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The Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington is committed to promoting the profession and science of surveying for the benefit of its members and the public. We promote lifelong learning, high standards of

ethics and practice, legislative leadership, and community involvement.

Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 526 South E Street – Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Email: [email protected] Phone: 888-994-2845 Fax: 707-578-4406

Affiliated with NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS * WESTERN FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS

Board of Trustees Meeting November 5, 2016 10:00 a.m. – Hampton Inn & Suites, Vancouver, WA

Agenda

10:00 am Call to Order, John Christensen Pledge of Allegiance

Introduction of Special Guests

10:00 am Roll Call – Self introduction and sign in, John ChristensenAgenda Update (If needed) Approval of Minutes ................................................................................................ Page 3

10:05 am President’s Report, John Christensen ..................................................................... Page 7

10:10 am Treasurer’s Report, John Thalacker ........................................................................ Page 8

10:15 am Old Business1. Monument Preservation Funding Committee, Doug Casement .................. 3

10:30 am New Business 1. Free Seminar Final Report, Kate Schalk ........................................................ Page 142. 2016 Fall Seminar Preliminary Report, Jeff Lynch3. Proposed Regulations Change, John Thalacker4. Chapter Volunteer Hosts for 2018 Board Meetings / Seminars, John Christensen5. AMS Expanded Chapter Services, Tom Barger6. Surveyor / Associate of the Year – Vote, Jim Coan ....................................... Page 157. Executive Committee 2017 Elections – Vote, Mike McEvilly ........................ Page 21

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm New Business, Continued8. 2017 Budget for Approval, Carla Meritt ........................................................ Page 239. Chapter Reports, John Christensen

a. North Puget Sound ............................................................................ Page 26b. Northeast........................................................................................... Page 27c. Northwest .......................................................................................... Page 28d. Snohomish ......................................................................................... Page 29e. South Puget Sound ............................................................................ Page 30f. Southwest .......................................................................................... Page 31

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The Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington is committed to promoting the profession and science of surveying for the benefit of its members and the public. We promote lifelong learning, high standards of

ethics and practice, legislative leadership, and community involvement.

10. Committee Reports, John Christensena. 2022 NSRS Datum ............................................................................. Page 32b. Board of Registration Liaison ............................................................ Page 34c. Bylaws ................................................................................................ Page 36d. Membership ...................................................................................... Page 38e. NSPS................................................................................................... Page 39f. PLS Refresher Course ........................................................................ Page 42g. WFPS.................................................................................................. Page 43

11. Life Member Request .................................................................................... Page 45

2:45 pm ExComm Actions: LSAW Executive Committee Meeting Minutes ........................... Page 46

2:45 pm Good of the Order 1. Officer & Director Roster .............................................................................. Page 47

3:00 pm Adjournment

Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 5727 Baker Way NW, Suite 200, Gig Harbor WA 98332

Toll Free: 1.877.460.5880 Fax: 253.265.3042 email: [email protected] website: www.lsaw.org

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

August 20, 2016—Confluence Technology Center

Wenatchee, WA

In Attendance:

Executive Committee—John Christensen (JC), President; Carla Merritt (CM), President-Elect; Weston Dorszynski (WD), Vice President; Mike McEvily (MM), Past President; John Thalacker (JT), Treasurer; Tom Brewster (TB), Secretary

Committee Chairpersons and Guests—Lynee Forsythe (Bylaws Comm.), Ben Petersen (WestFed Rep.), Jon Warren (NPS)

Chapter Representatives—Tom Barger/Vic Banks (NPS), Mike Lynch/Steve Bratz (SNO), Don Weiber/? (SC), Doug Casement/ Matt Walters (SPS), Kate Schalk/ Pat Beehler (SW), Jesse Allen (NW), Mark Sele (NC), Jeff Lynch (LC), Mike Dunphy/Larry Pederson (NOLY), Duane Zimmerman (IE), George Stolp/John Shackelford (NE)

Opening Formalities:

Call to Order: At 10:00AM the meeting was convened by President JC. A roll call was taken, and a quorum was determined to be present.

Agenda Update/Revisions: No agenda revisions were proposed for the meeting.

Minutes: The minutes from the previous meeting (May 21, 2016) were presented for approval. A remarkable number of significant typographic errors were highlighted for the elucidation of the Board, but, ultimately, the shockingly ill-prepared minutes were approved without Motion.

President’s Report:

President JC appraised the Board of AMI’s decision to terminate their contract with LSAW on June 15, 2016. JC notified the Board that the Executive Committee had undertaken a search for new management, and that the preliminary terms of the new contract would be discussed at the meeting, with the hope of leaving with authorization to enter into final contract negotiations with the new management company.

President JC reminded the Board that the nominations for Surveyor of the Year and Associate of the Year are due by October 7, 2016.

Treasurer’s Report:

Treasurer JT reported that, as detailed in his written report, he had not received the July or early August account data. At last verifiable count, the Association’s checking account balance was $128,779.65, and the cash reserve account balance is believed to be $150,240.23.


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JT reported that, based upon the apparent decrease in membership detailed in the rolls, a potential $20K decrease in dues revenue was possible for the 2017 calendar year. JT warned that there might also be a shortfall in anticipated Conference revenue. When questioned about the probable cause of the shortfalls, JT directed the Board to page 12 of the BoT packet, showing an apparent loss of 181 members.

The Treasurer’s report was accepted without Motion.

Old Business:

1. By-Laws and Regulations: Review of the March and May motion entries showed that consideration of revisions to various LSAW Regulations had been neglected during the May BoT meeting. During said meeting, Motion 2016-010 effected changes to the By-Laws of the Association, but did not conclude consideration of the changes to the LSAW Regulations, as originally brought to the Board for consideration at the March meeting. Subsequent to discussion, the following motion was prepared:

Motion 2016-015—That the Board of Trustees (BoT) revise the Regulations of the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington according to the recommendations of the By=Laws Committee as provided to the BoT on pages 58-69 of the August, 2016, BoT meeting packet. (This Motion is intended to provide resolution to that unfulfilled portion of Motion 2016-005, dated March 2, 2016.) Seconded and Passed as Amended Below.

The Motion was seconded, but during discussion, the following Amendment to the Motion was proffered:

Motion 2016-016-- That the regulations changes proffered and considered under Motion 2016-015 be amended, and that the sentence following Amended Regulation 2.121.d {…Members conforming to the above stated provisions shall be recognized as Limited Non-Voting Members as defined in Bylaws Article 2.1B…} be struck. Seconded and Passed.

2. Education Committee: JT brought forward a concern that had been raised by the Education Committee regarding the use of “excess” funds from the PLS refresher courses to defray the costs of the new video production program. It was discussed, and the BoT determined that BoT Motion 2016-011 “authorized the Education Committee to use its discretion regarding the utilization of any profits” so derived.

3. Committee Appointments: Past-President MM presented a list of current and anticipated Committee Chair vacancies. Jim Coan will be stepping down as Education Committee Chair. Jon Warren defended the continuance of the Arbitration/Ethics Committee. MM requested that BoT members return to their Chapters and seek Committee involvement from the general membership.

New Business—

1. 2016 Spring Seminar: The report of the Spring seminar was received and subsequent to discussion regarding the wisdom of officially “accepting and approving” reports of a purely informational nature, the following motion was proffered for consideration:

Motion 2016-017—That the Spring 2016 conference report included in the BoT packet dated August 20, 2016, on page 34, be accepted and approved by the Board. Seconded and Approved.





2. Monument Replacement Committee—Doug Casement (DC) drew the Board’s attention to the MR Comm.Report in the packet, pages 50&51. DC provided some background information regarding the ongoing effortsto forge alliances to establish funding for preservation efforts. He noted that King County, in particular, hasvery different concerns from more rural counties. Funding for the proposed effort would come from asurcharge on the real-estate excise tax. Proposed increase to be +0.03% on recorded transactions. The real-estate community has not yet been approached.

Monument replacement efforts originated with WSCCS but has generally been resisted by County Auditors. Board members raised concerns that outreach to public officials not occur until the specifics have been worked out. Pat Beehler reminded the Board that a portion of the MR benefit would support the PLSO to maintain survey records, which could reduce the Record of Survey recordation costs. No reduction in County-specific recordation costs should be anticipated, however.

3. AMI Resignation and New Management Company-- JC expanded on his communications with AMIregarding their decision to terminate their relationship with the LSAW. They had mentioned that theAssociation’s practices were outdated, and that “less problematic” associations were interested in contractingtheir services. The issue of the association anachronisms was an issue with at least on e of the potentialmanagement agencies, who cited this as the reason for their disinterest in pursuing the LSAW SOQ request.

President JC provided the Scope of Work for which the three responding companies prepared estimates. After reviewing the offerings, the Executive Committee had selected AMS, of Santa Rosa CA, as the best candidate for the job, and preliminary contract negotiations had begun in July. It was noted that AMS has a history of working with Surveyors—they represent WestFED—and that they have no objections to LSAW’s apparent anachronisms. Pat President MM expressed his confidence that AMS would be a “safe” choice for service for the next couple of years. After further discussion, the following motion was proffered:

Motion 2016-019—That the Board of Trustees authorize and direct President John Christensen and Secretary Tom Brewster to sign, and enter into that management contract provided by Association Management Services, of Santa Rosa, CA, on July 27, 2016, subject to review and approval by LSAW’s legal counsel, and, if approved, that the contract include the following “optional” services:

Optional Service No.1—Magazine management, including graphic design and layout.

