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NSPS
The election of the NSPS President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director-at-Large will begin on December 1 and end on December 21, 2016. It will again be conducted electronically. Members will use an email message they receive from the electronic voting service to access information about candidates, and then vote.
NSPS members for whom NSPS has no email address will receive the ballot via the postal service at the address currently contained in the NSPS member database.
If you do not receive a ballot via email please contact Trish (trisha.milburn@nsps.us.com) for your voter ID and link to vote.
Also on the ballot is a proposed Bylaws amendment regarding the terms of office for NSPS officers. Specifically, the amendment would, in future elections, result in a four-year commitment as an officer, beginning as Vice President and ending after a term as Immediate Past President. The result would be that once elected Vice President, one would automatically accede through the offices of President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President.
Due to unforeseen circumstances related to health, one of the original four (4) candidates for Vice President in this election is not able to continue to compete for that office. Accordingly, there will now be only three (3) Vice Presidential candidates. The electronic ballot will not only include biographical information for all candidates, but will also include for the Vice Presidential candidates their respective responses to three specific questions posed to them. Prior to the election, information about the candidates can be viewed on the NSPS website.
Note that the candidates running for President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director-at-Large are running unopposed; however, members are allowed to vote for "write-in" candidates.
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In response a request from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, dated October 16, 2015, the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Alaska DNR-BLM DPPS Ad Hoc Committee has completed its work and submitted its report. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) official response, which was originally intended to be included as an appendix in this report, will to be submitted separately by NGS.
NSPS
In a major legislative victory for NSPS, two significant legislative priorities in Congress are closer to becoming law following action this week in the U.S. Senate. On Monday, the Digital Coast Act of 2015, S. 2325, passed the Senate by Unanimous Consent. Also on Monday, the Hydrographic Services Improvements Act (HSIA) which is Section 301 of S. 2206 was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, setting up full Senate action in the coming days. The next step for the Digital Coast bill in the U.S. House of Representatives includes the possibility of passing the bill under “suspension”, a process reserved for non-controversial legislation, prior to sending to the White House for the Presidential signature. Both bills were championed by NSPS members during "Lobby Day" in Congress in earlier this Congress.
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The Congressional Budget Office recently published updates on FY 2016 discretionary appropriations for the House and Senate. The comparisons for each of the 12 Federal spending bills cover the funding for Federal agencies including NOAA, USGS, BLM, FEMA, USACE, FAA, among others.
NSPS
NSPS lobbyist John "JB" Byrd recently met with Dr. Roger Marshall (R), a Representative-Elect from Kansas' 1st District, an open seat currently held by Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R), who is retiring. Dr. Marshall will bring more than medical experience to Congress. He served seven years in the Army Reserves, is a board member a community bank, and has served as Commissioner of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
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Ben Petersen, PLS, Licensed Professional Land Surveyor in the state of Washington, will join host Curt Sumner to follow up on further aspects of "The History of Tunnels and Tunnel Surveying" that were mentioned during his appearance on the show in October.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
The American Surveyor
In certain areas of the country, the surveyors who were finding the original GLO monuments while retracing the government-established section lines had difficulty understanding why many lines were crooked. Other lines between the monuments had unusually long and short half miles. During their retracement, measuring on line and an equal distance between section corners would not always guarantee that the needed quarter corner would be found.
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No matter what the future holds, prepare to meet challenges head on. Future-proof your resume by becoming a Certified Survey Technician (CST). This unique four-level certification program indicates official recognition by NSPS that a person can perform surveying tasks at a specific technical level.
Show what you can do! Decide between the field or office track. Visit www.nsps.us.com for details.
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GPS World
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Despite its recent anomaly, the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket, Elon Musk's SpaceX still landed a deal with NASA to launch an innovative Ocean-Surveying satellite. This means SpaceX is still one of the top commercial space flight service companies out there.
The project is under NASA's Earth science satellite program that is expected to launch within the next five years.
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