INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF LSAW E-NEWS
LSAW LEADERSHIP
HB 1176
2022 DATUM
Certified Floodplain Surveyor
Trig-Star
Outreach Efforts
Proposed Legislation
Evergreen State Surveyor
NSPS Spring Meeting & Lobby Day Information
LSAW Calendar of Events
LSAW Leadership
Kate Schalk, President
Donald Weiber, President-Elect
Jeff Lynch, Vice President
Lynee Forsyth, Secretary
Andy Doan, Treasurer
Weston Dorszynski, Imm. Past President
Crissy Willson, Executive Director


Directors
Phil Abenroth, Snohomish
Todd Albert, Inland Empire 
Lawrence Barbus, South Central
Thomas Barger, North Puget Sound
Darrell Carsten, Inland Empire
Anthony Chenier, Lower Columbia
Jim Coan, NSPS Director
Paul Darrow, Northwest
Michael Dunphy, North Olympic
Brian Gillooly, South Puget Sound
Christopher Jepson, Northwest
Joe Kraft, North Puget Sound
David Lemke, Snohomish
Gary Letzring, Southwest 
Daniel Lierman, Cascade Columbia 
John Linzee, Southwest
Lucas Lymangrover, North Olympic
K.C. Moore, South Puget Sound
Ben Petersen, WFPS Delegate
Timothy Randall, North Central
Matt Rassmussen, South Central
Mark Sele, North Central
John Thatcher, Lower Columbia 
Thomas Todd, Northeast
Grant Tolton, Northeast
Justin Turnbull, Cascade Columbia

HB 1176 - Signed by Governor
LSAW President Kate Schalk, LSAW Past President Pat Beehler; and Board of Registration Member Aaron Blaisdell were present for the signing of HB 1176
On May 21, 2019 Governor Jay Inslee signed  HB 1176  into law. It allows the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to become an independent Washington State agency. LSAW supported this bill and launched a grass roots effort to help get the bill signed into law.
To improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), NGS will replace the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) with a new geometric reference frame and geopotential datum in 2022.

Stay up-to-date on the latest info regarding
2022 Datums
Certified Floodplain Surveyor Program
This certification program educates surveyors on the forms and processes associated with floodplain properties and the submital of Elevation Certificates. To become CFS certified, licensed surveyors must successfully complete the three-day certification seminar and exam. The specific topics covered in the course are: National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), FIRM Maps, NFIP Regulations and Elevation Certificates, Letters of Map Correction and Letters of Map Correction Processing. The certification is currently being offered in Tennessee and North Carolina. NSPS has requested each state association to determine interest in their state for expanding the program.  Please take a moment to complete this survey to help us determine if LSAW should implement the program.
Trig-Star
The Trig-Star competition has been completed and the following winners have been announced:

First Place Student: Chloe Chapman
First Place Teacher: Matthew Farnell
Cedar Tree Classical Christian School - Lower Columbia Chapter
 
Second Place Student: Zachary Bernheimer
Second Place Teacher: Timothy O’Boyle
Vancouver School of Arts & Academics - Lower Columbia Chapter
 
Third Place Student; Kia Burgman
Third Place Teacher; Robert Wienski
North Thurston High - Southwest Chapter

Special thanks to Rich Lang, TrigStar Chair for his coordination and efforts in providing this program and to Washington Council of County Surveyors for their donation to the program.

If you are interested in assisting with the Trig-Star outreach program, please contact LSAW by emailing info@LSAW.org
In May members of the Lower Columbia Chapter participated in the first ever Surveyor’s Day held here at Skyview High School in Vancouver, WA. The event was well attended and received positive feedback. The chapter set up four stations which included demonstration on drones, total stations, and levels.  

A survey was sent out to over 80 students who participated from three classrooms and 100% said they would recommend this event for next year and that it was a good use of their time. Prior to the event 65% of the students did not know what land surveying even was and 86% said they learned about new career possibilities by attending the event.
  
What are you doing to promote the profession? Send your outreach stories to info@LSAW.org
In April President Kate Schalk and Past Presidents Jon Warren and Pat Beehler represented LSAW at the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) spring meetings and lobby day.
There are changes being proposed to RCW 58.20 in order to address the 2022 Datum.
For the last several years the Evergreen State Surveyor (ESS) has been published solely online. This year, the Board of Directors budgeted funds to bring the ESS back to you mailbox and the first issue has now been published! Watch your mailbox for a copy of the ESS and get a sneak peak of this issue or review archived issues on the LSAW website.
Have News to Share?
Do you have news you would like to share with the LSAW membership?

If so, please forward to LSAW e-News editor Crissy Willson for inclusion in the next issue.

LSAW FALL SEMINAR SERIES
October 24-25, 2019
Heathmann Lodge
Vancouver, WA

This workshop will include a track specifically developed for technicians and a track for licensed land surveyors.  More information coming soon!
Visit the LSAW Calendar for a full listing of LSAW and LSAW Chapter Events.
LSAW Board of Directors Meeting
The LSAW Board of Directors met in June in Renton, WA. Click the links below for more information.



The next Board of Directors Meeting will be held in Wenatchee on August 24th.