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2014 August

Volume 1, Issue 8

California Land Surveyors Association

Sacramento Chapter

At least some of the work on GPS III continues along

prepared tracks, with the award of a Lockheed Martin

contract to General Dynamics for two more satellites’

worth of communications hardware. General

Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business

unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $25.4

million full-production contract from Lockheed Martin

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Speaker Intro ..................... 2

Calendar ............................. 2

President’s Message ........... 5

Golf...……………………………..8

Employment………...………..11

Contacts…………..…………...12

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

Golf Info

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Focal Point General Dynamics Awarded $25M by

Lockheed for GPS III Program

July 29, 2014 - By GPS World staff

August 7, 2014

Logan’s Roadhouse 3698 N Freeway Blvd., Natomas

5:00 Social Hour 6:00 Meeting 7:00 Speaker

Dinner $30

Speaker: Jay Seymour, President Elect

Details on page 3

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For detail on calendar items, see page 4.

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August 2014

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Seymour is entering his 46th year in Civil Engineering, Land Planning, Land Surveying, and Land Development and his 37th year as a professional land surveyor, holding licenses of regis-tration in Kansas since RLS-1978, Colorado since PLS-1979, and California since LLS-1991.

He has surveyed in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizo-na, Alaska, and California. He has prepared in excess of 11,000 legal descriptions, performed 2,000 full Sectionalized-Land-Boundary-Surveys in multiple states, and has supervised and prepared over 3,000 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys in his career. Mr. Seymour has been an Expert Witness in Boundary Disputes in both Colorado and California. He currently develops his own seminars with Professional Land Consultants, Inc., a company he has owned since 1984.

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CLSA Sacramento Chapter proudly announces our dinner program for the August 7, 2014 dinner meeting.

Our speaker will be, Jay Kay Seymour, RLS, PLS, LLS, who is our current state secretary. His presentation will be on CLSA-Past-Present-Future-Come Share the Vision!

Having been on the state executive Committee since 2009, he will bring his experiences and exposure at the state level to our meeting. He will take some of the mystery out of the organization and explain how CLSA works, and how we as chapters can contribute to the state organization, and grow our local chapters in the process!

He will reflect on the history of CLSA, focusing on the vision of the Original-31 and bring us to the pre-sent! He will explain the function, goals, and aspirations of the organization, and will take some of the mys-tery out of the BOARD. Highlights will include:

the value of CLSA to its members (Why Join)

the programs and opportunities available to the members (Saving Money)

how to grow the local chapter (increase membership)

What is on the horizon for CLSA for 2013 and beyond? (Where are we going)

Come join us, bring your questions, concerns, and comments, but most importantly bring your VISION!

Guaranteed to be an entertaining and lively exchange of ideas from the southern California Surveyors!

Invest an evening in yourself, your chapter, and your profession!

See you there!

Jay

Principal/Owner

Since 1984

CLSA State Secretary Member since Member since

2013 1989 2001

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CALENDAR DETAILS

August 7th Sacramento Chapter Meeting 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location: Logans Roadhouse Natomas

August 8th Day and Night Golf Tournament 5:00 PM - the end

He has been a continuous supporter of education programs, and gives his time annually to educate, support, and train the “next generation surveyor”. He has guest lectured or held seminars over the years at the following schools: Madison Elementary, Adams Middle, and Mira Costa High School in Redondo Beach, CA. He has also presented at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fresno, Santiago College, East LA College, College of the Canyons, and Pasade-na Community College.

California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA): a Professional Association- Resume

Member of CLSA since 1989

Member of the Professional Development Program since 2001

Officer of the Los Angeles Chapter from 2003-2013

Los Angeles Chapter president 2008

State Representative/Board of Directors 2009-2011

State Member at large to the Executive Committee 2009-2011

State Member of the Executive Committee 2009-2013

State Chairman of the Policies & Procedures Committee 2012-2013

Member of the following state committees: Public Awareness; Legislation; Monument Conservation; co-chairman of the membership; General Director of the Education Founda-tion; ACEC Liaison

Member of the Year for CLSA 2011

State Treasurer 2012

State Secretary 2013

State President 2014

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As July winds to a close, the Sacramento CLSA Chapter Officers are scrambling to fill our

roster with members who are both a state member as well as a member of our local

Chapter. If you have not paid your state dues yet, please do so immediately, and be sure

to get your Sacramento Chapter membership form mailed in to PO Box 162846, CA 95816

-2846, or scan and email the form to Sercretary@Sac-Surveyors.org.

Of particular importance to the Chapter are the Professional Land Surveyors. The number

of PLS members determines the number of Directors our Chapter sends to the quarterly

Board of Directors meetings. This directly relates to our ability to represent your interests

with CLSA, and through CLSA, both state and local governments. Also, your membership

in CLSA increases our organizations bargaining power as we negotiate for membership in

the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) as an included member benefit for

all CLSA members. CLSA’s membership in NSPS gives us a seat at the national table.

I hope you attend the August 7th Chapter meeting, and the Sacramento Chapter Golf

Tournament the following evening, August 8th. Our speaker is CLSA President-Elect Jay

Seymour. He will be talking to us about the present and future of CLSA, and possibly a

briefing on the meeting he is scheduled to attend the morning of August 7th here in

Sacramento with other professional societies.

