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 Welcome to this week's edition of the
POB eNews...
Happy National Surveyors Week! Usually, when people are celebrated for their accomplishments, they get to sit back and relax. But it doesn't work that way for surveyors during National Surveyors Week.
The purpose of Surveyors Week is to bring visibility to the profession. That means this is no time to be humble. It's time to boast, which is not hard to do. How many other professionals can say that the work they do lays the very foundation of society? How many other professionals can say they follow in the footsteps of some of America's most honored forefathers-and, I trust, foremothers?
So, I encourage you to unabashedly promote your profession this third week of March. To help, the NSPS has provided an excellent resource. The Surveyors Week Publicity Handbook (www.nspsmo.org/news_events/nat_sur_week.shtml
) contains a wealth of information on reaching out to the public with activities that will spark their interest in surveying. It also provides practical guidelines on media etiquette and how to get the media to cover your activities so that you can have an even greater impact in your community.
National Surveyors Week comes just once a year. So, consider what you can do this week to promote your profession, your fellow surveyors and the rich heritage you share.
-Wendy Lyons, Associate Editor
P.S. If you promoted the profession during National Surveyors Week, I encourage you to send me an e-mail detailing what you did so I can pass along the news.
Take a moment to vote in our Quick Poll at www.pobonline.com. This month, we want to know how endangered you feel your life has been on the job in the last year.
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 AEC Store's Newest Addition:
Basic Level and Transit Operation - DVD
On this DVD, you will learn how to set up a transit, read the circle arc and vernier, use a leveling rod and target, perform basic stadia surveying, execute right-angle layouts, level a pad on a hillside or slope, figure elevations, layout a building, square corners using the diagonal and 3-4-5 rules. Approximate time: 2 hours. Retail Price: $79.95.
CLICK HERE to order, or visit AECstore.com to view our entire line of surveying products.
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April 4
Leica high definition surveying demo
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
www.avat.com/web/leicademo
April 8-12
2008 CELSOC Annual Conference
Incline Village/Lake Tahoe, Nev.
www.celsoc.org/news.asp?nid=53
April 11
VSLS Spring Seminar 2008
Rutland, Vt.
www.vsls.org/events.html
April 14-15
Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference
Lexington, Ky.
www.carlsonsw.com/CarlsonConferenceHome.html
April 16-19
2008 LSPS Annual Convention
Natchitoches, La.
www.lsps.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
For a more comprehensive list of events, visit POB's Calendar of Events.
Want your event highlighted here? Send an e-mail with the date, location and sponsor organization of the event, as well as the name, address and phone number of a contact person to lyonsw@bnpmedia.com.April 14-15Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference Lexington, Ky. www.carlsonsw.com/CarlsonConferenceHome.html |
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$40,000 Virgin Islands Survey/Engineering firm seeks Field/Office Surveyor for one year contract. Must be experienced in road construction and earthwork calculations. Salary $30,000 plus $10,000 at end of one year. Must be available immediately. Please e-mail résumé to
stxsurvey@gmail.com
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Problem: Land Boundary Law: Easements
Which of the following elements is not required of a claimant to title by adverse possession?
(A) hostility
(B) open and notorious possession
(C) possession for the statutory period
(D) color of title
Joke of the Week: An Irish Joke in Honor of St. Patrick's Day
Two Irishmen, Patrick Murphy and Shawn O'Brian, grew up together and were lifelong friends. But alas ...
Cool Link of the Week: Imago Mundi London
Visit this Web site of a gallery in London, England, that specializes in the sale of terrestrial and celestial maps dating from the 15th to 19th centuries.
Click to POB's Fun & Games page to access the rest of this week's problem, the cool link and the jokes. |
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Search for 1st Charles Courthouse Nears a Verdict
After years of frustration and failed attempts, a land surveyor is enlisted to help a historian find the first Charles County courthouse in Maryland dating all the way back to 1674.
The scandal in Boulder that won't go away
A trail dubbed "Edie's Path," is key to a lawsuit seeking to take possession of a $1.2 million parcel in Colorado, but the surveyor now says he never observed such a path and was pressured into drawing it on his survey. | |
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