The LSAW Board of Directors met in Wenatchee on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Below are the highlights from the meeting and reports included in the agenda.

• LSAW was well represented at the NSPS Spring Meetings and Day on the Hill in D.C.

• President Tony Chenier attended the 2023 Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association Conference at Lake Louise.

• LSAW is sending several representatives to the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) 2023 Working Week in Orlando, FL.

• The 2023 Conference was a great success. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the Conference were distributed among the Chapters.

• As approved by the Board of Directors, the LSAW website received two new upgrades. The first improvement is to the Find a Surveyor (FAS) search engine which now allows the public to search by county served. Licensed members in private practice can now update their FAS profile to include all the counties in which they provide services. The second change is to the member profile area which now also includes a field for your legislative district. This will help future legislative efforts.

• The updated LSAW Common Law Book update is being prepped for publication and will be available for purchase soon. An introductory rate has been approved by the Board.

• The Deputy Director for the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is retiring. Anyone interested in that position should reach out to Executive Director Ken Fuller.

• A position for LS Member of the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors will be opening when Jim Wengler completes his term in 2024. Those considering applying for the position that would like an endorsement from LSAW should contact the LSAW Executive Office prior to our July 15^th.

•  Bruce Dodds will be leaving the DNR Survey Advisory Board and there is a current effort to find his replacement. This position requires both PLS and PE licensure.

• Future Meeting Dates:
• Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 5 PM – Zoom Video Conference 
•  Friday/Saturday, November 3-4, 2023 – Fall Workshop & Board Meeting at Clark College in Vancouver

• The Walker Cup Gold Tournament will be held at  Druid’s Glen on August 25th

• The 2024 Conference will be held at the Tulalip Resort on February 28 – March 1.

•  The next issue of the Evergreen State Surveyor is scheduled for August and will be centered around the 50^th anniversary of the Surveyor Recording Act.

• The Board discussed ways to increase the value of membership through new and existing member benefits. An ad-hoc Membership Satisfaction Committee is spearheading this effort. If there is a resource that you think LSAW can provide, please contact the LSAW Executive Office.

• LSAW is looking for a Sponsor for the Monument Preservation bill. If you know a legislator that may be willing to support the bill please reach out to Pat Beehler at pjbeehler@comcast.net.

• LSAW Members are encouraged to check out Mentoring Mondays, a free weekly virtual discussion group for the profession.

• Help build the 2022 Transformation Tool, get out, and collect GPS on benchmarks. Tom Barger is coordinating this effort for Washington State. Deadline has been extended to September 30, 2023.

ACTION ITEM: Each chapter should plan to occupy the priority bench marks in their region.

Information is located at: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GPSonBM/ 

• Make sure you are signed up for the DNR Survey Advisory Board Listserv to stay informed of current actions. https://dnr.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c02727eba32708644be290819&id=8aea9a1d67

• Be sure to subscribe to the LSAW Calendar (google calendar) or check back often as Chapter and other events are added.

LSAW COMMITTEES

Most of the Association’s activities are accomplished by its committees and, therefore, productive committees are vital to LSAW's success. Members are encouraged to participate in committees. Click here for a list of LSAW Committees and their current Chairs.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the LSAW Executive Office at (888) 994-2845.

This notice is to inform you of proposed amendments to WAC 332-120-060 & -070 and to WAC 332-130-080(3). Preproposal Statements of Inquiry, CR-101s, have been posted in the Washington State Register under WSR 23-11-070 and WSR 23-11-161.

CR-102s with the proposed amendments will be published in early August. Public hearings on the proposed changes will be held toward the end of August.

The proposed amendment to WAC 332-120-060 & -070 would eliminate the requirement for a land surveyor to file a Record of Survey upon remonumentation of monuments destroyed as a result of construction or other activities such as road resurfacing projects.  

The proposed amendment to WAC 332-130-080(3) would require that a statement be placed on recorded surveys to report the relative accuracy achieved and the method of mathematical analysis used. 

Interested parties can find out more about the decision to adopt the new rules and formulation of the proposed rules before publication by contacting Patrick J. Beehler, PLS, CFedS, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504-7030, phone 360-902-1181, fax 306-902-1778, email pat.beehler@dnr.wa.gov, website https://www.dnr.wa.gov, or David Icenhower, PLS, CFedS, 801 88th Avenue S.E., Tumwater, WA 98504-7019, phone 360-902-1197, fax 360-902-1191, email David.Icenhower@dnr.wa.gov, website https://www.dnr.wa.gov/public-land-survey-office.

Thank you,

David M. Icenhower, PLS, CFedS

Manager, Public Land Survey Office

david.icenhower@dnr.wa.gov

801 – 88th Ave. SE Tumwater, WA 98501-7019

Office 360-902-1197

Participating in career technical education (CTE) events, STEM events, and events focusing on school counselors, has proven successful. Special thanks to Trent Keenan for developing a poster that can be distributed at these events. The poster depicts the different paths to licensure and features QR codes along the path to resources such as Trig-Star, Get Kids Into Survey, Future Cities, NSPS CST, and more. If you are participating in an outreach event targeted toward counselors or CTE professionals and would like handout posters, please contact LSAW at info@LSAW.org

Each webinar features an NGS employee delving into a topic of interest, and generally includes a moderated question and answer session. These webinars are geared toward geospatial professionals as well as educators/students of geodesy and remote sensing. 

Registration is free, webinars are streamed via GoToWebinar, and video recordings are made available for later viewing.