREE, FREE, FREE!!!! Participation is now complimentary to State Association Members Click the link to print the forms:

5 President s Message Page 5 Fellow Surveyors, Greetings, first I would like to thank all the volunteers who helped during the month of March. I am sure I speak for everyone that gave of their time and effort that it is not about the thanks and great job but about the internal reward of knowing that in some small way, a young adult has been influenced towards the profession of Land Surveying. So, for the last time, thanks and great job everyone. During the last chapter meeting the subject of a day-hike to the Initial Point was discussed and Bill Hofferber has volunteered to head this event. I believe it to be an educational and physically challenging endeavor. Most of us have never been to the initial point, we have heard of it and maybe gave reference or have seen it on some mapping project, but how did it all come to be, who where the men (sorry ladies only men in those days) that forged through the brush, climbed the mountain and set a point to be used by us. How cool is that? Physically challenging is an under statement, from what I have heard it will kick your tripod. I am training now as to not be the last one up the hill. Thanks Bill. April 21 st chapter meeting will be at the Bass Pro Shops in Rancho Cucamonga off the I-15. Just as a reminder, alcohol will only be consumed inside the restaurant bar during the social hour. There will be no alcohol in the meeting room, I am not sure of the reasoning behind that logic, but it is what it is. I hope to see you all there regardless of the rules or excuses. Until then, enjoy your month and as always Happy Surveying. Sincerely, Wm. Tim Smith, PLS Riverside/San Bernardino CLSA Chapter President

6 2011 Trig*Star Event Page 6 Our Trig*Star event, which was held on March 19 at Mount San Jacinto College, was a huge success. Attached are links to a couple of articles about the event: Press-Enterprise students participated from 18 different schools, including a small group of middle school students. Monetary awards were given by the Chapter for Overall First Place ($200), Overall Second Place ($100) and First Place from each school ($50). The overall winner was Joshua Lopez from Hemet High School with a perfect 100%. The second place winner had a 95% and finished in about 31 minutes. Time was kept during the exam to determine a tie-breaker if necessary. The even was organized by our Trig*Star committee (Tim Rayburn, David McMillan and Brian Hess) along with Lori Benson from MSJC. Lori and the school really came through for us and helped us obtain lunches for the students and volunteers and sent information to every school in the surrounding area. Great job done by everyone. There were several challenges for the students to compete in (pacing distances, area calculation and the height of the flagpole). ESRI donated some prizes for winners in these competitions. CLSA members also volunteered to help proctor the exam: Bill & Elena Hofferber Tim Smith Peter Wiseman Dee Smith Ed Hunt James Fivash David Eickhoff Rich Ray Fred Youna Ryan Versteeg Thanks to all the participants and other volunteers that made this day a huge success!

7 2011 Committee Roster Sign up, Get Involved! Page 7

8 ADVERTISING SECTION Thank you for your support! Page 8

9 ADVERTISING SECTION Thank you for your support! Page 9

10 2011 Membership Application Memberships now Due and Payable Page 10

11 CLSA State Announcements Page 11 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! CLSA-NALS CONFERENCE 2012 March 23-28, 2012 Silver Legacy Resort & Casino Reno, Nevada (more details to follow later)

12 April Dinner Meeting Location Page 12 Bass Pro Shops 7777 Victoria Gardens Lane Rancho Cucamonga, CA Please RSVP to Ryan Versteeg at By Monday, April 18, 3 PM $25 per person ($65 per person w/ paid corporate Membership) Late RSVPs cannot be guaranteed a meal. RSVP No-shows and Cancellations after April 18 will be billed!!! Speaker: Kent Koepsell & Danielle Gonzalez (Lawyers Title Company) Topic: Title Insurance Q & A For more information about the Bass Pro Shops, click the link below to visit their website: Bass Pro Shops Time: 5:30 PM for Social Networking 6:30 PM for Business meeting 7:00 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Speaker For this meeting, alcoholic beverages may only be consumed in the restaurant bar, not in the meeting room. BASS PRO SHOPS N W

13 2011 Bill Young Memorial Scholarphip Golf Tournament Page 13

14 Bill Young Remembered Page 14

15 2011 Dinner Meeting Schedule Page 15 Month Theme Speaker Topic Location Date January Past Presidents/ Committees None Committee Signups San Bernardino Mexico Café 1/20 February Desert Chapter Joint Mtg. Jay Seymour New ALTA Standards Morongo Casino 2/17 March NAWIC Joint Meeting TBD TBD March Air Field Museum 3/16 April TBD Title Insurance Rancho Cucamonga, Bass Pro 4/21 May Scholorship Fundraiser Lance Bishop New BLM Manual Corona/Taps 5/19 June President-Elect Night Frank Lehman 2012 CLSA Goals Pomona Mining Company?? *TBD* July Local Government - Riv Supervisor Riverside 7/21 August Local Government - SB Supervisor San Bernardino 8/18 September Fed Government Darryl Issa House Legislation Temecula/Guadalahara 9/15 October Mike Duffy Surveying in the Desert Corona/Taps 10/20 November Trig-Star Fundraiser None Walk-a-Thon Yucaipa Regional Park 11/12 December Christmas Party President Year in Review/New Officers TBD *TBD* Note: Dates, topics and speakers are subject to change and we will notify if that happens Special Events Schedule Special Event Date Presenter State Board Meeting 2/12/2011 CLSA CLSA/NALS Conference 3/5 3/9/2011 CLSA Trig-Star Event 3/19/2011 RSB Chapter State Board Meeting 4/30/2011 CLSA Golf Tournament 5/20/2011 RSB Chapter ACSM/ALTA Seminar 6/24/2011 Jay Seymour State Board Meeting 7/30/2011 CLSA ESRI GIS Seminar TBD RSB Chapter State Board Meeting 11/5/2011 CLSA Walk-a-Thon 11/12/11 RSB Chapter Christmas Party TBD RSB Chapter

16 Other Announcements Page 16 Coming Very Soon to our Website!!!! Credit Card Payments You will be able to pay for and RSVP for: Dinner Meetings Membership Golf Tournament Registration Local Chapter Seminars Local Chapter Scholarship Donations any business you have with the Chapter All from the comfort of your computer. A small fee (amount to be determined) will be added to cover the expenses incurred by the Chapter related to having this convenience available on our site. Additional details to follow!!