Optional Service No.2—Setup and Development of a new LSAW website as outlined in said contract. Seconded and Approved.

Labor Suspended for Lunch 12:00-12:55

New Business (Continued)—

4. Chapter Reports: Chapter reports were included in the BoT packet.

5. Committee Reports: The fall seminar will be tailored to appeal to Technicians, with topics includingemerging technologies, and traditional research techniques. Some concern was raised regarding thedissemination of seminar information, given the lack of effective management.





President JC called for interested persons to participate on the website committee, several members expressed interest.

After discussion regarding the wisdom of having an oversight entity of the new management company, the AMS Transition/Oversight Committee was formed by President JC. The members of this committee are as follows: Ben Petersen, Pat Beehler, Carla Merritt, Weston Dorszynski.

Prevailing Wage Committee—Ever-vigilant, Ben Petersen reported that prevailing wages continue to rise, but that, due to ongoing scrutiny by the P-wage committee, no state-wide re-survey is anticipated.

Board of Registration—Board is exploring expanded communication platforms, and is seeking input regarding outreach. No details were provided.

DNR Survey Advisory—Committee members reminded the Board that meetings are open to the public, and the community is encouraged to attend.

2022 NSRS Datum Committee—Tom Barger reported that a webinar will be held in the Fall, providing an overview of the upcoming efforts pursuant to the new datum.

Twist Committee—Carla Merritt reported that at the June workshop there were 16 participants and that LSAW funded two (2). Ms. Merritt helped fund two of the teachers, and the Oregon Land Surveyors (PLSO) housed some of the students.

Good of the Order—

1. TrigStar—Questions were raised regarding the ongoing relevance of the TrigStar program. TrigStar is amath-only effort supported by the NSPS and is intended to be an outreach program to get young peopleinterested in survey-related math, Kate Schalk and Jeff Lynch both reported successful outreach effortsthrough this program. JL’s Chapter is involved with eleven schools.

2. Young Surveyors-- Amanda Askren informed the Board that the Young Surveyors organization does have itsown YouTube channel.

Adjournment—

With no further business coming before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 PM, peace and harmony prevailing.

Respectfully Submitted.

Tom Brewster

Secretary





PRESIDENT’S REPORT TO THE LSAW BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MEETING DATE 11/05/16

COMMITTEE/SUBJECT President’s Report

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: John Christensen

I am happy to announce that on September 1, 2016, we entered into an agreement with our new management company, Association Management Services (AMS). Both Dorothy and Crissy are working very hard to get everything transferred over and keeping things running smooth. They have been extremely helpful in moving things along at a rapid pace. I appreciate all that they are doing. Please welcome them aboard.

With AMS on board, please look for some more things to be changing as we move forward. We will be implementing a new website, adding a “Find a Surveyor Directory”, changes to dues notice, and others. We are also looking for who may have access permissions to the LSAW Facebook account. Please let me know if you have or know who may have access to pass onto AMS.

We need chapter volunteers to host the 2018 BOT Meetings / Seminars. Before the end of December, current chapter presidents will need to send in their 2017 chapter officer names. They will officially take office at the annual meeting but the names are needed early to get everything prepared.

Nominations have been received for Vice President and Treasurer and are included in the packet. We also have Nominations for Surveyor of the Year and Associate of the Year. Please take time to review all of them and be ready to vote at our BOT meeting. Also, Carla will be presenting her 2017 budget for approval and much more.

See everyone in Vancouver.




COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE LSAW BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MEETING DATE NOVEMBER 5, 2016

COMMITTEE/SUBJECT TREASURERS REPORT

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: JOHN THALACKER PLS

During the past quarter a substantial amount of time has been devoted to facilitating the transfer of bank accounts/funds required for the engagement of our new Association Management firm, and, attempting to clarify and pay our account with NSPS.

Although we had previously updated our Regulations in regard to signatures’ on our bank accounts, the procedures put in place were not accomplished. This resulted in having payment checks prepared by new Association Management firm (AMS) and mailed to either the Treasurer or Past President for signature, and then forwarded to the payee. We are currently completing the paperwork to comply with the banks requirements for revising and updating the account signatories. A minor revision to the Regulation concerning this procedure has been prepared for consideration at this meeting in an attempt to clarify the procedure.

Payment of 2016 NSPS dues for LSAW Members by LSAW continued to be an ongoing problem due to record keeping and duplicate/conflicting reporting to the BoT and NSPS. At one point there was a discrepancy of approximately 100 Members, or about $ 4,000. A preliminary solution was reached, and will be finalized shortly by the initialization of a new membership data program by the new Association Management firm.

LSAW will be run on a cash basis reporting format in the future so that it will be coincident with our IRS reporting format.

Attached is a Profit and Loss statement and a Balance Sheet covering activities to the end of the 3rd Quarter. Ample funds appear to be available to cover annual anticipated expenses. A 2017 membership rebilling in the next several weeks should serve to enhance our fiscal picture.


Sep 30, 16

ASSETSCurrent A ssets

Checkin g/SavingsState Bank Accounts

Colum bia Bank Checking 131,171.29Annual Confe rence Checking 18,507.95Colum bia Bank Savings 150,252.95

Total State Bank Accounts 299,932.19

Chapter Bank AccountsCascade Colum bia Checkin g 4,864.90Cascade Colum bia Market 10,889.54Inland Empire Chec king 4,848.98Inland Empire S avin gs 13,149.35Low er Colu mbia Che cking 627.64Low er Colu mbia CDs (3) 11,126.35Low er Colu mbia Savin gs 806.56North Central Checking 4,513.17North Central CD 13,128.32North Central Savings 5,300.72North Ol ympic Che cking 5,708.15North Puget Sound Checkin g 21,137.62North Puget Sound Reserve 4,752.56Northeast Checking 6,711.81Northw est Checking 14,024.46Snohom ish Checkin g 3,422.71Snohom ish Savin gs & Petty Cash 4,831.96South Ce ntr al Checking 1,199.52South Ce ntr al CD 9,246.00South Pu get Sound Checkin g 3,909.05South Pu get Sound Savin gs 6,895.19Southw est Checking 3,519.66Southw est Investment Account 31,374.65

Total Chapter Bank Accounts 185,988.87

Total Checking/Savings 485,921.06

Accounts ReceivableAccounts Receivable -3,425.00

Total Accoun ts Receivable -3,425.00

Other Curre nt AssetsPubli cations Inventor y Asset 33,345.00Undeposite d Funds 590.00

Total Other Curre nt Assets 33,935.00

Total Current Assets 516,431.06

TOTAL ASSETS 516,431.06

LIABILITIES & EQUITYEquity

Opening Balance Equi ty 481,956.42Unrestricte d Net Assets 14,800.50Net Income 19,674.14

Total Equity 516,431.06

TOTAL L IABILITIES & EQUITY 516,431.06

Land Su rveyors' A ssoci ation of Wa shingtonBalance Sheet

Cash Basis As of September 30, 2016

Jan - Sep 16

Ordin ary Income/ExpenseIncome

Chapter Activ ityNorth Central 36.56North Puget Sound 9,314.27South Pu get Sound 982.07

Total Chapter Activ ity 10,332.90

Membership DuesAssociate Members 14,980.00Li fe Membership Dues 2,590.00Member Dues 87,538.34Non-r esid ent Dues 2,325.00PLS New Registrant 2,150.00Pro fessional Affili ate Dues 3,555.00Retire d Member 480.00Student M embership Dues 540.00

Total Members hip Dues 114,158.34

MISCELLANEOUSHistorica l Society -200.00LSAW Found ation Membership -70.00NSPS Dues 340.00TWIST 2,500.00

Total MISCELLANEOUS 2,570.00

OTHERInterest/Invest. Gain 50.07UPS Royalties 462.43

Total OTHER 512.50

Sales IncomeEvergreen State Surv eyor 0.00Law Book Sales 2,440.63Printed Sales 260.19Reference Manuals & Update s 1,021.17Sales Income - Othe r 50.00

Total Sales Income 3,771.99

Seminars/Educatio nAnnual Meetin g/Confe rence

Confe rence Registr ations 153,855.02Exhi bit/V endo r Tables 2,250.00Annual Meetin g/Confe rence - Other 1,502.00

Total Annu al Meetin g/Confe rence 157,607.02

PLS Refresher Cours e 9,030.00

Total Seminars /Educa tio n 166,637.02

Spons orship s 7,500.00

Total Income 305,482.75

Gros s Pro fit 305,482.75

Expens eADMINISTRATION

Bus iness ExpensesTax and L icense Fees 10.00

Total Bus iness Expenses 10.00

Contr act Serv icesAccounting Fees 1,800.00

Land Su rveyors' A ssoci ation of Wa shingtonProfit & Los s

Cash Basis January throu gh September 2016

Jan - Sep 16

Management Serv icesAMI Relocatio n 662.51Management Serv ices - Other 32,190.45

Total Management Serv ices 32,852.96

Total Cont ract Serv ices 34,652.96

Credit Card Fees 2,551.67

InsuranceInsurance - Liabil it y, D and O 838.00

Total Insurance 838.00

Postage, Mail ing Serv ice 528.42Printing and Copying 1,345.47Staff Travel 394.08Telephon e, Telecommun icatio ns 1,087.31Website Expens e 1,275.75

