Pub. 13 2018 Issue 1

25 Issue 1 2018 / UCLS Foresights www.ucls.org Surveyors Historical Society Rendezvous will be held in Salt Lake City in 2019. WASHINGTON - LSAWmay be inter - ested in a joint conference with WFPS in 2020. Renton Technical College is working to put their second-year pro - gram online. Prevailing wage is still a concern in Washington. The governor is reviewing a bill that adopts CBA wag - es as the prevailing wages. LSAW is in the process of amending their bylaws and working to get an exemption for surveyors regarding “Call Before You Dig” law. Washington Department of Licensing is proposing an administrative code change that will require licenses to attest they have read the administrative code when they renew their license. Western Regional Survey Conference The 2018 Western Regional Survey Conference sponsored by APLS, NALS, UCLS, andWFPS was a great success. There were over 800 in attendance and 35 exhibitors. Net proceeds were over $120,000 and were split with the sponsor - ing associations based on registration. WFPS Foundation The executive committee has worked with the NSPS Education Foundation to develop an MOU that will create a chari - table fund for WFPS for relief efforts and scholarships. The fund will allowWFPS to solicit charitable donations. The board approved the MOU and made changes to the WFPS scholarship criteria. More information will be posted to the WFPS website once the fund has been fully established. WFPS Areas of Focus Developing and Maintaining Pro - grams to Promote the Profession. WFPS is committed to promoting the land surveying profession. To that end, WFPS is currently developing the following programs: · Youth Outreach – Land Surveying as a Career WFPS has budgeted funds to develop an after school/community program. The programwill include 10 hours of curricu - lum that can be used by state associations and their chapters to promote land sur - veying as a career. The initial outline of the program is complete. If you are inter - ested in serving on the committee that is developing this program, please contact the WFPS Executive Office. · STEM Outreach Flyer WFPS has developed a flyer to promote the land surveying profession as part of STEM education. WFPS state associations may contact the WFPS Executive Office to have the fly - er customized with your association logo. Providing Resources to Benefit State Associations WFPS is dedicated to providing re - sources to state associations. Following are a few of the resources currently being developed: 1. Speakers Bureau 2. Quarterly Book Reviews 3. Webinars Serving as a Regional Voice WFPS has updated resolution 2005- 01 which supports having a board of registration for land surveyors in each state. The Executive Committee reviewed the resolution and suggested minor mod - ifications to strengthen the resolution. At the April 2018 board of directors meeting, the board adopted resolution 2018¬01 to supersede resolution 2005-01. The final resolution, as adopted, is available on the WFPS website and will be sent to each state association. About WFPS - PowerPoint Get to knowWFPS and howwe serve the 13 western state surveying as - sociation. Visit the WFPS website, click “About WFPS” and download the WFPS PowerPoint. As always, I challenge the UCLS mem - bers to bring up surveying issues that can be brought toWFPS on a regional platform. As your representative I represent you, so please don’t hesitate to con - tact me at MikeNadeau. UCLS@gmail.com . q