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How LSSO Began
Meet your officers
Next meeting
TSPS News
Industry Edge
Students Corner
Special Thanks
How LSSO Began
The newly formed Land Surveying Student Organization, (LSSO) was created by students currently attending Austin Community College in order to increase an interest in the industry of Land Surveying and to reach out to employers to encourage employees to pursue an education in Land Surveying. LSSO would like to see enrollment increase and eventually see more advanced classes offered at ACC. This organization is going to be an important link in the area surveying community, benefiting the students, ACC.s Land Surveying curriculum, and the Land Surveying industry. We have had a great response and I look forward to continuing this new journey. I would like to personally invite anyone interested in Land Surveying to join us at our next meeting to hear Jim Eckhardt discuss surveying in Central America. All students, employees, employers, and anyone interested are welcome to attend any of our meetings.
Sincerely,
Anna Burroughs
LSSO President
annaintx (at) hotmail.com
Meet your officers
President, Anna Burroughs, annaintx (at) hotmail.com
Vice President, James Mason, Wackedcat (at) mindspring.com
Treasurer, David "Scottie" Scott, Scottie14 (at) att.net
Secretary, Miriam Castillo, Miriam.d.Castillo.j5dk (at) statefarm.com
Secretary, Judith James, heyjudith (at) att.net
Next meeting
The next Land Surveying Student Oranization meeting is at 5pm, Sunday, April 13th at Baby A.s located at I35 and HWY 290. Jim Eckhardt, Crew Chief from Landmark Surveying will be our guest speaker. He will speak on Surveying in Central America on ancient Mayan Ruins.
This will be our fourth meeting, and one you don.t want to miss. We will be voting on our new logo for the organization and will be kicking off our new recycling drive through area companies.
TSPS News
Comments By James Mason Vice President Of LSSO
We are so pleased with our warm welcome from all the members of TSPS. Anna, Scottie, Chris and I attended their Febuary 20th meeting at Threadgill.s. We were introduced and received a round of applause for our efforts to promote ACC.s Land Surveying Department. Bill O.Hara President of the Central Texas Chapter 13 of TSPS rallied together a vote from the members to donate $200.00 to help get LSSO under way. We got to hear a great presentation on copywriting surveys done by Robert Barcomb, RPLS, President and Owner of Arpenteurs Professional Surveying.
Anna & I were also invited to attend the area chapter meeting in Temple TX on March 11th. The key speaker was Joan Kilpatrick from the General Land Office. Her topic for the evening was the Adopt a Map Program. This program is set up for personal or corporate contributions of $500 to $3500 to help preserve maps that date back to the 1800.s. She brought along with her pictures of maps and of the incredible drawers that store these priceless pieces of art. The presentation was great, and I highly suggest checking out their web site at www.glo.state.tx.us. It was also nice to meet other area chapters, and hear how the industry is working for them.
Industry Edge
ACC North Ridge Campus offers a wide variety of classes geared to the survey industry. Education is key to a successful business, so get your employees to continue their education now. Contact LSSO for any information that might help you get them going. We would love to talk with you!
Sincerely,
James Mason
Vice President
Students Corner
Summer session is almost upon us, and it's time to start thinking of what classes you will want to take.
Below is a list of summer session classes available at ACC's North Ridge Campus.
Austin Community College Summer Registration begins APRIL 28TH!!!
Classes offered this summer include:
SRVY 1301 Introduction to Surveying SRVY 2343 Legal Principles of Surveying I
DFTG 1405 Technical Drafting DFTG 1409 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting DFTG 2421 Topographical Drafting
Special Thanks
A special thanks to Mike Ritter and Chris Hilton (Advisors), also Joe Webber with Survcon for his input at each meeting. We would like to thank the following students for their involvment and contributions to the Land Surveying Student Organization: Jason Williams, Anthony Devore, Larry Harris, Jerry Shaffer, Jeff Jones, John Ables & Martin Casilas.