Total ADMINISTRATION 42,683.66

Bad Debt 17,860.00BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESBOT Travel 1,410.80Suppli es 310.87

Total BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1,721.67

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXPENSEExCom Travel 2,307.37Food & Be verage 118.71

Total EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXPENSE 2,426.08

Total BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 4,147.75

Chapter Dues Rebates 9,249.00CHAPTER EXPENSES

North Ol ympic 2,720.29North Puget Sound 5,312.95South Pu get Sound 1,214.41

Total CHAPTER EXPENSES 9,247.65

COMMITTEESAwards Commit tee (Surv eyor/Yr) 870.17BOR Liaiso n 303.36DNR/PLSO Advisory Board Liaison 426.09EDUCATION /COMMITTEES

Awards 69.40LSAW Found ation Scholars hip 7,000.00Trig Star 1,000.00TwiST 1,895.06

Total EDUCATION /COMMITTEES 9,964.46

Total COMMITTEES 11,564.08

Discretio nary Fund 313.58GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

AELC - Legislative Expense 11,250.00

Total GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 11,250.00

IPN Fees 1.95MARKETING/ADVERTISING

Evergreen State Surv eyor 6,445.50



Jan - Sep 16

Total MARKETING/ADVERTISING 6,445.50

NSPSNSPS Dues 16,650.00NSPS Travel 5,270.40

Total NSPS 21,920.40

SEMINARS AND EDUCATION EXPENSEAnnual Meetin g

Staff Travel 0.00Annual Meetin g - Othe r 148,809.71

Total Annu al Meetin g 148,809.71

Total SEMINARS AND EDUCATION EXPENSE 148,809.71

WFPSWFPS Travel 2,315.33

Total WFPS 2,315.33

Total Expense 285,808.61

Net Ordin ary Income 19,674.14

Net Income 19,674.14



Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 5727 Baker Way NW, Suite 200, Gig Harbor WA 98332 Email: [email protected] Phone: 877-460-5880 Fax: 253-265-3043


REPORT TO THE LSAW BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MEETING DATE 5NOV2016

COMMITTEE SURVEY MONUMENT PRESENTATION

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Douglas Casement, PLS Committee liaison to LSAW

We are getting close to having draft legislation and will be submitting to the LSAW Board of

Trustees for comments at the March meeting. We are still reaching out to ALL of our members,

associate members and students. We want their reaction to this effort; we want to hear their

stories about missing, miss used, or bogus monumentation. Please ask your chapter members and

associates to send an email to [email protected] with any survey monument

issues they are having. We will be compiling this information and eventually presenting it with

our request for legislation.

Our last meeting was 12 October 2016; our next meeting will be 14 November 2016. Please

provide any comments, questions or concerns and I will bring them to our next meeting.

Thank you,

Douglas Casement, PLS



Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 424 205th Avenue NE, Sammamish, WA 98074 Email: [email protected] Phone: 425/868-0200

Affiliated with

AMERICAN CONGRESS ON SURVEYING AND MAPPING ● NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS WESTERN FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS


MEETING DATE: September 20, 2016

CHAPTER/SUBJECT: SW Chapter – host 2016 LSAW Free Seminar

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Steven Ivey, PLS

The SW Chapter hosted the LSAW Free Seminar on September 10, 2016 at the Governor Hotel in Olympia, WA. The seminar consisted of six 1- hour sessions: 3 sessions focused on The Land Surveyors Toolbox presented by Richard Hill and Ted Engle from the PPI Group; and 3 sessions focused on Researching the Record presented by Pat Fox, PLS, Robert Swift, PLS, Alan Duback, PLS, and Steven Ivey, PLS. The registration was less than desired and only 26 people attended following a few last minute registrations and a few cancellations. Only 2 people attended who were not existing members of LSAW and both applied for membership with LSAW. A check of the registration list found that 83% of the attendees were licensed professional surveyors and 17% were not a licensed professional surveyor. The total expenses and income for the seminar are as follows:

Expenses: Room Rental – Governor Hotel $587.52 Speaker fees – 00.00 Catering – Governor Hotel 272.00 Total Expenses - $ 859.52 Attachment: copy of the Registration form for the Free Seminar


LSAW SURVEYOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

(Nomination Form)

Nomination forms are due each year at LSAW headquarters by the first Monday in October. At a minimum nominees should be a professional land surveyor licensed in the State of Washington and have been a member in good standing of LSAW for at least 5 years.

Nominee Name: Aaron B. Blaisdell

WA Surveyor License No./Yr. Acquired: 41278 / 2004

Other Professional Licenses/Certifications: Idaho P.L.S. 13473

LSAW Membership (Years): From 1998 to current, 18 years

Experience?:

Total Years in the Survey Profession: Technical: 15 yrs. and licensed 13 yrs.

As an LSAW Officer: (List no. of years in each position on the Executive Committee &/or as a Chapter officer/trustee) SPS Chapter Secretary2003 – 2005; SPS Chapter Trustee 2006-2008; SPS Chapter President 2011-2013.

On LSAW Committees: (List each committee, your role (eg: member or chair) and the no. of yrs. in each role) ESS Editor – 7 years; State Monument Preservation Chair 5 years; State Incidental Survey Chair 2 years; State Update Definition Committee Member 4 years; State Board of Registration Liaison – Alternate5 years, State Walker Cup Chair 4 years.

Other LSAW Experience: (eg; For example, organizer, volunteer &/or participant at LSAW events.) SPS Refresher Course, SPS Survey Camp; State Conference Committee (South Puget Sound Chapter).

Involvement with other organizations: (eg; ACSM, NSPS, WFPS, ACEC, mining, GIS, advisory committees, etc…) Idaho Society of Professional Land Surveyors; Society of Professional Engineers; NSPS; SPAR International; National Historic Preservation Forum.

Public or Private Volunteer Service: (eg; Boy Scouts, church, charities, etc…. ) City of Tacoma Human Services Commission – 6 years; City of Tacoma Metro Parks Business and Responsive Advisory Council – 7 years; Renton Technical College Advisory Board for Surveying – 7 years; Board of Registration – SME – Exam Writing Committee – 7 years. Currently surveying on the Washington State Board of Registration for Engineers and Surveyors.

Presentations/Lectures Given: Board of Registration Monument Preservation (Olympia, Spokane); ESS Editorials; SPAR International – Scanning and Mobile Tablets (Colorado); PPI Scan Fest – Scanning for the Building Industry (Seattle); ASCE (Oregon) Scanning for the Civil Industry; APWA Scanning for the Civil Industry; PPI Industry Representative.

Other (education, awards, honors, published articles, military, elected office, other accomplishments, etc..):

BS – Washington State University, Agricultural Technology and Management 1994; AAS Renton Technical College Land Surveying 1999; LSAW State Associate of the Year 2001; SPS Surveyor of the year 2005; LSAW Award of Merit 2008.

Feel free to expand this form, to attach a resume, a biography or other relevant information.

LSAW SURVEYOR OF THE YEAR AWARD Nomination Form Nomination forms are due at LSAW Executive Office by October 7th. At a minimum, the nominee should be a professional Land Surveyor licensed in the State of Washington and have been a member in good standing of LSAW for at least 5 years.

Name of Nominee _____________________________________________________________________________

WA Surveyor License Number: ____________________________ Year Acquired: __________________________

Other Professional Licenses: _____________________________________________________________________

LSAW Membership: From: _______________________________ To: ____________________________________

Experience: Total Years in Survey Profession: Technical _______________ years and licensed: ________________ years

As an LSAW Officer: (List no of years in each position on the Executive Committee and/or as a Chapter Officer/Trustee)

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On LSAW Committees: (List each committee, role (e.g., member or chair) and the number of years in each role)

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Other LSAW Experience: (e.g., organizer, volunteer, &/or participant at LSAW events.)

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With other organizations: (e.g., NSPS, WFPS, ACEC, mining, GIS, etc.)

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Public or Private Volunteer Service: (e.g., Boy Scouts, church, charities, etc.)

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Presentations, Lectures Given:

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Other: (education, awards, honors, published articles, military, elected office, other accomplishments, etc.)

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Feel free to expand this form, to attach a resume, a biography, or other relevant information. Email form to [email protected] or fax to: 707.578.4406 or mail to:

Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 526 S E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Timothy A. Kent, PLS

Tim is currently the Surveying Program Coordinator and instructor for the Surveying & Geomatics Program at Clark College in Vancouver, where he resides. He teaches at Clark College full-time and coordinates the recruitment aspects along with other duties.

Tim is also a consultant to a number of private surveying companies where his expertise in rural surveying is required.

He is an expert in the Public Land Survey System and has advised many clients concerning the complexities of this system.

