Institutional Affiliate of American Congress on Surveying and - CLSA

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Joseph W. Betit, P.L.S.
Secretary
My surveying experience, from 1972
through 1981, was a mixture <strong>of</strong> private
firms and the public sector in
California and Alaska, including two
cities — one in California, the other in
Alaska — and two seasons with BLM-
Alaska.
I was a co-owner <strong>of</strong> a surveying
and soils engineering firm on the
Monterey Peninsula from 1982 to
1986.1 have been owner <strong>of</strong> Land Data
Services Inc., a 100 percent surveying
<strong>of</strong>fice, from 1986 to present.
My education includes an A.S. degree
in Civil Engineering (Surveying)
from Monterey Peninsula College
(1975), and a B.S. in Surveying and
Photogrammetry from California
State University, Fresno (1981).
1 am a member <strong>of</strong> CLSA, both state
and local, as well as ACSM national. I
have previously held positions as
CLSA's Monterey Bay Chapter President,
Secretary, Treasurer, and Chapter
Representative. I currently hold a
position in both CLSA's Legislative
Committee and CLSA's Geographic
Information System (GIS) Committee.
One <strong>of</strong> my major interests is the use
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Kurtis K. Hoehn, P.L.S.
Treasurer
I was born and raised in Washington
State, but I have resided in California
since 1971. 1 began surveying in 1969,
and graduated from Cahfornia State
University, Fresno, in 1975 with a degree
in Surveying and Photogrammetry.
I am presently Survey
Manager for C.D.C. Engineering Inc.
in Irvine.
During 1989,1 served as Vice President
<strong>of</strong> CLSA's Orange County Chapter,
and I will be their 1990 Chapter
President. I am also their Chapter
Representative, and have served as
such for three years. My previous
positions at the Chapter level include
Secretary and Treasurer. Other positions
which I currently hold include:
CLSA's State Chapter Activities
Chairman, member <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong>
Directors for the California Foundation
for Land Surveying Education,
member <strong>of</strong> the State L.S. Exam
Development Committee, and Expert
Examiner for State L.S. Exam. ©
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firm and do not provide engineering
services. I have served as Secretary,
President, and Chapter Representative
for both Marin and Sonoma
County Chapters <strong>of</strong> CLSA. I have also
served on various committees at the
State Board level <strong>of</strong> CLSA, including
the Legislative Committee, and acted
as Board <strong>of</strong> Registration liaison with
Susan Jensen. I have held positons as
CLSA's 1987 Treasurer, 1988
Secretary, 1989 President Elect, and
served as Committee Chairman for
the following committees: Workshop,
Land Surveying Contract, and Brochure.
In 1985, I served on the L.S.
Exam Cut Off Score Committee for
the State Board <strong>of</strong> Registration; in
1989 I chaired the L.S. Exam Item
Writing Committee and served on the
L.S. Exam Cut Off Score Committee.
In October <strong>of</strong> 1989,1 was appointed to
the L.S./TAC <strong>of</strong> the State Board <strong>of</strong>
Registration. I am a member <strong>of</strong> the
Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> the Geysers Geothermal
Association <strong>of</strong> Sonoma
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<strong>of</strong> computers by the small surveying
firm. I have recently completed a
seven-year process <strong>of</strong> complete integration
<strong>of</strong> boundary survey (coordinate
geometry), control survey (least
squares network adjustment), and
digital photogrammetric products
through the use <strong>of</strong> Computer Aided
Drafting. The final merged product is
dehvered on computer disk with hard
copy from a multi-pen plotter without
the use <strong>of</strong> hand drafting or hand
annotation. Currently, I am in the
process <strong>of</strong> learning to operate and
program a newly installed GIS in
order to link isolated local surveys
into a common area wide database. @
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