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Volume 30 Number 6 November 2016

INSIDE......Additional Concerns - 6Tilting at Windmills - 10Map indicating Educational Requirements by State - 12Survey Student Questionnaire - 16CNM News - 22NMSU Student News - 24Sustaining Members - 25

2 Benchmarks-November 2016

State Officers and Administration of New Mexico Professional Surveyors

Benchmarks Editor - Barry Phillips Education Foundation - Larry MedranoGeospatial Advisory Committee - Barry PhillipsLobbyist - James RiveraMinimum Standards - Will Plotner Jr.PTAB - Steve TolerWebmaster - Chris PappasBOLPEPS - Chris MedinaConference - David Acosta

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Chapter Officers 2016Four CornersPresident – Glen RussellVice-President – Scott MartinSecretary – Alex JohnsonTreasurer – Alex JohnsonLast Wednesday of odd # months

Llano EstacadoPresident – Gary JonesTreasurer – Gary EidsonRegular Meeting: 2nd Tuesday

Las VegasPresident – Jude RegensbergVice-President – Grant GourleySecretary/Treasurer – David HernandezMeeting: K-Bobs, 3rd Wednesday 5:30

Middle Rio GrandePresident – Loren Risenhoover Vice-President – Chris PappasSecretary – Glen HaikinTreasurer – Thomas JohnstonDirector – Will PlotnerRegular Meeting: 2nd Wednesday

North CentralPresident – Jeffery LudwigVice-President – Scott YagerSecretary – Paul ArmijoTreasurer – Joseph Schmitt Regular Meeting: 3rd Wednesday 6pm

Sangre de CristoPresident – VacantSecretary/Treasurer – Vacant

Southern Rio GrandePresident – Darryl CosterVice President – Tom Rollag Secretary – Ahmed ElaksherTreasurer – Kery GreinerRegular Meeting: 3rd Wednesday

GilaPresident – Tammy KaberVice President – Rick Miller Secretary – Amanda AllredTreasurer – Garret AllsupRegular Meeting: 3rd Monday 6pm

NSPS NMSU Student ChapterPresident – Garret SmelkerVice President – Secretary – Laura Ryan Treasurer – Joshua CenicerosECouncil – Jayson NateraRegular Meeting: Every other Thur 5:30

CNM Student ChapterPresident – Michael Wiegel Vice President – Cynthia Abeyta Secretary – Quantina MartineTreasurer – Adriano Lucero

President - David AcostaPresident Elect - Chris PappasVice President - Conrad RoybalTreasurer - Kery GreinerPast President - Chris MedinaExecutive Director - Patty FloydEthical Practices - Chris PappasNSPS Governor - Amanda AllredWestfed Rep - Chris Medina / David Acosta

New Mexico Professional Surveyors, striving to keep the Land Surveying profession respected and worthy of

public and professional esteem; maintaining the highest ethical standards and encouraging the educational

development of its membership.

High Definition Laser Scanner in Mora, NM

Photo sent in by David Acosta.

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Editorial PolicyBenchmarks is published bimonthly by New Mexico Professional Surveyors. Unless copyrighted, ar-ticles may be reprinted in other professional publications provided that proper attribution is made to the author and to this publication. All submissions are welcome and should be made directly to the editor at [email protected]. Submission of an article does not guarantee publication. We reserve the right to edit all submitted material, and no material will be returned. The opinions expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of NMPS, its officers, members, or associates.

Front cover: Marcus Cordova, Crew Chief at Construc-tion Survey Technologies, taken in Portales, NM. Photo sent in by David AcostaBack cover: Ship Rock, NM. Photo sent in by Tim Burrows of AeroTech Mapping

EDITORIAL

Benchmarks-November 2016

Submission Deadlines: January 2017 - December 14, 2016

It is with great interest that I have been reading about the measures being proposed by the NMPS board regarding the future of the NMSU Surveying program. The New Mexico Surveyors, under the leadership of David Acosta, has put together a five page justification in support of keeping the program going.

This link can easily be accessed on NMPS' Facebook page, which will lead to nmpolitics.net. One of the comments I have heard regarding the retention of NMSU graduates is that not many of them stick around after graduating. Obviously we should all strive to make NM attractive to stay, and this article puts forth a great point that the NM DOT has been able to do just that. I urge you to go to this link and browse through some of the letters of encouragement and concern over the consequences of doing away with such an important institution. You will no doubt read about some of the concerns regarding the latest minimum standards that may be directly related to the necessary aspects of a good education.