Tim retired from the BLM Oregon State Office in September of 2005 after 37 years as a land surveyor with the federal government. He graduated from Oregon Tech with a Bachelors Degree in surveying in 1971 and joined the BLM in their Portland office. Subsequent assignments were in Eugene, Anchorage, Denver, and back to Portland in 1984. In 1990, he joined the Forest Service in Portland as the regional land surveyor for Oregon and Washington. He returned to the BLM in 2002 to finish his federal career.

From 2005 to 2008, Tim was an Assistant Professor of Geomatics at Oregon Tech in Klamath Falls in a position funded by the BLM. He was responsible for teaching surveying courses part time and recruiting part time with an emphasis on Native American recruitment.

Tim is a licensed land surveyor in several western states and is an active member in National Society of Professional Surveyors, and both the OR and WA state surveying societies.

He has coordinated and instructed at numerous conferences and training sessions throughout his career, with emphasis on involving the private land surveyor in the federal surveying process. His area of expertise is in the Public Land Survey System with a special interest in historic surveying aspects.

Noted Accomplishments 1. Tim was notified in the summer of 2015 that the Surveying & Geomatics program (one of six

selected) at Clark College was slated to be eliminated. He could have accepted this decisionbut he did not. He researched and rallied the professional members of LSAW and PLSO todemonstrate the inherent need for educated surveying technicians. It took six months ofintense work and it paid off in the fact that the Surveying & Geomatics program was the onlyone taken off the elimination list in January 2016.

2. Tim applied for and was accepted to be a Program Evaluator for ABET, the internationalbody that accredits technical education programs. He has evaluated the Civil Engineeringprogram at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA and this year the Surveying and GeodeticSciences program at Troy University in Troy, AL.

3. Tim is member of the NSPS Certified Survey Technician board. This comprehensive nationalcertification program offers four levels of testing for surveying technicians. The board meetsthree time a year to grade the tests, write and refine a test question and data bank, and buildrelationships with the states surveying technicians. Tim has received permission to use theLevel I test for assessment of learning for the students at Clark College.

4. Tim initiated the TwiST (Teaching with Spatial Technology) program for grade 6-12 teachersfrom the western states. It is designed for educators in how to use GIS, GPS, and basicsurveying techniques to create meaningful and challenging lesson plans for their students.The training is sponsored by Oregon Tech and is located on the Clark College campus inJune.

5. Lower Columbia Chapter Trustee – LSAW State Trig Star coordinator – LSAW HistoricalSociety member and chair – LSAW/PLSO conference chair – NSPS Area 10 Director – NSPSEducation Committee member - WA DNR Advisory Board member

LAND SURVEYORS’ ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON LOWER COLUMBIA CHAPTER

October 11, 2016

LSAW Board of Trustees & Nomination Committee

RE: John Besancon - Associate of the Year Nomination

The Lower Columbia Chapter of the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington is pleased to nominate John Besancon for Associate of the Year. John has only been working in the survey industry for five years and has been a member of LSAW for the past four years, but in that time he has been very active and engaged in our organization. He consistently attends our meetings and provides informative input from the standpoint of a young surveyor.

For the past three years he has served as the chairman of our chapter’s Trig Star Committee and helped to facilitate the testing of 981 students in 9 schools. Without his help Washington would not have tested the students that competed in the national competition in 2015 and 2016.

John started his career in engineering and obtained a BS in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo in 2005. His background was in construction management, but he soon realized that was not the path he wanted to pursue and began taking surveying classes at Clark College in 2010. John graduated from the Clark College with an AS in Surveying and Geomatics in 2012 and has since been employed with the Clark County Survey Department.

Sincerely,

Paul Galli, PLS President, Lower Columbia Chapter Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington

Northwest Chapter LSAWA Chapter of the Land Surveyors' Association of Washington

The Northwest Chapter of the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington is pleased to submit our chapter’s 2016 Associate of the Year, Heidi Lynn Jackson, for consideration by the members of the Board of Trustees of said Association for selection as LSAW’s 2016 Associate of the Year.

Ms. Jackson has been and continues to be an outstanding example of involvement and contribution to the profession, and the public, and all in a relatively short period of time.

After receiving her B.A. in Geography / Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (where she was honored as a McNair Scholar), Heidi applied her acquired scholastic skills in endeavors such as serving on the Board of the local non-profit, Wild Whatcom, in the Bellingham area. In August of 2014, she stumbled across a job description for a Land Surveyor. Although she had never heard of it before, she was instantly intrigued. She discovered that Bellingham Technical College (BTC) offered a two-year degree, so she jumped at the chance. She enrolled in the surveying program and began classes just a few weeks later. While a student at BTC, she was

recognized on the Dean’s List, the President’s List, and as a Student of Merit. She maintained a 4.00 GPA every quarter, and received her A.A.S. in Geomatics Technology/Surveying in June, 2015. Heidi was the recipient of the George F. Walker Memorial Scholarship in both 2015 and 2016, and serves as an example of what the benefits of scholarship programs can accomplish for the profession.

While in school, and thereafter, Heidi has worked in both the field and office for the Department of Natural Resources and private sector employers. During that time, she also served as a tutor for the Geomatics Technology Program, as a Teacher’s Assistant, was elected to the Student Government and served as the student representative on the BTC Advisory Board.

Heidi immediately became involved in the Northwest Chapter’s activities. She saw the need for the chapter to have a website and volunteered to create it. She currently serves as the Chapter’s Website Administrator. If you have a chance to visit the website (www.lsaw-nw.com ) during your review of this application, you will have an opportunity to see the superior product the Northwest Chapter has been enjoying.

Heidi has been involved in the Young Surveyors’ Network (YSN) from its early days, and serves as the Washington State (LSAW) representative to the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Young Surveyors’ Network National Board, where she was most recently elected National Board Secretary.

When the Evergreen State Surveyor was reorganized, Heidi became the Youth Page Editor, and has contributed five (5) articles since 2014 including “Young Surveyor, Old Surveyor”, and “Graduation”. Her articles, “Indiana Jones with a Tripod” and “Where the Future is Now” have been nationally published in xyHt magazine. Her articles drew the attention of John Hohol, Chairman of the United States FIG Delegation, which resulted in an invitation received by her to represent LSAW and participate in the 2nd International FIG YSN meeting held in Minneapolis this past summer.

While the Northwest Chapter has definitely been a beneficiary of Heidi’s involvement, enthusiasm and professionalism, her contributions to the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington, the National Society of Professional Surveyors, FIG, and to the public, are also of outstanding proportions. We ask your evaluation and consideration of her accomplishments and activities, and the deserved recognition of Heidi Jackson as the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 2016 Associate of the Year.

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LSAW NOMINATIONS – TREASURER

Amanda Askren, PLS Amanda is the City Surveyor for the City of Renton, just south of Seattle, Washington. She has worked in government and for private firms in Washington, since graduating from Purdue University with degrees in Surveying and Civil Engineering. Amanda has held her surveying license since 2008 and continues to contribute to her profession. She has been active within the State Association and also at a National Level over the past 13 years and has held multiple positions, titles and was even awarded Surveyor of the Year for Washington State in 2011. For LSAW, Amanda is the current LSAW State

Conference Chair and is working on her 7th State Conference. Her role as the State Conference Chair includes managing the finances and all the details associated with the conference and working with the different sites and management companies. She has also held chapter officer positions for the South Puget Sound Chapter and the Snohomish Chapter starting as early as 2004. She has been attending the LSAW Board meetings since 2008 and has been active in the different roles at the state level. As for the national involvement, Amanda has been working with others to help create the NSPS Young Surveyors Network for the last 2 years and has presented in numerous states and conferences to help bring awareness and find support for the group. She is currently the NSPS Delegate to help support the newly elected officers and be the non-voting seat at the NSPS Board Meetings. The goal is to mentor the newly elected officers and turn over the Young Surveyors Network to allow them the freedom to run with it and free up a little more time on her end.

Michael “Mike” J. Lynch, PLS Mike began survey as a part time job for a small firm in Monroe Washington while attending Everett Community College. After graduation Mike continued working fulltime for the firm for the next eight years. Mike then spent seventeen years at the City of Seattle, the final years at the city were in the position of Chief Surveyor. The Chief Surveyor was responsible for the field crews and a portion of the office staff. The Chief Surveyor was also responsible for the professional portion of the work being done. Three years ago Mike moved to Snohomish County PUD #1. The PUD only has one surveyor in that role. Currently Mike manages four consultants on‐call with a budget

totaling $720,000. There is an additional two to three large contracts a year ranging from $75,000 to $200,000. At the PUD the surveyor manages the contract from the scope through payments and final delivery. Mike is currently the president of the Snohomish County chapter of the LSAW.

