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OUTREACH COMMITTEE NEVADA YOUNG SURVEYORS NETWORK (NV-YSN)
Outreach Committee Chair Trent Keenan reported on the outreach events NV-YSN Coordinator Heather Keenan reported that the annual campout
that NALS has participated in, including: registration is open. The event will take place July 28 – 30.

January 20th – NALS provided judges for the NCEES Future City, Best The Board suggested that meeting with survey crews in the early morning
Surveying Practices Competition. may be a good opportunity to recruit new YSN members. Heather is cre-
ating a flyer that can be sent to survey businesses in advance of visiting
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January 31st – Southern Chapter Members presented at a local high the crews. Heather will have the flyer ready for distribution by May 15 .
school series called CareerTech Talks. The presentation was held at the
new Central Career Technical Academy High School. GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF NEVADA
As part of the NALS 50 Anniversary, Robert Carrington is working on
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February 5th-7th - NALS exhibited at the Battle for Vegas - Robotic Com- establishing the Geographic Center of Nevada projects. Ideally, YSN mem-
petition, where there were over 2000 kids competing. bers would be involved in this project. Heather will reach out to the YSN
members and provide Robert a list of members interested in participat-
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February 22nd - Southern Chapter Members provided a Trig-Star pre- ing by May 15 . Crissy to work on public relations and marketing of the
sentation to the Math Club at West Career and Technical Academy High project.
School. Trig-Star exam was provided in April.
WFPS DIRECTORS
March 3rd - Lahanton Chapter exhibited at the Nevada High School Report included in the agenda and part of The Nevada Traverse Edition 50.2
Counselors Conference. It was a great time with over 500+ teachers and
counselors, and our outreach materials were taken back to decorate their The highlight report including important information from each of the
classrooms! western state surveying association will be included in the Nevada
Traverse. The next WFPS meeting will be held June 10 in Salt Lake City,
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March 10th - Southern Chapter provided an outdoor presentation to Utah. The fall WFPS meeting will be held in October 20 in Las Vegas,
about 250+ kids on a career in land surveying at the Doral Academy of NV Nevada.
- Red Rock Elementary Campus.
CHAPTER REPORTS
March 21st - Lahanton Chapter Members provided presentations to the Lahontan Chapter report included in agenda.
Future Farmers of America (FFA) during their State Convention. There
were over 120 high school students in attendance. Lahontan Chapter continues to hold monthly meetings. They are recently
held a joint meeting with ASCE Truckee Meadows Chapter with guest
March 22nd – Southern Chapter Members spent the day at Northwest speaker BPELS Executive Director Patty Mammola. The Lahontan Chapter
Career and Technical Academy presenting about a career in Land Surveying and Monsen are working with NDOT to add receivers to update Nevada
and helped the teacher explain the curriculum on Land Surveying as part GPS Network stations.
of the Project Lead the Way (PLTW). In addition, we helped the kids run an
eight-turn level loop around the parking lot as part of the curriculum. SNALS Chapter held a meeting featuring Robert McMillan providing a
Safety program in February. The meeting was well attended. The SNALS
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March 22nd - Lahanton Chapter kicked off the FFA State Convention, and Golf Tournament will be held October 21 .
our NALS members helped the kids with level loop competition as part of
the Survey Competition for the Nevada FFA Agriculture Technology and UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS
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Mechanical Systems Career Development Event. 96 kids were competing! August 3 – NALS Board of Directors Meeting (Reno)
August 4 – NALS Education Foundation Golf Tournament (Reno)
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March 23rd – Southern Chapter Members presented at Legacy High October 19 – NALS Board of Directors Meeting (Las Vegas)
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School for their Career Series Presentations. October 20 – WFPS Board of Directors Meeting (Las Vegas)
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October 21 – SNALS Golf Tournament (Las Vegas)
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April 14th - Lahanton Chapter Members helped with the ASCE/UESI
ISWS Student Symposium Surveying competition. The competition ADJOURNMENT
required the students to present on a Topographical Survey. Then four President Nancy Almanzan adjourned the meeting at
separate field tasks included Pacing, Leveling, Construction Stakeout, approximately 3:30 PM.
and Depth of Sewer Line. The Intermountain Southwest Surveying
Competition winner, was: Utah State University, and Second Place was
Northern Arizona University.
April 17th – Southern Chapter Members presented at Cimarron-Memorial
High School and then administered the Trig-Star Exam to 5 students.
April 19th – Southern Chapter Members presented at West Career and
Technical Academy High School and administered the Trig-Star exam.
April 20th - Southern Chapter Members presented at Arbor View High
School. They presented to over 50 kids about a career in Land Surveying and
then administered the Trig-Star Exam to 55+ students.
May 8th - Southern Chapter Members presented at Oran K. Gragson El-
ementary School Career Fair. There were approximately 150 kids that came
through 5 different classes to learn about a career in land surveying!
May 16th - Southern Chapter Members presented at Ed W. Clark High
School. They presented to over 80 kids about a career in Land Surveying
and then administered the Trig-Star Exam to 37 students. 2 of the stu-
dents scored 100! One with a time of 26:45 and the other with 50:04. The
3rd place student missed a rounding error to keep her out of 2nd place.
Another GREAT day it was presenting to the kids!

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