I have been getting constant updates from Jack Kesler regarding notes, manuals and TI programs. I will keep you updated as to where to look out for these - thanks Jack.

Thanks, as usual, to all the advertisements from the various vendors. Be mindful of the grand opening of the new Holman’s Measurement Technology Center. The date to keep in mind is November 9th, from 2 - 7 pm.

You can also hear Amanda Allred on the NSPS radio hour, hosted by Curt Sumner, look under the archives.

It's hard to believe that this will be the last edition of the year. We look forward to the next president to continue the good work.

Have a wonderful festive season and see you next year.

Barry

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2016 NMPS President October 2016


for continuing the program. Although the details of the plan are still being worked out and nothing is guaranteed, NMPS has been active in creating a marketing and recruiting plan for the Surveying/Geomat-ics program. The Education Expansion Exploration (EEE) Committee who is Chaired by Will Plotner of Cartesian Surveys has created a poster making contest. The poster contest will give current NMSU and CNM students a chance to create a winning poster which will be passed out to High Schools statewide to promote a career in Surveying/Geomatics. The winners of the contest will receive $1,000 to $3,000 in scholarships!

Also, our incoming Vice President Mark Marrujo has been working on organizing the NMPS Fund Raising Golf Tournament which will be held along with the NMPS Conference in March of 2017 at Sandia Casino north of Albuquerque. The tournament is open to all and the proceeds will go to providing additional scholarships and support to NMSU and CNM Surveying/Geomatics programs. Be sure to form your team and look out for details in the near future.

I will be sure to keep everyone updated on any developments with the NMSU Surveying Program as they come along either in the next Benchmarks or by email.

David Acosta

Fellow Surveyors,

Last issue I discussed the unfortunate proposal to eliminate the NMSU Surveying Program which came late summer. At this time the NMPS Executive Committee is working with NMSU to create a plan


Additional ConcernsEarl F. Burkholder, PS, PE, F.ASCE

Global COGO, Inc. - Las Cruces, NM 88003Email: [email protected] URL: www.globalcogo.com

October 10, 2016

The September 2016 issue of Benchmarks contains the fourth of five articles written in the context of the NCEES effort to examine the Future of Surveying. This “Additional Concerns” article is the fifth and last article in that series. Subsequent articles will discuss items related to the proposed elimination of the surveying engineering program at NMSU.

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On March 30, 2016 Bill Hazelton posted an item on the NCEES Basecamp site citing concerns about possible misrepresentation of the surveying profession. He was responding to an item headlined, “Monuments Move – Landowners Lose: A Surveyor’s Dirty Little Secret.” The item is posted at:

http://www.usobserver.com/archive/march-16/monuments-move-landowners-lose.htm I believe Bill’s concern is legitimate and encourage others to read, study, and respond appropriately. We, the surveying profession, need to pay close attention to public perception of our work and activities. In addition to promoting our “brand” we need to protect the image of surveying in the face of efforts to dis-credit same. What is the best way to do that? I don’t know.

In an earlier post I suggested that we should not promote “branding” at the expense of building capacity. I got into trouble by equating the consequences of such an imbalance as “hawking snake oil.” That was an exaggeration, probably inappropriate, and offensive to some. I apologize again. I’d take it back if I could.

I continue to believe in a vision that the surveying profession can make a huge contribution to society in competent use of 3-D digital spatial data. Bill acknowledged same in his supporting comments to the “Why? Because!” article. I appreciate his insight but I observe that the future he describes is already here. I have a good friend employed by a defense contractor who is heavily engaged in tracking missiles and other objects. According to him, the 3-D geometry tools embodied in the global spatial data model (GSDM) are completely routine in defense applications. It will be interesting to see how soon (or if) the GSDM becomes the standard default software model for drones, intelligent vehicles, and other civilian airborne applications. Another reason for my optimism is that the GSDM includes both a functional model using geometry to describe location uniquely and a stochastic model for establishing, tracking, and using spatial data accuracy. That too is well in hand as illustrated in a traditional section breakdown (www.globalcogo.com/3DGPS.pdf). The body of knowledge required to use those tools can be routinely covered in a BS Surveying degree. I know BS surveying graduates who are running successful practices utilizing those 3-D concepts. But, Bill is quite right in that the GSDM is not yet mainstream because as he says, “other groups have their own agenda.”