LSAW NOMINATIONS – VICE PRESIDENT

Kate Schalk, PLS Kate Schalk is currently working as an Aquatic Land Surveyor for the Washington Department of Natural Resources. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Earth Science-Geology from Montana State University in 1996. Kate spent 9 years surveying with the City & County of Honolulu before returning to Washington in 2012. Kate is licensed in two states and recently became a CFed in 2016. She has been involved with LSAW since 2012, becoming SW Chapter Trustee in 2014 and elected as President for both 2015 and 2016. Previously, Kate served a short time as HLSA (Hawaii Land Surveyors Association)

Secretary and was a HLSA’s WFPS delegate. In addition to her professional association(s) involvement, she has regularly volunteered in such programs as TrigStar and Expanding Your Horizons (program for young girls interested in math and science careers) presenting and conducting educational modules centered on land surveying.


MEETING DATE November 5, 2016

COMMITTEE/SUBJECT Budget & Finance Committee

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Carla Meritt

The Budget and Finance Committee met via conference call on October 19, 2016 to review and discuss the proposed budget for 2017. The meeting was attended by John Christensen, President; Carla Meritt, President-Elect; Weston Dorszynski, Vice President; John Thalacker, Treasurer; Don Leischner, Committee Member; Jason Rinehart, Committee Member; and Crissy Wilson, AMS Staff.

As our organization is going through a transition between association management companies, there has been an extensive review of our financial records and accounting practices by Association Management Services staff. They have been digging into records sorting out membership records line by line to come up with an accurate count and are analyzing expense entries to better understand where they had been allocated to budgets in past years. They have been a tremendous help in putting together the 2017 proposed budget, and I anticipate that next year the process will be much easier due to their hard work.

This budget may look a bit different from previous years. All income is shown as net income, meaning associated proposed expenses have already been deducted allowing us to better see what funds will be available to spend on our future activities and pursuits. Income projections for membership dues were based on a three-year average. Conference revenue was based on input from the Conference Committee Chair. Current committee chairs were solicited for input regarding their anticipated expenses for the upcoming year, but our projected income did not allow all requests to be met with full funding. A great deal of work and effort will be required by our staff, leadership, and committee members to generate this income in support of our mission.

There were recommendations from committee members to investigate cost-saving strategies around reducing travel expenses, keeping costs for BOT meetings down, and making our Spring and Fall seminars more profitable. I plan to continue working with them throughout the year and share their proposals and recommendations to the BOT.

Land Surveyors' Association of Washington2017 BUDGET PLANNING

LAST FISCAL YEAR ACTUAL TO DATE 2016 BUDGET PROPOSAL

Income

Membership Dues 100,809.00$ 114,158.00$ 103,370.00$ 87,200.00$

Interest/Invest. Gain 102.00$ 50.07$ 100.00$ 100.00$

UPS Royalties 831.00$ 462.43$ 500.00$ 800.00$

Publications, Manual Sales 4,652.00$ 3,771.00$ 2,500.00$ 3,500.00$

Sponsorships 7,500.00$ 10,000.00$ 7,500.00$

Conference (Net Anticipated) 3,000.00$ 8,800.00$ 19,000.00$ 9,000.00$

Seminars (Net Anticipated) 7,900.00$ -$ 3,000.00$ 3,000.00$

PLS Refresher Course (Net Anticipated) 937.00$ 9,030.00$ 7,000.00$ -$

Evergreen State Surveyor (Net Anticipated) 2,666.00$ (6,445.00)$ (4,602.00)$ 2,500.00$

120,897.00$ 137,326.50$ 140,868.00$ 113,600.00$ Expense

UTILITIES, FEES, & TAXES

Utility Fee 785.82$ 1,229.00$ 1,000.00$ 1,080.00$

Taxes 10.00$ -$ 260.00$ 260.00$

Credit Card Fees - Other 3,168.00$ 2,551.67$ 3,000.00$ 3,000.00$

Insurance - Liability, D and O 1,907.00$ 838.00$ 1,500.00$ 1,200.00$

Postage, Mailing Service 748.00$ 598.45$ 500.00$ 750.00$

Printing and Copying 2,045.00$ 1,474.47$ 1,500.00$ 2,500.00$

Supplies 176.00$ 310.87$ 500.00$ 500.00$

Website Expense 2,416.00$ 1,275.75$ 3,000.00$ 360.00$

CONTRACT SERVICES

Accounting Fees 1,883.00$ 1,800.00$ 2,000.00$ 2,000.00$

Legal Fees -$ -$ -$

Management Services 41,117.00$ 36,431.00$ 42,978.00$ 42,000.00$

Staff Travel 1,205.00$ 394.08$ 1,500.00$ 2,000.00$

AELC - Legislative Advocates 16,579.00$ 11,250.00$ 15,000.00$ 15,000.00$

Website Development -$ -$ -$ 6,800.00$

Land Surveyors' Association of Washington2017 BUDGET PLANNING

LAST FISCAL YEAR ACTUAL TO DATE 2016 BUDGET PROPOSAL

BOARD & EXCOM

BOT Travel 2,554.00$ -$ 1,500.00$ -$

Board Meetings 4,108.00$ 800.00$ 800.00$ 1,600.00$

ExCom Travel 2,307.00$ 6,000.00$ 3,000.00$

ExCom Meetings 878.00$ 118.71$ 500.00$ 500.00$

Prresident's Discretionary Fund 73.00$ 2,480.00$ 2,000.00$

COMMITTEES

Committee Travel to Board Meetings 547.00$ -$ Awards Committee 385.00$ 939.57$ 500.00$ 500.00$

BOR Liaison -$ 303.36$ 1,000.00$ 2,425.00$

2022 NSR Datum 1,000.00$

Bylaws Committee 400.00$

OIT Liason 225.00$

DNR/PLSO Advisory Board Liaison -$ 426.09$ 500.00$ 500.00$

Education Committee Expense 300.00$ -$ -$ -$

TrigStar 1,100.00$ 1,390.13$ 1,500.00$ 1,500.00$

TwiST (2,245.00)$ 1,895.06$ 2,500.00$ 1,500.00$

NSPS travel 7,900.00$ 6,274.43$ 10,000.00$ 8,000.00$

Young Surveyor -$ 1,229.00$ -$

WFPS travel 2,176.00$ 2,315.33$ 7,000.00$ 6,000.00$

SCHOLARSHIPS, DONATIONS

LSAW Foundation Scholarship 7,000.00$ 7,000.00$ 7,000.00$ 7,000.00$

LSAW Historical Society -$ -$ -$

LSAW Foundation -$ -$ -$

96,195.82$ 83,771.97$ 114,018.00$ 113,600.00$




LSAW BOT MEETING DATE: November 2016

CHAPTER: North Puget Sound Chapter

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Thomas S. Barger, Jr. - 2016 NPS Chapter President

No meeting in August, yet a half dozen chapter members witnessed a Mariner's lose to the Brewers at Safeco Field that ultimately might have knocked them out of the wild card position. Exciting game with multiple lead changes and drama right to the end. Thanks to past-president K.C. Moore for coordinating!

In September we tried a new venue, Red Hook Brewery in Woodinville with a joint meeting of NPS and SnoCo chapters. Turnout was excellent at 43 attendees. Jon Warren, Amanda Askren and Jeff Hoiland spoke on the local, regional and nation state of professional surveying and the call to volunteers for professional organizations and support for education.

October will find us back at Renton Technical College where the Culinary Arts program students and staff always provide an outstanding evening. We will get a tour of the classroom and labs from instructor, Martin Paquette, PLS. Our program will be SiteScan UAV demo from the PPI Group's Richard Hill with support from 3DR and their SOLO quadcopter system. Planning committee for August 2017 BOT meeting to be formed.

Our chapter is interested in having our management firm coordinate and publish meeting notices and agendas so that we achieve consistency across chapters and make the process easier to manage and teach to new members and officers.

Also interested in BOT Meeting Packet remaining in PDF format to keep hyperlinks intact rather than scanning paper images.

Please contact me with thoughts: [email protected] or 206-612-8130

Bank Balance as of 8/31/2016: $18,827.56, Key Bank new software has delayed our September statement.

Chapter Trustee: Doug Vogt, PLS Treasurer: Ellen Buck-Reifenrath, LSIT Secretary: Kerman Kermoade


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MEETING DATE 10-14-2016CHAPTER NORTHEASTRESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: WES THOMAS

Action Items from last BOT meeting: I see none in the BOT meeting notes!

Chapter Action Item 1: Topic – Monument Preservation ProgramChapter Position: NO! The Northeast Chapter is against any program that would increase the costs to the public for services that are already provided to them from private surveyors or public surveyors. The Northeast Chapter opposes the Monument Preservation Program due to funding and procedures. The Northeast Chapter feels the LSAW would be better served if it would address strengthening the existing fines for construction and utility companies for destroying or disturbing existing monuments.

Action Item 2: None Chapter PositionAdd as necessary

Chapter Meetings Held: 10-14-2016 Sandy's in Kettle.

Attendance: George Stolp, Grant Tolton, Bryce Tolton, Travis Mitchell, Tom Todd,Doug Noyes, Wes Thomas.

Special Presentations / Speakers: 0Donations and Sponsorships? 0Nominations: 0OfficersSurveyor of the YearAssociate of the Year

It was MSP that the Chapter buy dinner.It was MSP that the Chapter is against the Monument Preservation ProgramFinance: sameDiscussions: Monument Preservation, Estimates to clients, IA surveys, UAV surveys, Suggestion to use LCR form or like, for the correctional form not brought up at board meeting. Education funds have not been sent, Tom will send them. No BOT report before meetings (Wes note, I will attach hyper link for them with notice of meeting in future) (Wes note to last meeting, the NC Chapter also donated $2000.00 to the Education fund.)Next meeting: February 2, 2017, Place to be determined.



