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Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado (PLSC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of land surveying education and practice.

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Award winners!

NSPS (National Society of Professional Surveyors) has recently announced the winners of the NSPS "Excellence in Journalism" contest. The PLSC was acknowledged with two awards. Side Shots was honored with a shared Second Place for Professional Magazine. The PLSC web site was acknowledged as the Best Website. A link to the full awards will be posted when it is available. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributes time, energy, and talent to these publications!

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House Bill 10-1085 signed by Gov. Ritter

Governor Ritter signing House Bill 10-1085. It was signed on April 15th, 2010. HB10-1085 puts in place a number of changes that may affect you or your employees:

1. It requires the Board specify appropriate surveying course work through the rulemaking process that would meet the statutory requirements for a 2-year surveying curriculum, a 4-year engineering curriculum, or a 4-year non-surveying curriculum in order to qualify to take the Principles and Practice of Surveying licensing examination. This must be done and in effect by January 1, 2011.

2. The bill eliminates the ability to become licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor without education beyond graduation from high school on July 1, 2020.

3. The bill also specifies procedures for issuance of a surveyor’s affidavit of correction.

Please read more about this legislation, including when it may take effect, in the August 2010 issue of Side Shots .

House Bill 10-1085 signed by Gov. Ritter

2010 Dues

The opportunity for 2010 PLSC Membership ended July 31, 2010. The PLSC extends thanks and appreciation to our membership who support the mission and goals of our organization! Please contact Diana Askew with any questions or concerns at diana.askew@plsc.net.

The PLSC is extending the offer of a complimentary VOTING membership for all Professional Land Surveyors who were licensed for the first time in 2008 and 2009. We are also extending the offer of a complimentary ASSOCIATE membership for all LSI's who passed their exam in 2008 and 2009. Please send an email to Di Askew at diana.askew@plsc.net prior to responding to this invitation to receive your discount code. We look forward to your response. Please enter your discount code at checkout.

2010 Land Surveying Refresher Course

The Central Colorado Professional Surveyors, Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado and Metropolitan State College of Denver Surveying and Mapping Program are offering a comprehensive Land Surveying Refresher Course for 2010. This course offers a review and self-study plan for those taking the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying and Principles and Practice of Surveying (which includes the Colorado specific) examinations. The course is specifically designed as a refresher class to aid candidates in developing and expanding exam-taking proficiencies.

Schedule and Registration information

August 2010 Side Shots

The August 2010 issue of Side Shots is available online. It is a large file , so it may take a while to download if you have a slow internet connection. Please feel free to leave any comments about the articles or any aspect of the content on the PLSC Forum.

Because the cost of producing Side Shots is directly related to the number of pages in each issue, we are putting some items that have been printed in the past on the website instead.

PLSC Forum

The PLSC Forum has the potential to be a powerful communications tool for the membership and visitors. The forum requires a one-time registration before making a post. After the one-time registration, you will use the user name and password that you specify to log in to the board and participate. Please stop by, register, and add your voice to the PLSC Forum.

Denver Post newspaper article

The Denver Post published an article by Past PLSC President J.B. Guyton in the Tuesday, May 22, 2008 issue about the retracement of the 40th Parallel.

House Bill 1225 signed by Gov. Ritter

Thanks to the contributions from the current and past Chairs of the Legislative Committee, Roger Nelson and Ron Perkins, the PLSC, Inc. lobbyist, Peg Ackerman, all the members of the Legislative Committee, and to the efforts of Rep. Jim Kerr and Sen. Abel Tapia, House Bill 1225 was a successful endeavor, and has been signed into law by Governor Bill Ritter. I will recommend to the Board of Directors that we officially thank both
Representative Jim Kerr and Senator Abel Tapia for sponsoring the legislation. Please read more about this legislation, including when it may take effect, in the Legislative Committee report that is included in the “Committee Reports” section of the May 2007 issue of Side Shots .

Photos from the signing of HB1225

Colorado Spatial Reference

Network Chapter

We now have a new Chapter in the PLSC called the Colorado Spatial Reference Network (CSRN). Its purpose is as follows:

The purpose of this organization shall be to design, create, expand, operate, maintain and/or provide professional oversight of a network of continuously operating reference stations to provide rapid, reliable, real time geodetic control data and positioning corrections to a variety of field surveying, mapping, navigation, emergency response and geospatial services in the state of Colorado.

Officers and Directors

All members of the PLSC are welcome to join the new Chapter, and membership is free this first year.  If you are interested, please download a membership form and send it in to the address indicated on the form.

The Path to the

Proper Summit of the Rockies

Once in a lifetime, an opportunity may present itself to re-trace the footsteps of the original surveyors of a line so significant that it shaped the course of our country’s growth. 

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Pictures from the

2006 FALL TECHNICAL SESSION

The 2006 PLSC Fall Technical Program and Annual Meeting took place at the Colorado School of Mines Green Center November 30-December 2, 2006. Larry Connolly has provided several pictures from this event. Thank you, Larry!

PLSC Board of Director’s Meeting Minutes

The minutes from the February 28, 2009 Board of Directors' Meeting held at Tivoli Center - Metropolitan State College of Denver, 900 Auraria Parkway, Room 640 Denver, CO. 80204

History of Colorado Survey Laws

A history of notable Colorado Survey Laws and unsuccessful bills has been compiled. Credit is given document to Dex Brinker and Doyle Abrahamson for research of this information. The same history is available in HTML format.

Mentoring Program

The PLSC and several chapters are sponsoring a "mentoring" program as started by Gaby Neunzert. Pictures from the Denver class that took place on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 can be seen here.
New spring/summer schedules are available for the following sites:
Denver

For the May 3, 2006 McComber Mentoring Program session in Colorado Springs, Stan Vermilyea presented a talk on survey research. Stan took the accompanying course handout and created a 112 page, indexed, PDF file of it. Stan's PDF covers everything from obtaining topo maps to the names, addresses, phone numbers and web sites for all the Colorado county assessors, and clerk and recorders. Stan is kind enough to share his work with anyone that is interested.