I’ve posted a lot of 3-D material on my web site. Everything is there. But, the material is much better organized in the book I wrote, “The 3-D Global Spatial Data Model: Foundation of the Spatial Data

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Infrastructure” published by CRC Press in 2008. The Preface and Foreword (www.globalcogo.com/pref-ace.pdf and www.globalcogo.com/foreword.pdf) in the book provide background information about the content and concepts. And, yes, CRC Press has asked me to prepare material for a 2nd Edition to the book. I agreed to do so over a year ago and am deeply engaged in that task. Working on the 2nd Edition has made me even more convinced of the “golden” opportunity 3-D offers the surveying profession – if leaders (top-down) and users (bottom-up) can both be inspired to embrace the challenge. The manuscript for the 2nd Edition was sent to the publisher October 31, 2016.

I have another concern to discuss and I don’t really know the best way to do it. The “concern” Bill expressed has an obvious villain. In that case it is easy to express “righteous indignation” as appropriate. But, how do I handle it if the villain is my fellow surveyor and/or the state board of licensure? Those persons are my friends and respected colleagues – not really deserving the villain label. At the end of “Way Forward” (May 2016 issue of Benchmarks ), I suggested that the NCEES should sponsor workshops devoted to use of 3-D spatial data issues. I still believe such workshops would be appropriate. That infor-mation is generic and strictly my opinion. But, the following is factual and specific.

Among others, the practice of surveying in New Mexico is governed by the Practice Act, Rules and Proce-dures, and the Minimum Standards for Surveying in New Mexico. The Minimum Standards are revisited from time to time to time - the previous published version is dated May 01, 2007. The Board invites input from the New Mexico Professional Surveyors (NMPS) and holds public hearings on proposed changes before the changes are adopted. Even though it is not possible to please everyone, the collective wisdom of many should be included in changes to the Minimum Standards. The Board has the responsibility of arbitrating and developing final wording prior to adoption.

Following is an example of changes to the section in the Minimum Standards on Basis of Bearing as presented by the NM Board in a public hearing prior to final adoption. While the integrity of board members is not questioned, the proposed changes illustrate a basic lack of understanding with regard to fundamental underlying concepts – especially with regard to use of map projections. Where and how is the public protected in the following?

(6) the basis of bearings used in the survey which shall be based upon: a procedure such as a solar observation or geodetic control stations or a line shown on a prior recorded document and defined on the ground by existing monuments; the use of assumed bearings is prohibited; (a) NM State Plane Coordinates with specifics to elevation, vertical datum, hori-zontal datum, zone, mapping angle, ground to grid factor used if using a modified ground system. (b) A specific line between two pointes either found or re-established set points as shown on an existing filed plat, (c) real geodetic control values based upon an OPUS solution or geodetic control station. (d) A longitudinal line is acceptable based off GPS observation or other means for determining the longitude of a bases of bearings as long as the longitudinal value is published on the survey with the method used in determining the longitude. “GPS North” or similar notations without explanation as described above is unacceptable. “Assumed bearings” are prohibited.

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have absolutely nothing to do with basis of bearing.2. The grid to ground factor has nothing to do with bearings whether using state plane coordinates or a modified ground system.3. An OPUS solution provides “approximate” geodetic coordinates for a point – not a line. An OPUS solution might be used to identify that point on the survey where the meridian is referenced to true north. But neither OPUS nor a geodetic control station provides a reproducible direction of a line to be retraced.4. You don’t need to know the longitude of the point where true north is selected. Subsequent surveyors just need to know at what point on your survey you held the true meridian.

The following articles were printed in the NMPS Benchmarks several years ago and readily available to both the NMPS Minimum Standards Committee and the NM Board.

http://www.globalcogo.com/Basis-of-Bearing-and-Summary.pdf

My point is that both practicing surveyors and board members have, in this case, demonstrated a woeful lack of understanding of fundamental principles. Many surveyors are dedicated to the profession and un-derstand land ownership/legal principles. But society also has a reasonable expectation that something as fundamental as basis of bearing can be handled competently by a licensed professional.

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Several items to update this article include:

1. Bill Hazelton posted comments on this article on the NCEES Basecamp Forum page. In his com-ments he noted that the current ALTA/NSPS standards identify a defect in the proposed use of Relative Positional Precision. I concur with his assessment and followed up with a “nerdy” response showing how the GSDM does cover that circumstance with the “local accuracy” computation. Both Hazelton’s com-ments and my response are included in the post at www.globalcogo.com/ALTAandNSPS.pdf.