CHAPTER Northwest

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Jesse Allen

Action Items from last BOT meeting: New management company

Financial Report: Please provide the following: Balance $14,594

Chapter Meetings Held: Attendance: 15-25 average Special Presentations / Speakers:

August, 2016 at Cascade Pizza, Bellingham, WA, Presenter Bill Mumma, PLS, WSDOT

September, 2016 at New York Pizza, Bellingham, WA, Presenter none

October, 2016 at Bobs Burgers & Brews , Burlington, WA, Presenter George Raper, PLS



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CHAPTER Snohomish

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Micheal J Lynch, President

Action Items from last BOT meeting: Action Item 1: Topic – Financial Report: Savings - $20.00 Checking - $6599.30 Petty Cash - $30.0 Conference Check - $1482.64 on its way. Chapter Meetings Held: August 16, 2016 Average Attendance: 10 Special Presentations / Speakers: Aqua Sox Game September 21, 2016 Joint Meeting with NPS Average Attendance: 8 Special Presentations / Speakers: Jeff Hoiland, John Warren, Amanda Askern October 13, 2016 Average Attendance: 12 Special Presentations / Speakers: General Chapter meeting, no speaker

Next Chapter Meeting: November 10, 2016, Scuttlebutt Brewery

Donations and Sponsorships: None



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CHAPTER South Puget Sound

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Desi Schilling

Financial Report: From September 30th Bank Statement: Checking balance $2310.96 Savings balance $6895.36

Chapter Meetings:

September – Wednesday September 7th

Attendance: 21 total - 16 members, 4 associates, 1 student • Location: Mama Stortini’s in Puyallup• Jerry Broadus and Matt Walters gave a presentation on “Expert Witness Testimony”. Topics included

touched on topics including preparation & coordination with attorneys, contract/compensationconsiderations, “War Stories”and more.

October – Tuesday October 4th

Attendance: 18 total – 12 members, 4 associates, 2 guests (former members) • Location: Emerald Queen Event Center in Fife.• Matt Kumpula presented the topic of “UAV technology in Surveying”. He covered available

hardware, FAA certification and compliance, differences in hardware technology and currentlimitations.

Upcoming Chapter Sponsored Event:

Pierce County Construction Career Day When: November 17th Where: Washington State Fairgrounds, Puyallup • Our chapter committee made of Jerry White, PPI, Tom Ginsburg and Dan Price will be manning the

booth and actively engaging with high school students from the entire south sound region. We areplanning on being next to the Renton Tech booth at this event to harness maximum exposureopportunity to those attending. In years past, this event drew about 2,000 students.

Chapter Leadership: Desi Schilling, President Doug Casement, Trustee Matt Walters, Vice President Nate Green, Secretary Greg Dussault, Treasurer


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CHAPTER Southwest Chapter

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY:

Kate Schalk, SW Chapter President

President: Kate Schalk, PLS Vice President: Pat Beehler, PLS Secretary: Lorna Anderson, LSIT

Treasurer: Steve Ivey, PLS

Action Items from last BOT meeting: We hosted the Fall Free Seminar on September 10th South in Olympia, WA; Despite some difficulty getting the message out, the overall report was positive from those who attended. The seminar was geared toward the technician level, in a two part session. The morning was centered on field equipment, with introduction of the newest of surveyor technology, “unmanned aerial systems” and laser scanning along with a segment on the tried and true-how to keep those tribrachs and optics well maintained and properly adjusted. Our Chapter thanks PPI for their assistance and time. The afternoon session focused on the importance of researching the records. Cases included use of mineral surveys for GLO corner retracement, aquatic oyster land surveys and deeds containing meander line and corner record information, and DLC patent files. There was a total of 6 speakers, with 24 people in attendance. See attached report.

Financial Status of 10/09/2016: Checking; $1782. Investment Account; $33,825.

Chapter Meetings held between August and November BOT: September 13th meeting in Shelton, WA: Our 2nd annual members picnic at Spencer Lake after a two month summer break and the Fall’s Free Seminar. Attendance: 14; 8 members, 2 associate members, 4 guests. October 11th meeting at Ramblin’ Jack’s Restaurant in Olympia, WA: Gearing up for November Chapter elections, creation of Nominating Committee and discussion upcoming educational and volunteer opportunities. Centralia College Committee Chair notified Chapter of the no enrollment of survey related programs this year. Attendance: 9; 6 members, 3 associate members.



MEETING DATE UPDATE ONLY, No meeting since June 15, 2016

COMMITTEE/SUBJECT 2022 NSRS DATUM COMMITTEE

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Thomas S. Barger, Jr., PLS

With most WA DOL BORPELS meetings scheduled for one-day only due to budgetary constraints, this committee was unable to meet in August. Coordination with admin staff from DOL as well as the DNR SAB will continue so that joint meetings will offer the best possibility of maximum attendance as well as cost-effective utilization of meeting rooms (No charge to LSAW if rooms are unoccupied after DOL and SAB meetings conclude).

Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 8th, 2016 at the Radisson Hotel, SeaTac, WA. Time TBD as WA DOL BORPELS has a condensed one-day meeting schedule.

Mark Armstrong, PLS, WRE, and NOAA Geodesist is officially our NGS Northwest Regional Advisor with Kurt Williamson, PLS and Survey and Mapping Manager for GeoMetrix Survey Section of WSDOT assisting as our Washington State Geodetic Coordinator. I had the pleasure of attending a two-day OPUS Projects class sponsored by Jon Warren, PLS and the City of Bellevue with Mark as the instructor. We are certainly in great hands with Mark and Kurt in our “corner” as we approach 2022.

Current Goals: GET PREPARED with NGS information on the web: http://www.geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/GetPrepared.shtml 2017 Geospatial Summit April 24-25, 2017, Silver Springs, Maryland GPS on benchmarks – 2017 through 2020 (NGS is working East to West) Updating passive monument database 2019-2020 (or sooner like City of Seattle) Reference to NAD 83 must change (Laws, Codes, Specs, Standards, textbooks, etc…) Stakeholder groups (currently WGS and LSAW leading the way) Need others including GIS, DOT and ROW groups. Spread the word!

Old topics still needing support include: Calibration Baseline for use as a RTN Validation Station WA State Height Modernization gaps – Larry Signani has a current gaps map. GET YOUR CHAPTER INVOLVED!


http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engineerslandsurveyors/board.html

http://www.dnr.wa.gov/about/boards-and-councils/survey-advisory-board


https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ADVISORS/#NW

https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ADVISORS/#NW

https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ADVISORS/state-geodetic-coordinators.shtml#WAC

http://www.geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/GetPrepared.shtml

http://www.geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/GetPrepared.shtml

http://www.geodesy.noaa.gov/geospatial-summit/index.shtml

Still looking for sub-committee chairs and other volunteers: Educational (Jim Coan), Legislative (Pat Beehler), Technical (OPEN), Financial (OPEN)

Our next meeting will be TBD, Thurs. Dec. 8, 2016 at Radisson SeaTac, following the BORPELS Special Committee meetings.

https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/nad-83_state-plane-leg-coord_flyer.pdf

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MEETING DATE October 12-13, 2016, The Davenport Hotel, Spokane, WA

COMMITTEE/SUBJECTLIAISON TO WA BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Thomas S. Barger, Jr., PLS

13 October, 2016 – Unofficial Reports (See BOR Minutes link at bottom of page)

October 12, 2016 – Committee Meetings Practice Committee: Chair Ivan VanDeWege, PE Nine cases reviewed, Four cases opened, Three cases not opened, Two cases closed with no further action.

King County letter regarding surveyor’s certification (see Surveying Committee Report)

Surveying Committee: Chair Neil A. Norman, PE King County agreed to change policy to include RCW required certification. County raised question of platting certificates and Board’s opinion is that each jurisdiction must have legislation in place for platting certification language per platting regulations.

D.N.R. Survey Advisory Board seeking BORPELS input of Vertical Standards to beintroduced in a new W.A.C. (There are no current rules or standards). Consensus is tolimit the new W.A.C. proposed to Vertical Standards ONLY (currently the draft proposalincludes other survey and mapping standards that might conflict with existing rules andlaw). Mr. Wengler to research other vertical standards such as City of Seattle, NGS andUSACOE as a model to follow.

OS Designer’s guidelines to be reviewed and committee re-established with industry experts in Septic Design for educational meetings before additional action is still in process.

Special Board Meeting

Exam/Qualifications Committee Report: New Chair Stephen Shrope, PE, SE See online report when available.

Executive Director Report:New staff, staffing structure announced. Reporting matrix to follow at next meeting. Travel and budget plans announced.


NOTE to educators in Washington State: NCEES provides up to 10 - $10,000 cash awards to Land Surveying programs. Please pass along to interested parties and help support our in-state education programs.