Changes are happening in the industry. I recently read in the Wall Street Journal the news

of a major acquisition. Los Angeles

based AECom is in the process of

purchasing San Francisco based URS

Corporation to the tune of approximately

$4 Billion. How that will affect staff is

unknown at this time. I hope the best

for the good people of URS.

Technological advances in our

profession have been significant: Steel

tape for electronic distance meter

(EDM); Optical theodolites for electronic

instruments; Incorporating an EDM

inside an electronic instrument to create

a total station; The handy pencil and (Continued on page 9)

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Rob McMillan, PLS

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to support the GPS

III Network Communications Element (NCE) for space vehicles seven and eight (SV 07-08).

This commitment fills out that aspect of the current Lockheed Martin bevy of eight bought by

the U.S. Air Force.

Many if not all components of the GPS III constellation beyond the Initial Eight have been

called into question recently, with the U.S. Senate, the Air Force, and Lockheed itself keeping

open minds about alternatives.

General Dynamics’ NCE components provide the communications functions for the GPS III

satellites, including the ground-to-space command and control channel, the space-to-space

inter-satellite channel and the command and telemetry communications channels within each

satellite. General Dynamics is now under contract with Lockheed Martin for GPS III SV 01-08.

Delivery of the NCE components for SV03 and SV04 are scheduled for this summer.

Compared to prior GPS vehicles, the Air Force’s GPS III satellites will deliver three times

better accuracy, provide up to eight times more powerful anti-jamming capabilities and

include enhancements that extend spacecraft life 25 percent further. GPS III-series satellites

also will carry a new civil signal designed to be interoperable with other international global

navigation satellite systems, enhancing civilian-user connectivity.

The majority of the work under contract will be performed at the General Dynamics Advanced

Information Systems facilities in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bloomington, Minnesota.

from GPSWorld.com, reprinted with permission

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RTK on Your Smartphone or Tablet

Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 5:00 p.m. GMT

Duration: 60 minutes

Moderator: Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Survey Scene Newsletter Speakers: To be announced

Event Description

The availability of small RTK GNSS receivers, wireless Bluetooth connectivity, and the proliferation of publicly-available RTK bases provide an environment in which you can fully leverage the richness of centimeter-level, horizontal and vertical data. Learn how to adapt to and benefit from the dynamic mobile device market through a step-by-step demonstration. The method does not use the in-ternal receiver of the tablet or smartphone, but takes advantage of some professional-grade RTK receivers on the market that make it easy for users to interface their various mobile devices to their receivers.

Moderator: Eric Gakstatter

Eric Gakstatter is GPS World's contributing editor of the twice-monthly Survey Scene newsletter and editor of the Geospatial Solutions website and the GSS Insider newsletter. He has spent 20 years in the GPS survey/mapping industry as a product manager, GPS user, consultant, and a non-partisan advocate for the GPS user community.

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Foothill Golf Center

7000 Verner Ave

Sacramento, CA 95841

foothillgolfcourse.com

Profits to benefit

Chapter Projects

Day and Night

Golf Tournament

California Land Surveyors Association

Sacramento Chapter Presents

Friday, August 8th Tee Off 5:00 pm

Scramble Tournament Shotgun Start!

$50 per person

$180 for foursome

Includes:

9 holes during day (5pm start)

BBQ Dinner (7pm approx.)

9 holes during night (9 pm start)

Green Fees

Additional “GLOW” Equipment

For Information and Signups

contact:

Sherrie Zimmerman

916.641.9117

sjz.cad@gmail.com

Many Thanks to our event sponsor:

CSDS

4733 Auburn Blvd.

Sacramento, CA 95841

Tel: (916) 344-0232

Toll Free: (800) 243-1414

Additional sponsorships of holes

and dinner available.

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field book for electronic data collectors; Mechanical computers (Monroe or

Curta) for electronic computers; Software to create topographic contours,

records of survey, and subdivision maps; Ink on vellum for computer plotted

drawings; Pen plotters for ink-jet; PDF files for paper submittals; Global

Positioning System; Laser scanning; Unmanned Ariel Systems; and more.

Come see the newest technology available at our upcoming Vendor Night

meeting.

I’ve heard that change is the only constant in life. Just this month I’ve changed

jobs and office locations, returning to work in the Caltrans Headquarters Office of Land Surveys (OLS) here in Sacramento as the Chief of Surveys Coordination.

Although I miss the talented staff and exciting projects I had in Oakland, it is great to be back working to improve on statewide issues with the dedicated staff

of the OLS. So far I am finding the 10 mile commute between home and office much easier to handle than my 92 mile preferred route to the bay area.

I hope to see you at the next Chapter meeting!

Rob McMillan, PLS

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In winter I get up at night,

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer quite the other way

I have to go to bed by day.

Robert Louis Stevenson,

In Winter I get up at Night

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Thank you to our

Sustaining Members for Your Support!

Interested in surveying jobs?

Check out the following link to the one and only CLSA Forum for

new listings to explore:

http://clsaforum.californiasurveyors.org/forumdisplay.php?f=13

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CLSA SACRAMENTO - 2014 CHAPTER OFFICERS

Rob McMillan (760) 846-4491 President@sac-surveyors.org

Jerry Jones (530) 798-6700 VicePresident@sac-surveyors.org

Matt Stringer (916) 381-9100 Secretary@sac-surveyors.org

Sherrie Zimmerman (707) 592-0465 Treasurer@sac-surveyors.org

Paul Carlson (530) 677-1205 PastPresident@sac-surveyors.org

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