2. The NM Board of Licensure published “Minimum Standards for Surveying in New Mexico” dated July 24, 2016. I have formally objected to the wording in the Minimum Standards that include irrelevant, extraneous inclusion of elevation into the specification for basis-of-bearing. It is my earnest desire that the BOL would, on their own, initiate revisions to the Minimum Standard to make them grammatically correct and to reflect the collective wisdom of the NMPS. Δ


Tilting at WindmillsBy Glen Thurow*

“New Mexico is the Appalachia of the West.”Winthrop Quigley, Albuquerque Journal

Tilting at Windmills By Glen Thurow*

“New Mexico is the Appalachia of the West.” Winthrop Quigley, Albuquerque Journal

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

Albert Einstein

“To tilt at windmills” is a venerable English idiom meaning to pursue an unrealistic, impractical, or impossible goal, or to battle imaginary enemies. As a member of the Board of Licensure there are times when I feel that I do both although sometimes the enemies are far from imaginary. Trying to operate a licensing board in the State of New Mexico poses a number of unique challenges. Among those are demands by some in the legislature for improved quality of surveys on one hand while handicapping the board by sweeping BOL account funds on the other. 1 Being forced by executive order into the Regulation and Licensing Department doesn’t help either but that is a topic for another article.

At the recently concluded special session of the legislature the entire fund balance of the board was swept into the general fund. While Governor Martinez has yet to sign the legislation as of this writing, all indications are that she will do so. 2

So what happens when your licensing fees are swept into the general fund and not used by the board pursuant to 61-23-11 of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act? Essentially, it becomes an added tax. It’s the price you pay for being a working professional in New Mexico. The governor says that taxes on businesses will not be raised but the sweep does precisely that. Admittedly, the money belongs to the state. The licensing fees are collected by virtue of the police powers granted by our state’s constitution and other enabling legislation. I know that the money is fully fungible and that the state is in dire financial shape due to the decrease in oil and gas revenue. 3 However, this does not make the situation any less painful.

The question may be reasonably asked “how did the board account grow to the level it did?” Well it didn’t happen overnight. For over a decade the account has been growing. Beginning in 2005 the renewal fee was raised three times to its current level of $180. Here is the reason. The board has been chronically understaffed for quite some time. Indeed, for several years fully one-half of the allowed positions have been vacant. The reasons for the positions being vacant are varied but suffice it to say that it’s not from a lack of effort on the board’s part to fill them. Renewal fees are not the only revenue source, of course. Application fees and fines are also a source.

Here is the classic catch 22. Staffing positions must be reflected in the annual budget prepared by the staff. The budget must be supported by revenue projections. Therefore, in order to justify filling vacant positions, the expense in doing so must be reflected in the budget and the budget must be substantiated by revenue projection. If the positions subsequently cannot be filled due to either a hiring freeze, road blocks within an unwieldly bureaucracy, or are filled but become vacant again due to the constant job jumping inside state 1 SB2 actually sweeps $2.8 M - $102,408.00 more than the current balance in the account. 2 Additionally, the emergency clause was not passed with a supermajority vote so provisions in the bill will not take effect until 90 days after the governor signs the legislation. The sweep can occur anytime in FY17. 3 Unlike the federal government, the state cannot deficient spend. Constitutionally, it must balance the budget.


government, the balance continues to grow and becomes a tempting target to legislators. In order to better align contemplated expenses with revenue the board voted to reduce fees beginning in FY2018.4

At the Special Session of the legislature, HB8 and SB2 swept the entire Board of Licensure account fund into the general fund. They did this in spite of being informed several times that their figures were incorrect. NMPS Lobbyist James Rivera and I spent the afternoon of Thursday, September 29th at the Roundhouse talking to several legislators and Legislative Finance Committee staff in a desperate attempt to retain some of the funding. The board wanted to earmark $500,000 of our fund balance for the NMSU surveying program or to begin a new program at NM Tech. Our efforts were to no avail and our pleading fell on deaf ears. Apparently, asking that some of the money collected from surveyors be used to benefit the surveying profession was too much to ask.

I realize the Board of Licensure is not alone in having their fund balanced raided. Other boards and agencies suffered the same fate including the educational budgets of our universities. The distinction here is that we do not use general funds. Like several other agencies, we are self-funded. So when the money collected is not used for the purpose intended it becomes nothing more than an added tax on your business, something the governor has repeatedly stated she will not allow. We need to do something to change the economic dynamic in New Mexico. A vibrant surveying and engineering community can do much to lead the way. Short-changing the educational institutions is counterproductive and anathema to this effort. Turning things around will take true leadership. The partisan bickering witnessed of late will do nothing to improve the situation.