NCEES Surveying Education Award for 2017 schedule and application.

NCEES Awards: www.ncees.org/award Seattle University wins 3 awards at $7,500 each. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2) and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1). https://www.seattleu.edu/scieng/

Oregon Institute of Technology wins one of ten national Surveying Education Award at $10,000. http://www.oit.edu/academics/degrees/geomatics

Executive Director Report: BOR Staffing support structure and staff members provided. Matrix of reporting structure produced. Cross-reporting matrix format. Travel plans announced and approved. CR 105 WAC changes posted to website – to be reviewed by AAG NCEES records glitch. Some records not found prior to 2008 or with multiple state registrations. Contact NCEES to confirm your own records are correct.

Other Business: 2017 schedule of meetings (Preliminary): Feb. 9th Seattle University with NCEES April 13th Central Washington University, Ellensberg June 14th-15th SeaTac Aug. 10th Vancouver Oct. 19th Spokane Dec. 7th Western Washington University, Bellingham

Draft minutes can be found here (when available): http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engineerslandsurveyors/meetings.html

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If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]

http://ncees.org/education/ncees-surveying-education-award/

http://www.ncees.org/award

https://www.seattleu.edu/scieng/

http://www.oit.edu/academics/degrees/geomatics

http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engineerslandsurveyors/meetings.html


Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 526 South E Street – Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Email: [email protected] Phone: 888-994-2845 Fax: 707-578-4406 Affiliated with NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS * WESTERN FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS

COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE LSAW BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING DATE November 5, 2016 COMMITTEE/SUBJECT Bylaws RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Lynee Forsyth, Chair

There were several LSAW Regulation amendments approved at the last BOT meeting in August including new or revised criteria for the different membership categories. Each ofthe membership categories requires an application, which is provided by LSAW, to be prepared, signed and submitted to LSAW by the applicant. In order for this to happen themembership application(s) need to be developed by LSAW and it is recommended that theBOT add this to the action item list and assign responsibility. The Bylaws Committee would also like clarification regarding who is responsible for updating the Bylaws, Regulations, Policies, and Handbook once amendments have been approved. Short term Bylaws Committee tasks include the following: 1. Work with AMS to appropriately rename the title of Regulation Section 6.100 ExecutiveSecretary and the duties of this position that are generally defined in Section 6.101. 2. Once the title discussed in Item 1 above has been approved, ask for BOT approval to make a blanket change to the Bylaws and Regulations documents to replace the Executive Secretary title.3. Ask for BOT approval to make necessary changes to the Bylaws and Regulationsdocuments to remove any gender specific wording. 4. Work with AMS to incorporate all amendments to the Bylaws and Regulations so thatcurrent versions are available for distribution. 5. Define the “Retired Member” category as voting, non-voting or either depending on ifthe applicant still holds an active Professional License - it is not currently defined. 6. Discuss if the “New Registrant” time limitation should be reduced to 18 or 24 months rather than 48 months. (This was a suggestion at the August 2016 BOT Meeting) At the November 5, 2016 BOT meeting the Bylaws Committee will be seeking approval on an amendment to Regulations Section 6.101( i ) which changes the section from only including “checking and/or savings accounts” to including “all bank accounts”. Please seethe attachment for the proposed language.

NOVEMBER 5, 2016 BYLAWS COMMITTEE REPORT ATTACHMENTLynee Forsyth, Bylaws Committee Chair John Thalacker, Committee Member

PROPOSED LSAW REGULATION AMENDMENT:

EXISTING REGULATION SECTION 6.101 ( i )

Section 6.101(i) Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington (LSAW) state checking and/or savings accounts signature cards shall be maintained and updated annually by a Senior Representative of LSAW’s professional organization management company (Senior Representative), each account to be accessible by the current Senior Representative, State President and State Treasurer, and such additional individuals as may be determined by the Executive Committee and duly entered in their minutes. Such other LSAW checking and/or savings accounts as authorized by the LSAW Board of Trustees signature cards shall be maintained and annually updated by the designated Committee Chairperson or Chapter Treasurer, and identification information for each signatory to be on file with the LSAW state Senior Representative .

AMENDED REGULATION SECTION 6.101( i ) Section 6.101(i) All Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington (LSAW) bank account signature cards shall be maintained and updated annually by a Senior Representative of LSAW’s professional organization management company (Senior Representative) , each account to be accessible by the current Senior Representative, State President and State Treasurer, and such additional individuals as may be determined by the Executive Committee and duly entered in their minutes. All signature cards for other LSAW bank accounts including, but not limited to, any Chapter or Committee accounts as authorized by the LSAW Board of Trustees shall be maintained and annually updated by the designated Committee Chairperson or Chapter Treasurer, and identification information for each signatory to be on file with the LSAW state Senior Representative .




MEETING DATE November 5th, 2016

COMMITTEE/SUBJECT Membership committee

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Weston Dorszynski, PLS

With the changeover of management companies the membership focus has been to get existing member renewal and new member application information up to date and event registration capabilities functioning.

The event registration can now happen again through the LSAW.org website and the membership renewals can also take place on the website.

I believe later this month we will have another membership renewal push for 2017 by parcel post. This reminder should be more clear about what you’re signing up for and for what period this membership is covering.

The new web site that is currently being designed should have the capabilities to review your membership information and be able to update that if desired.


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Policy and Procedures Committee. As many of you know there are now two professional organizations in the state of Arizona. This presents a unique problem for the NSPS as to which organization to recognize or if we should recognize both organizations. There was a very good discussion on this topic that centered around if there should be one vote per state, or one vote per organization. This was brought up at the directors meeting and was decided that at this time it would be better to keep the one vote one state. The policy and procedures committee was only two hours long and this topic dominated the entire time.

Western States Director’s Council

Very good article in the Nevada Traverse (Nevada’s magazine) about the accuracy of UAS’s (drones) was discussed and would be a very good read for anyone considering using drones for surveying. The Western States Director’s Council is developing a motion to be brought up at the next NSPS meetings for the NSPS to make a line item of discretionary funds for directors that are part of the Western Directors Council to attend W FPS meetings. The way this will work is that the NSPS director in the state where the W FPS meeting is held would attend their meeting. The funds we are requesting would cover necessary travel expenses. It is felt that a closer working relationship between W FPS and the NSPS Western Directors Council would benefit both organizations. At the spring 2017 NSPS meetings in Silver Spring Maryland we will hold a vote for the new chair of the Western State Directors Council. The nominees are: Matt Morris PLS, from Montana, and Amanda Allred PLS, from New Mexico. There is a move underway in Arizona to abolish the need for licensing for professional land surveyors. This was discussed at some length and brought up to the general membership where it is being addressed by the NSPS. It should be noted that this could become a national problem as many people (politicians) see licensure as another unnecessary regulation imposed on the public.

Certified Survey Technician (CST) meeting. The NSPS was working with the US military at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri to have their trainees the CST exam. Apparently there has been a change of command and the new commander sees this as unnecessary and for now there are no plans to move forward. The CST exam nationwide seems to be catching on. Request to take the exam has increased substantially but mainly on the East Coast. More work seems to be done on the West Coast to make this a sought after certification. The level I exam is a four-hour exam, the level II and III exam is a six-hour exam, and the level IV exam is a take-home exam. There can be a field or office track when taking these exams.

NSPS Board of Directors meeting. The NSPS now has approximately 17,000 members, and 48 states have signed MOU with the NSPS. The young surveyors network has also signed an MOU with NSPS There has been talk of resurrecting the NSPS national conference. A questionnaire was sent out to the membership and the question was asked if a national conference is needed. 95% of the responding people said they would like to see a national conference. I will keep you up-to-date on this as things develop.

As stated earlier the NSPS 2017 spring meetings will be held in Silver Spring Maryland during the second week of March.

The NSPS political action committee (PAC) only supports federal, not state, legislation. They do not have a lot of money in their coffers and are asking for donations. One of the ideas talked about was to make a monthly donation to the NSPS pack (any amount you can afford). If you are to contribute $500 a year or more you become a member of the Jefferson club and are privileged to enjoy the benefits that that entails. See the NSPS website for details. One thing I discovered that these meetings is that a chapter cannot contribute to the NSPS PAC, the monies must come from individuals.

NSPS elections will be coming soon when you get your vet ballot be sure to vote.

NSPS is working with FIG to host a combined meeting in Orlando Florida in 2022.

The following is a list of motions that were acted on without comment. Motion – ascension of vice president to president elect (past) Motion – nominations for NSPS 2017 elections (past) The nominees are:

Secretary, Tim Burch. Treasurer, Robert Miller. President elect, Kim Leavitt. Vice president, Carl CdeBaca, Henry Kuehlem, Mark Sargent, Lisa Van Horn. Director at large, Amanda Marois

Motion – policy on elections (past). Motion – policy on affiliation with NSPS (failed). Motion – national surveyor’s week (failed). Motion – public relations photo contest (past). Motion – NSPS/A AGS minimum standard G NSS survey (past). Motion – NSPS support and maintain the website www, beasurveyor.com.

