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The                              Foundation. I also gave two awards, first to Justin Moore, the
                                                                2021 NALS, Surveyor of the year for his continued leadership
                               President’s                      and commitment to NALS. The second award given to Trent J.
                                                                Keenan was the Von Schmidt Award, this award to recognized
                               Message                          someone who has gone above and beyond for both CLSA and
                                                                NALS.


                                                                I would like to give a special Thank you to the NALS
                                                                Conference Committee, especially Crissy Wilson, NALS
         By: Robert Carrington, PLS , NALS President            Executive Director and the staff of AMS for all the hard
                                                                work and hours they put in, making our 2022 Conference as
        It’s hard to believe that it is April already, the year is flying   success.
        along. The NALS Executive Board met in Reno on January
        21, and the 2022 Officers were sworn in. Committees     The volunteer work of the executive boards of the
        were assigned and we got on with the business of running   Professional Land Surveyor’s Associations should not go
        the association. Some highlights from the meeting were,   un-noticed. They give their time and expertise to help
        WestFed has developed study material for those preparing   all Surveyors in their state stay up with current events
        to take the FS exam, we are working on a Login to access   concerning the profession and plan and execute educational
        NDOT records, final plans were being made for the upcoming   classes and social events. Volunteering comes in many forms:
        conference, and surveying firms and public entities have   You can donate your time or your funds toward a particular
        sent letters in support of a new four-year degree program at   project or event. Donating your time to a committee can be
        College of Southern Nevada.                             a little as one hour a month. If you have interest in one or
                                                                more of the NALS Committee’s, please don’t hesitate to get
        The Dean of the School of Science and Mathematics, Douglas   involved. Your time is always welcomed and will help NALS
        B. Sims, PhD, approach the NALS Advanced Education      achieve is goal of promoting our great profession.
        Committee last year to create a Land Surveying Degree
        Program, and was looking for our support. To date we over
        30 letters of support from Surveying Firms for the program
        as well as the State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors,
        a special thank you to Patty Mamola, the BOE Executive   About the Cover...
        Director.

        As I write this message, I must reflect on the effort of the
        Land Surveying Association Boards of Arizona, California,
        Nevada, Utah and WestFed for their efforts in putting on
        the 2022 Survey Conference held in Las Vegas at the Luxor
        Hotel on Wednesday March 30  to Saturday, April 2 . We had
                                                    nd
                                  th
        over 900 attendees including our Vendors from 34 States.
        The conference program offered 22 hours of Continuing
        Education Units, with topics such as, Eminent Domain, Ethics,
        Business Practices, Property Boundaries, Easements, and
        ended with a Mock Trial of Boundary Law. The conference
        speakers included Kris Kline, PLS, Steve Hiner, PE and Jeff
        Lucas, Esq., PLS. The Wednesday-Friday Luncheons, were
        sponsored by KEIR+WRIGHT, California Surveying & Drafting
        Supply and SAM. Our Gold Sponsor this year was Aerotas.
        The conference committee would like to extend a special
        “Thank You” to all of our Sponsors.


        During the Friday luncheon, Awards were given out to
        members of each State Association. Justin Moore, NALS      A composite image of different photos taken from articles throughout
        2021 President gave two Presidential Citation Award to                this edition of The Nevada Traverse.
        Carl C.de Baca and Nancy Almanzan for their work on the           Do you have a cover shot you would like to submit?
        Memorandum of Understanding with National Society                      Email: nals@NvLandSurveyors.org
        of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) for NALS Education
        4 The Nevada Traverse Vol.49, No.2, 2022
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