Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Organization

Motivational Monday: Focused Organization of Boundary Surveying Monuments

In this week’s Motivational Monday episode, I discuss using a more focused, and list based organization, of the boundary monuments called-for, found or not found. Watch the Motivational Monday Video: Focused Organization of Boundary Surveying Monuments

March 4, 2013
Geographic and Land Information Society Board Votes to Continue GLIS as a Separate Organization

Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) Board voted for GLIS to continue as a separate organization at least through 2012 Gaithersburg, MD, November 18, 2011–In conjunction with our Mission and in order to preserve its value and to best serve the interests of our membership, the Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) Board voted for…

November 18, 2011
NSPS and ACSM Action Update on Unified Organization

Action Update on Unified Organization The Member Organizations (MOs) of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) have been working since the ACSM Congress meeting in San Diego in July, 2011 to develop a unified organization that would represent all geospatial professionals. Over the past four months many discussions have taken place to define…

November 14, 2011
3 Tips For Managing Land Surveying Workloads as an Independent Solo Surveyor

Last June I wrote 5 Tips For Working as an Independent Solo Surveyor where I shared a few tips I’ve learned about what works best working as an Independent Solo Surveyor. When considering working as an Independent Solo Surveyor and getting up and running with your robotic land surveying equipment, as an example, it’s very easy to focus too much…

September 15, 2011
ACSM Congress Votes to Disband at ACSM and Survey Summit 2011

At this past ACSM and Survey Summit 2011, the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) Congress voted to disband. There has been much speculation about whether, or how, ACSM would continue to exist. The ACSM Congress approved the following motion:

July 22, 2011
Sometimes It’s Time To Clean The Works

Week in review, the good, the bad, and the ugly. This past week was, for me, both productive and frustrating all at the same time. While I accomplished a lot of what I set out to do, by weeks end not everything on my To Do List got done. In fact, a few of the…

September 5, 2010