Institutional Afftliatie of Kmerican 6ongress on Surveying and ... - CLSA
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President's Message<br />
As 1986 begins, I look forward to<br />
the challenges <strong>and</strong> opportunities as<br />
President <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>CLSA</strong> this next year.<br />
The Vice President—Louis E. Rutledge,<br />
Secretary—Susan Jensen,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Treasurer—Paul Cuomo, are all<br />
dedicated <strong>and</strong> hard working as<br />
dem<strong>on</strong>strated by their past services.<br />
Our commitment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> working<br />
together al<strong>on</strong>g with improving communicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
with the membership<br />
wiU prove beneficial to all.<br />
My involvement in surveying over<br />
the last few decades has been related<br />
to l<strong>and</strong> development. I know<br />
many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> our members are also in private<br />
practice, some are owners <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
their own businesses, while many<br />
others are working for government<br />
agencies. In whatever job area we<br />
are in, I believe our members look<br />
forward to improving the practice <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
surveying <strong>and</strong> the surveyor's pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
image. How can we as a<br />
pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al organizati<strong>on</strong> do this?<br />
Improving our educati<strong>on</strong>al opportunities,<br />
working <strong>on</strong> legislati<strong>on</strong> to<br />
improve our services, working with<br />
government agencies to provide tomorrow's<br />
housing <strong>and</strong> improving<br />
our pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al level, I beUeve will<br />
be the central stream <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>CLSA</strong>'s efforts.<br />
Two legal seminars were held last<br />
year, <strong>on</strong>e in Los Angeles <strong>and</strong> the<br />
other in San Francisco. Many<br />
members took advantage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
seminars. This is a start in a program<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tinuing seminars<br />
throughout the year <strong>on</strong> a variety <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
subjects. These seminars, we hope,<br />
can be given in several locati<strong>on</strong>s to<br />
make it easier for more members to<br />
attend.<br />
Another area <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> great importance<br />
is legislati<strong>on</strong>. Last year the implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> S.B. 1837, requiring<br />
Records <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Surveys or Comer<br />
Records being filed was an example<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> legislative impact. This legislati<strong>on</strong><br />
is certainly yielding more<br />
records <strong>on</strong> surveys <strong>and</strong> the sharing<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> survey informati<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g our<br />
survey community. The legislati<strong>on</strong><br />
this year being sp<strong>on</strong>sored by <strong>CLSA</strong><br />
deals with the State Plane Coordinates.<br />
Presently most l<strong>and</strong> lines<br />
are not tied together in a system<br />
that can be used in a data base. To<br />
plug in a coordinate for retrieval <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
all survey maps, m<strong>on</strong>ument informati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
easements <strong>and</strong> utilities<br />
witliin a given distance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> that<br />
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point, could be very beneficial to our<br />
pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>. We will have to see how<br />
that legislati<strong>on</strong> develops.<br />
More work will have to be d<strong>on</strong>e by<br />
government <strong>and</strong> private practice<br />
working together to develop an infrastructure<br />
to provide services for<br />
new homes. Some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong>s will have to get<br />
their members to deal with the problems<br />
<strong>and</strong> provide assistance to government<br />
in this planning. The installati<strong>on</strong><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these water lines, sewer<br />
hues <strong>and</strong> street improvements will<br />
provide design <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
survey work. Without the infrastructure<br />
improvements, future<br />
housing projects will not develop,<br />
which would affect the pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>'s<br />
future work load.<br />
One other important area <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>cern<br />
must be that <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> being pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al.<br />
Educating our members to<br />
be more sophisticated in dealing<br />
with their clients <strong>and</strong> associates in<br />
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the business world. Helping to<br />
develop guidelines for c<strong>on</strong>tract^^<br />
billings <strong>and</strong> communicati<strong>on</strong>s wit^B<br />
other pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>als will be <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> benefit<br />
to the pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
It is my desire that our committees<br />
become more efficient <strong>and</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>d<br />
to the membership needs. I<br />
beUeve improving our communicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
in both directi<strong>on</strong>s will help.<br />
The committees need to know your<br />
needs <strong>and</strong> then resp<strong>on</strong>d quickly.<br />
Legislati<strong>on</strong>, however, will be an<br />
item that does take time <strong>and</strong> a lot <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
effort.<br />
Communicati<strong>on</strong> with the membership<br />
will receive additi<strong>on</strong>al effort<br />
this year. The last few years have<br />
seen The California Surveyor grow<br />
in size <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tent. We have many<br />
fine articles that speak to the issues<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> today. We need to thank the<br />
editor <strong>and</strong> staff for providing such a<br />
fine forum for communicati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Last year we started pubUshing a<br />
newsletter. It is proposed to be pub-<br />
Hshed every two m<strong>on</strong>ths. The c<strong>on</strong>tent<br />
is planned to keep <strong>CLSA</strong> members<br />
up to date <strong>on</strong> what is happening<br />
throughout the state. We wiU^^<br />
need the local chapters to forward t9^t<br />
<strong>CLSA</strong> Central Office informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong><br />
what is happening in their area.<br />
In closing, I look forward to<br />
<strong>CLSA</strong> growing in membership this<br />
next year <strong>and</strong> improving communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
with the Surveyors <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> CaUfornia.<br />
I enjoyed seeing every<strong>on</strong>e at the<br />
20th Anniversary C<strong>on</strong>ference held<br />
in Sacramento during February.<br />
Richard P. Siegmund, L.S.<br />
President<br />
Left to Right: Louis E. Rutledge, Richard P. Siegmund, Susan A. Jensen,<br />
Paul A. Cuomo, Michael R. McGee