I believe the best avenue for increasing the quality of surveying in New Mexico is education. Education is perhaps the strongest leg in the three-legged stool of professionalism, the other two being examination and experience. Certainly enforcement plays a role but it tends to be an after the fact consideration. The damage may already be done by the time an enforcement action is taken.

As most everyone is aware, the four-year surveying engineering program at New Mexico State University is in peril. While great effort is being made to retain a relevant surveying curriculum and a degree recognized as satisfying the NCEES Surveying Education Standard5, exactly how these efforts will manifest themselves is unclear at this time. One thing is certain however. The infusion of capital will be required in order to facilitate a transition. We are surveyors but we are also individuals that run businesses. We can come up with ways to generate revenue to support a robust surveying program, if not at NMSU, then at some other state institution.

In the meantime, we will all plod along, hoping that blue skies and green chile are enough of a distraction to keep our beloved state going. The tilting at windmills will continue.

4 The fee will be reduced by $25 to $155. 5 http://ncees.org/surveying/ncees-surveying-education-standard/ * The views and opinions expressed hereon do not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the Board of Licensure. They belong the author and he alone is responsible.

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government, the balance continues to grow and becomes a tempting target to legislators. In order to better align contemplated expenses with revenue the board voted to reduce fees beginning in FY2018.4

At the Special Session of the legislature, HB8 and SB2 swept the entire Board of Licensure account fund into the general fund. They did this in spite of being informed several times that their figures were incorrect. NMPS Lobbyist James Rivera and I spent the afternoon of Thursday, September 29th at the Roundhouse talking to several legislators and Legislative Finance Committee staff in a desperate attempt to retain some of the funding. The board wanted to earmark $500,000 of our fund balance for the NMSU surveying program or to begin a new program at NM Tech. Our efforts were to no avail and our pleading fell on deaf ears. Apparently, asking that some of the money collected from surveyors be used to benefit the surveying profession was too much to ask.

I realize the Board of Licensure is not alone in having their fund balanced raided. Other boards and agencies suffered the same fate including the educational budgets of our universities. The distinction here is that we do not use general funds. Like several other agencies, we are self-funded. So when the money collected is not used for the purpose intended it becomes nothing more than an added tax on your business, something the governor has repeatedly stated she will not allow. We need to do something to change the economic dynamic in New Mexico. A vibrant surveying and engineering community can do much to lead the way. Short-changing the educational institutions is counterproductive and anathema to this effort. Turning things around will take true leadership. The partisan bickering witnessed of late will do nothing to improve the situation.

I believe the best avenue for increasing the quality of surveying in New Mexico is education. Education is perhaps the strongest leg in the three-legged stool of professionalism, the other two being examination and experience. Certainly enforcement plays a role but it tends to be an after the fact consideration. The damage may already be done by the time an enforcement action is taken.

As most everyone is aware, the four-year surveying engineering program at New Mexico State University is in peril. While great effort is being made to retain a relevant surveying curriculum and a degree recognized as satisfying the NCEES Surveying Education Standard5, exactly how these efforts will manifest themselves is unclear at this time. One thing is certain however. The infusion of capital will be required in order to facilitate a transition. We are surveyors but we are also individuals that run businesses. We can come up with ways to generate revenue to support a robust surveying program, if not at NMSU, then at some other state institution.

In the meantime, we will all plod along, hoping that blue skies and green chile are enough of a distraction to keep our beloved state going. The tilting at windmills will continue.

4 The fee will be reduced by $25 to $155. 5 http://ncees.org/surveying/ncees-surveying-education-standard/ * The views and opinions expressed hereon do not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the Board of Licensure. They belong the author and he alone is responsible.


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Anaissa Salgado – level, Quantina Martine – rod,

Kalsey Chavez – note keeper

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Central New Mexico Community CollegeSurveying Department NewsRon Forstbauer, PSSurveying/CAD/GIS InstructorCentral New Mexico Community [email protected]

CNM Facebook Page

The CNM chapter of NMPS has a new Facebook page. Chapter secretary and media manager Dan Shorb has created a Facebook page to keep the chapter informed of surveying issues as well as CNM and NMPS surveying related events. Please take a look, add a like and make a comment.

https://www.facebook.com/NMPSCNM/

NSPS 2017 Student Competition

The NSPS 2017 Student Competition was announced in mid-September. Interest in participating was high and by the end of September the CNM student team was in place. Once again we are fielding a diverse group of outstanding students for this popular event. The students have been working on the project since the team was formed. The topic is “High-Precision Vertical Control Applications” and the students have selected a project that will provide them with a wonderful opportunity to expand their knowledge base and demonstrate their surveying and mapping skills.


