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The new and improved WSLS website is currently under development - the beta version of the site was rolled out at the WSLS Summer Meeting on 14 August 2010. The membership is asked to visit the site and provide feedback on the design before it is finalized.
Since the beta site is still under design, it's not located here at wsls.org (hence, this announcement).
Instead, please point your browser to http://www.jerrymahun.com/id24.html where you will find a link to the beta site as well as a Feedback Form.

STOLEN EQUIPMENT

This morning, several items were stolen from a work truck that was parked at the University of Chicago during a site safety training seminar. Please pass this information along to anyone that you think may be approached about purchasing said equipment. If you hear anything regarding suspicious sales of surveying equipment, please contact Craig Duy at 630.553.7560.

Below are the items that were stolen:

Trimble R8 GPS Receiver – SN: 4406130989

Trimble ACU Data Collector – SN: 83214588

LG VX8100 VRS – SN: 602KPWQ1672249

4 Camcorder batteries

Integrated Collector bracket

Geodimeter GDM 622 – SN: 62210109

Radio Unit 600 – SN: 10210714

360 Prism

2 RPU Batteries

2 Collector cables

1 Power cable

Leica Scanstation 2 – SN: 1251288

2 power cables

Nathan T. Dozier

President, Northeast Chapter
Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Assoc.

Please Note:
WSLS is current in the process of updating the Wisconsin Laws Relating to the Practice of Land Surveying. One reason is that the Wisconsin Legislature is still in session and is considering changes to laws relating to land surveying. WSLS has decided to wait until the session is over and or the proposed law changes are published. In the interim, WSLS has included a page on our website that contains the index of the book with links to the current chapters of the statutes. The Chapters of the statutes are .pdf files and can be downloaded or printed or both. Click here for the table of contents with links of the Wisconsin Laws Relating to the Practice of Land Surveying.

WSLS has purchased a quantity of the New BLM manual. Since we have a limited number we will be offering them to WSLS members only for a reduced price. Check out the WSLS store.

The Madison Calibrated Base line in is the way of an airport project. The zero mark has already been destroyed. . NGS Advisor John Ellingson and the Madison Area Surveyors Council have been discussing the issue and are looking at a possible solution. The airport contractor will assist by providing materials and labor. The DOT has a site in the Spring Green area that meets the requirements for a base line. The monuments need to go through a winter before they can be measured.

I added a link to the Wisconsin Association for Floodplain, Stormwater and Coastal Management newsletter on the Water Issues page. The newsletter is prepared by the DNR.

WSLS is on FaceBook. Curt Sauser set it up last year.

http://www.facebook.com/gettingstarted.php#/group.php?gid=30528748149&ref=ts

The Board of Directors at their May 16th meeting decided to add reports of decisions to the website. Not only will disciplines be added to the website but a whole page with information and links to the Department of Regulation and licensing. Check out this link DRL

Check out the Problem Corner site Jerry Mahun has created for an opportunity to see solutions for the Problem Corner in the Wisconsin Professional Surveyor. We will be award a prize at the end of the year.

This is a link to the recent decisions by the Land Surveyors Section of the Department of Regulation and Licensing. Once a decision is made it becomes public record.

http://drl.wi.gov/dept/decisions/decisions.htm

WSLS is forming an online list of Surveying firms and Professional Land Surveyors who provide land surveying services in one, two or more counties. Our members database is not available on line and not all members want to be contacted. If you are interested in being on the list, Please down load the .pdf Application form by clicking below. Fill it out and email or mail it to the Executive Director listed on the contacts page. I will create lists of firms with members of WSLS that can be either scanned on line or downloaded and printed. Application Form

Francis R. Thousand
Executive Director
Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
5113 Spaanem Ave
Madison, WI 53716
fthousand@charter.net
Phone (608)770-9759
Phone (608) 222-6152

Fax (608)222-6152 Call First

In 1974 WSLS published "General Instructiona and State Laws Governing the Original Government Survey of Wisconsin" by Percival "Tom" Sprague. In 2007 it was published again. In the 2007 version. page 189 was skiped. We are working on correcting the missing page in all future printings of the book. For those who have already purchased the book please go to the publications page to download a pdf file of the missing page.

General Web Site Information:

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