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BOARD MEETING DATE: November 5th, 2016

COMMITTEE/SUBJECT: Western Federation of Professional Surveyors (WFPS)

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Ben Petersen, WFPS Delegate

I attended the October 1st WFPS Board meeting in Chandler, Arizona accompanied by Weston Dorszynski, our LSAW Vice-President. The meeting was held in conjunction with the NSPS Fall meetings. It was a good opportunity for the two groups to interact and we had record guest attendance for the WFPS meeting as many of the NSPS Directors sat in including Jon Warren, Pat Beehler and Jim Coan.

The reports from each WFPS member state and NSPS guests included the following golden nuggets:

NSPS: Plans are still afoot to entice FIG to hold their 2022 working week in the USA. Location to be decided. The NSPS 2017 spring meetings will be held in Silver Springs, Maryland. Arkansas and California are the only 2 states not members of NSPS yet.

Arizona (APLS): 494 members. Their 2017 conference will be May 18th in Tucson. They are investigating an association dues increase.

Alaska (ASPLS): 220 members. A compromise has been reached regarding BLM's proposal to have "bearing trees in the sky".

California (CLSA): 1,670 members. Their 2017 conference will be in Orange County in late March. Their 2016 conference auction raised $16,574. All PLS's are now required to take an online test in order to renew their license. The issue of mandating two-person crews is still under discussion.

Colorado (PLSC): Thei 2017 conference will be held Feb. 15-17 in Arvada.

Hawaii (HLSA): 128 members. Their 2017 conference will be held in Kona Feb. 10, 2017.

Montana (MARLS): Managed to send 3 teachers to TwisT. The elected not to renew their lobbyist contract. Their 2017 conference will be held in Bozeman Feb. 22-24.

Idaho (ISPLS): No report.

Nevada (NALS): Last reported at 218 members. Sent 2 teachers to TwisT. Offred to have WFPS join them for their 2017 or 2018 conference. Seeking $100 donations to help monument the TriState corner common to Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

New Mexico (NMSPLS): No report.

Oregon (PLSO): 456 members. Their 2017 conference will be at the Sheridan Portland Airport Hotel from January 18-20. They are looking at offering membership to AAGS members

Utah (UCLS): 407 members of which 300 are licensed members. Their 2017 conference will be in St. George Feb. 22-24.

Wyoming (PLSW): 275 members. The Univ. of Wyoming has 36 students in their Land Surveying program. Their next conference will be November 3-4, 2016 in Casper.

WFPS received 8 entries in their Elevator Pitch for surveyors contest. The winner was Richard Heieren the WFPS delegate from Alaska who donated the $100 prize. Ben Petersen was assigned see if a consolidated pitch could be developed from all of the entries.

WFPS will be assembling and promoting a webinar continuing education program projected to run about $39 for a one-hour program.

WFPS has been collecting association data and presented a fact-filled matrix of statistics pertaining to the WFPS member states that includes a comparison of each states dues, membership types, license renewal fees, continuing education requirements and lots of other data.

The Jan/Feb 2017 meeting of the WFPS board will be in either Bozeman, MT or Kona, HI in each case in conjunction with their association conference.

The June WFPS meeting is tentatively planned for Portland, OR and the fall meeting (Oct.+/) for Salt Lake, UT.

The WFPS Board voted to allow WFPS scholarships for two-year students as well as 4-year programs.

Land Surveyors' Association of Washington

526 South E Street

Santa Rosa, CA 95404

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Dear Sirs,

Since I have been a member of LSAW continuously since 1983 and am now age 65, I

believe that I now qualify for life membership.

Please accept this as my formal request for life membership.

Regards,

Stuart B. VanBuren, Jr. , LS#21591

President,

Azimuth Northwest, Inc.

17963 Wood Rd.

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LSAW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD VIA EMAIL ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

ROLL CALL John Christensen, President Carla Meritt, President-Elect Weston Dorszynski, Vice President Tom Brewster, Secretary John Thalaker, Treasurer Mike McEvilly, Immediate Past President

MOTION 1: AUTHORIZED TELEPHONE LINE TO BE OPENED IN LSAW NAME MOVED by Carla Meritt and SECONDED by Weston Dorszynski to authorize Dorothy Calegari to open a phone line with 800 number in the name of LSAW. MOTION CARRIED.

MOTION 2: AUTHORIZE RELEASE FROM AMI TO AMS MOVED by Carla Meritt and SECONDED by Weston Dorszynski to authorize AMI to release all files, records, usernames and passwords to AMS. MOTION CARRIED.

MOTION 3: AUTHORIZE SIGNORS ON BANK ACCOUNTS MOVED by Carla Meritt and SECONDED by Weston Dorszynski to authorize John Thalacker, John Christensen, Dorothy Calegari, and Christina Willson as signors on the LSAW checking, money market, and savings accounts. MOTION CARRIED.

MOTION 4: AUTHORIZE NEW CHECKING ACCOUNT MOVED by Carla Meritt and SECONDED by Weston Dorszynski to authorize Dorothy Calegari to open a checking account at Wells Fargo bank in the name of LSAW with the following signors: John Thalacker, John Christensen, Dorothy Calegari, and Christina Willson. MOTION CARRIED.

MOTION 5: AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR TRAVEL TO NSPS MEETING MOVED by Weston Dorszynski and SECONDED by Carla Meritt that LSAW sponsor Heidi Jackson’s expenses to the September 2016 NSPS conference up to the amount of $400. MOTION CARRIED.

LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON EXECUTIVE OFFICE: 526 SOUTH E STREET SANTA ROSA, CA 95404

T: (800) 123-1234 F: (707) 578-4406 E. [email protected]

Title Name Email PhonePresident John Christensen [email protected] 509.545.3514President‐Elect Carla Meritt [email protected] 360.695.3411Vice‐President Weston Dorszynski [email protected] 360.487.7771 Secretary Tom Brewster [email protected] 360.733.6100Treasurer John Thalacker [email protected] 360.378.4578Past‐President Mike McEvilly mikemcevilly@sitts‐hill‐engineers.com 253.474.9449

Title Name Email Phone

President Jason Rinehart [email protected] 509.574.2339Vice President Tim Fries [email protected] 509.966.7000Trustee Don Leischner [email protected] 509.575.6990Secretary Tim Fries [email protected] 509.966.7000Treasurer Joe Baker [email protected] 509.575.6990


President Duane Zimmerman [email protected] 509.747.6790Vice President Peter Kruse [email protected] 509.467.5261Trustee Todd Emerson [email protected] 509.710.3200Secretary Rudy Kitzan [email protected] 509.324.7861Treasurer Jon Gordon [email protected] 509.893.2617


President Paul Galli [email protected] 360.577.3030 x 6539Trustee Jeff Lynch [email protected] 360.487.7773Secretary Howard Richardson [email protected] 360.695.1385Treasurer John Thatcher [email protected] 503.235.5022


President Mark Sele [email protected] 509.667.6415Vice President Todd Wilson [email protected] 509.884.7173Trustee Erik Gahringer [email protected] 509.436.1640Secretary Nicholas Martinez [email protected] 509.679.6328Treasurer Nicholas Martinez [email protected] 509.679.6329


President Grant Tolton gtolton@mid‐mtn.com 509.775.3603Trustee Tom Todd [email protected] 509.684.8661Secretary Wes Thomas [email protected] 509.684.1157Treasurer Tom Todd [email protected] 509.684.8661


President Larry Pederson [email protected] 360.457.2570 ext. 226Trustee Mike Dunphy [email protected] 360.779.6633Treasurer Brian Cays [email protected] 360.460.2934

North Olympic

Northeast

LSAW Who's Who

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Lower Columbia

North Central

2016 Executive Committee


President Tom Barger [email protected] 206.684.4954Trustee Doug Vogt [email protected] 425.519.6538Secretary Kerman Kermoade npslsaw.secretary@gmail 206.323.4144Treasurer Ellen Buck‐Reifenrath [email protected] 425.235.6575


President Jesse Allen [email protected] 360.815.0291Trustee Paul Darrow [email protected] 360.733.6100Secretary Chris Jepson [email protected] 360.733.5760Treasurer Ray Peterson [email protected] 360.676.9350


President Donald Wieber [email protected] 509.585.4505Vice President Darrell Sowards [email protected] 509.942.7705Trustee Darrell Sowards [email protected] 509.942.7705Secretary Donald Wieber [email protected] 509.585.4505Treasurer Larry Barbus [email protected] 509.781.0648


President Mike Lynch [email protected] 425.508.8051Trustee Steve Bratz [email protected] 425‐452‐2810Secretary Mary McDowell [email protected] 425.216.2178Treasurer Greg Brooks [email protected] 425.830.5835

Title Name Email PhonePresident Desi Schilling desischilling@sitts‐hill‐engineers.com 253.820.4323Vice President Matt Walters [email protected] 206.431.2350Trustee Doug Casement [email protected] 253.576.7328Secretary Nate Green [email protected] 425.280.7711Treasurer Greg Dussault [email protected] 253.798.2243


President Kate Schalk [email protected] 360.556.2970Trustee Pat Beehler [email protected] 360.902.1181Secretary Lorna Anderson [email protected] 360.736.0394Treasurer Steve Ivey [email protected] 360.902.1379

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