Visit to Blue Skies Consulting, LLC

Our GPS Field Mapping class was invited to tour Blue Skies Consulting, LLC in Belen, NM. The firm provides aerial photography for mapping and remote sensing applications. They maintain a fleet of three aircraft with film and digital cameras as well as a laser scanner for Lidar applications. Owners Tami Wiggins and Mike Racine and their staff showed the class how the projects are planned, executed and then turned into various products such as digital terrain models. The trip perfectly demonstrated how the knowledge that surveying/GIS students obtain can be applied to a challenging career. Δ

Mike Racine explaining the camera setup in one of the planes.


NMSU Student Chapter NewsAfter the news of the Surveying Engineering Program being proposed to be cut from NMSU there is final-ly good news to look forward to. Recently a committee within the College of Engineering has been formed to put forth a proposal to keep the program in a revised manner. The proposal which once finalized will be put in front of the Faculty Senate for a vote looks to make dramatic yet necessary changes to the structure of the program. In the proposal the program would move forward with only two faculty members, with the second faculty member being funded by individuals in the profession, and the majority of courses online. The goal is to make this a 2+2 program in which a majority of students would take the first two years of classes from a community college then transfer to the university to complete their degree. Issues that arise is condensing all of the necessary information into the student’s junior and senior years as well as main-taining labs in which students can complete since the classes meet in an online environment. Additionally the College of Engineering is going to create a Masters of Engineering in which up to twelve credits of a designation of at least “450” will count to the masters. This masters would be online and structured in the way that someone working full time would be able to complete the program. These proposals will be completed in the weeks to come and with luck they will override the proposal to cut the program.

In December two of the students, Ramon Dominguez and Jeremy Baker, will graduate and go back to working full time. Congratulations to these outstanding students who would be considered non-traditional by coming back to school to get a degree in Surveying Engineering. If the new proposal is accepted the sacrifice of work and family these students made will be easier as they would have been able to finish their degrees from their hometowns while keeping their jobs.

On a separate note the student chapter has been active to start the semester and is looking forward to vol-unteer activities. Members of the chapter are going to participate in a local Elementary Schools Halloween Festival by setting up different booths and giving out candy. Another volunteer activity the club will par-ticipate in is the NM BEST high school robotics competition. At this event members will help in scoring and setting up the robotics field for high school students that travel from across the state.

In March the student chapter will be sending between 4 to 6 students to Washington D.C. to participate in the NSPS Student Competition and Conference. For the competition our team is looking to run a high precision level loop to establish first order control on the eastern end of campus. The program currently has a DN03 level along with a pair of 2 meter invar rods that will allow us to follow NGS regulations. Lastly we would like to thank all of the support from the professionals who sent letters of support to the university. It is because of those letters that the proposal to revise the program has been so successful. To begin the semester the Dean and Department Head did not believe a proposal would even be considered but you the professionals have shown how important the program is to keeping surveying as a profession in New Mexico. Please continue your support and help the program return to prominence in the south-west.

Garrett [email protected]

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Russell ElliottElliott Surveying Albuquerque, NM

Ira HardinHardin EngineeringLas Cruces, NM

Keith Stickford North Star Land SurveyingLa Jara, NM

Thomas JohnstonWayjohn Surveying Inc. Albuquerque, NM

Glen Thurow Land Links & Consulting Services, LLC Albuquerque, NM

Sustaining Membership The Sustaining Membership category is reserved for Professional Surveying Companies represented by a New Mexico Professional Surveyor and for individual New Mexico Professional Surveyors. Please contact the NMPS office for more

information or to upgrade your existing membership.

Tim Aldrich Aldrich Land Surveying Albuquerque, NM

Earl F. BurkholderGlobal Cogo, Inc.Las Cruces, NM

Isaac CamachoBrock & Bustillos Inc.Las Cruces, NM

Douglas W. Copeland Douglas W. Copeland PEPST or C, NM

Marc A. DePauli DePauli Engineering & Surveying, LLC Gallup, NM

Sustaining Members

Thank you for your support!

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