FIELD NOTES US of AZ Monthly eNewsletter October Issue Highlights Feature Article: Why The Hell Are You Surveying So Cheap? Tri-State Monument Project 2017 USofAZ Calendar Announcement Monthly Social Activity Update Football 'Pick-Em' Fundraiser - Current Results New Members

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Monthly USofAZ Meeting This month's meeting was Friday, October 14 at Bowman Consulting. In addition to regular business, Jeremy Grogan was with us to lead an FAA/UAS round-table. Missed this meeting? Join us next month, in person or via conference call, for a FUN and informative meeting!   Please RSVP to Kent Groh via kgroh@bowmanconsulting.com

WTH: Why The Hell Are You Surveying So Cheap? J. Keith Maxwell Civil Engineer | Land Surveyor | Expert Witness Dear Mr. Cheap Surveyor, I just got off the phone with one of your newest property survey clients. Evidently he called me because he thought your price was too high. I didn’t know that till I spent an hour measuring and figuring and estimating what it would take to do the job. I talked to my field surveyor and got him to look at it with me. It’s 53 acres of recently cut-over woods, with a creek along one side (1600 LF), a dirt road on one side (2200 LF) and 3800 LF of woods lines. (See the picture above.) And, the site is two hours from my field guy’s office. Not knowing that he had talked to anyone else prior to calling me (had I known I couldn’t even have talked to him legally because of QBS) I gave him my best price of $4,100 to $4,600. He let out a yelp. “Wooo, I thought the other guy was high and he quoted about half that.” I laughed out loud. “You’ve got to be kidding me” I said. READ MORE HERE

TRI-STATE MONUMENT PROJECT Help us support the Remonumentation Project for the AZ, NV, UT border! USofAZ will be a part of this very significant endeavor for our profession. I nterested in participating? Please contact Chris McDonald at rls45547@earthlink.net READ MORE HERE

All images should be submitted to Megan Groh at admin@usofaz.org Deadline is November 20, 2016 2017 USofAZ Calendar USofAZ is now accepting images for our  2017 Calendar.  Send us something creative!  It can be: A vintage photo A current photo A map Artwork A cartoon It will be assumed that USofAZ has permission to use any image submitted for the calendar.  (This means if it is not your original, please give credit where it is due!)

MONTHLY SOCIAL ACTIVITY UPDATE OCTOBER: 'TOUR DE TUCSON' BREWERY TOUR Saturday, October 8th, USofAZ headed South to Tucson to visit a few breweries.  A great time was had by all.   Special thanks to Steve McClain for helping organize the event. Future Activities November:  Top Golf  January:  Escape the Room     Have an idea for a future activity?  Contact Megan Groh at admin@usofaz.org Stop #2 Pueblo Vida Pictured: Mike Banta, Kent Groh, Steve McClain & Guest, Nate Gardner & Guest  Photo credit: Tom Granillo

USofAZ Weekly NFL 'Pick-Em' Challenge Proceeds to Benefit

The Current Cumulative Winner: Ryan Kelly, Vertical Mapping If you are interested in donating to this worthy cause and getting in on the rest of the season, please email Kent Groh at kgroh@bowmanconsulting.com

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Nate Gardner Carl Sitterley

USofAZ would like thank all of our sponsors  and recognize the following organizations for being our Strategic Partners!

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