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BPELSG Board Meeting
2023-06-08
Agenda
Meeting Materials

Chapter Meeting
2023-05-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Street Side Ale House, 6155 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA, 93422, United States
Wednesday May 24 will be the next Chapter Meeting of the CCC CLSA. (Yes, May 24 is correct. The event Calendar did have an earlier date posted however scheduling conflicts have moved the date to the 24th) The venue, Side Street Ale House in Atascadero is a new meeting location for the Chapter.

Guest Speaker will be Nate Stong from the City of San Luis Obispo Community Development Department discussing the Update of the City’s Subdivision Regulations.

Please RSVP to Chapter Vice President Jeremiah Herman at jeremiah@mbslandsurveys.com as soon as possible so that he can provide an accurate head count to the restaurant in a timely manner.

National Surveyors' Week
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-25
Proclaimed nationally by then-President Ronald Reagan on February 13, 1984, National Surveyors Week is celebrated each year starting the third Sunday in March. The purpose of the week is to educate the public about the value of land surveying through classroom contact, media, and visible public service.
There are more than 43,000 land surveyors in the United States, who are skilled or familiar with several fields: geometry, trigonometry, regression analysis, physics, engineering, meteorology, programming languages, and the law. In fact, some of the nation’s founding fathers, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were land surveyors during colonial times.
Surveying has been a part of the advancement of civilization since the beginning of recorded history, as it is necessary to plan and build most earth-bound projects. The first examples in the history of land surveying date back to the ancient Egyptians during the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza in 2700 BC. Throughout our country’s history, surveyors have been credited with developing economic plans that effectively use resources and land to help the country prosper.
While the basics of surveying have stayed the same, the tools of surveying today are much more technical than they once were. Drones and lasers have replaced much of the telescope-on-a-tripod work. Remote sensing and satellite imagery continue to improve and become cheaper, allowing more commonplace use, and there is increasing use of three-dimensional (3D) scanning.

Chapter Meeting
2023-03-15 18:00 - 20:00
The next scheduled 2023 Chapter Meeting will be in SLO at the IHOP restaurant.

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Time:

Social Time: 5:30 to 6PM
Meeting: 6PM to 8PM

Location: IHOP, 212 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA

Order off the menu

Guest Speaker: Mike Stanton will report on the survey to re-establish one of the Rancho Nipomo lines in the Suey Creek area. It will be a very interesting presentation, don’t miss it !
Your RSVP is always encouraged, please contact Jerimiah Herman at Jeremiah@mbslandsurveys.com

NGS Webinar - CORS Installation, Operation, and Maintenance
2023-03-09 12:00 - 13:00
CORS Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Best Practices
NOAA’s Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Network provides Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data to support three-dimensional positioning, meteorology, space weather, and other geophysical applications throughout the United States and many parts of the globe. Modern GNSS hardware and data processing techniques are increasingly more precise and accurate, requiring better CORS installation, operation and maintenance practices.
*Technical Content Rating: Beginner– No prior knowledge of the topic is needed.
Register Here

Fresno State Geomatics Conference
2023-01-12 - 2023-01-13 | Freso State University – Resnick Student Union, 5244 N. Jackson Ave., Fresno, CA, United States
2023_Conference_Flyer
Since 1958, Fresno State’s Geomatics Engineering Club has partnered with the surveying industry, the community, faculty and other Geomatics Engineering/Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing related businesses and agencies to host this annual celebration of the Surveying profession. By recognizing our past, present and future and connecting students to alumni, industry professionals and researchers, students will have the opportunity to discover the world of Geomatics Engineering through the eyes of the professionals.
The conference focuses on a variety of areas such as:
Land Surveying
Photogrammetry
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Nearly 20 guest speakers from industry, government and academia will speak about a variety of topics. Numerous scholarships will be awarded to Lyles College of Engineering. More than $1 million in scholarships have been awarded at this annual conference over the years. Several vendors also will be exhibiting the latest technologies in GIS, surveying and more.

Christmas Day
2022-12-25

BPELSG MEETING
2022-12-08 08:00 - 17:00 | 1625 North Market Blvd., Hearing Room #102 Sacramento, CA 95834

Thanksgiving Day
2022-11-25

GIS Day
2022-11-16

NGS Webinar
2022-11-10 11:00 - 12:30
Changes Afoot After 2022: State Plane and the Death of the U.S. Survey Foot
Presenter: Michael Dennis, PhD, Geodesist, Observation and Analysis Division, NGS
The clock is ticking. The U.S. survey foot is scheduled for deprecation on December 31, 2022, but the State Plane Coordinate System of 2022 (SPCS2022) will not be released until 2025, along with the rest of the modernized National Spatial Reference System. This webinar gives an update on the status of SPCS2022, when it will be finalized, and the role of the U.S. survey foot after 2022.

Election Day
2022-11-08 07:00 - 20:00

Chapter Meeting
2022-10-12 18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Guest Speaker: Alan Volbrecht – Topic: Traveling the Balkans
This is going to be an In-Person and Zoom Meeting
In Person

Laguna Grill 11560 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo Map
Order off the Menu You will manage your own order and bill
We will be in the side room

Zoom

The Zoom meeting link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86931691986?pwd=[REDACTED]
Please be patient with this as this is the first time the Chapter has tried a in-person and Zoom

Social Hour 5:30 to 6:00pm (For in-person)
Dinner and Meeting : 6:00 PM

GPS on Benchmarks Campaign - Fall 2022
2022-10-01 08:00 - 17:00
GPS On Benchmarks Campaign No. 2 is coming!
Saturday October 1, 2022
This is day 2 of the Fall Campaign
For more information on the GPS on Benchmark campaign see Parallax – GPS on Benchmark

GPS on Benchmarks Campaign - Fall 2022
2022-09-24 08:00 - 17:00
GPS On Benchmarks Campaign No. 2 is coming!
Saturday September 24, 2022
This is day 1 of the Fall Campaign
For more information on the GPS on Benchmark campaign see Parallax – GPS on Benchmark

Chapter Meeting
2022-09-14 18:00 - 20:00 | ZOOM
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Business meeting only – No speaker
Zoom Meeting – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82021667786?pwd=[REDACTED]
Time: 6:00 PM

NGS Webinar - GNSS Orbit Determination
2022-09-08 11:00 - 12:00 | World Wide Web
GNSS Orbit Determination
Presenter: Dr Josh Jones, Geodetic Orbiteer, Continuously Operating Reference Station Branch,NGS
GPS/GNSS (Global Positioning System/ Global Navigation Satellite System) is a critical tool used for a variety of jobs worldwide. This talk will introduce these systems and the satellite orbit products, a crucial component of these systems, from the NGS (National Geodetic Survey).
