The Oregon Surveyor July/August 2018

22 Vol. 41, No. 4 The Oregon Surveyor | WFPS Montana Dick Smith reported that Montana is having an issue with archiving survey documents. As this seems to be an issue with several states, the Board discussed development of a resolution. Action Item: WFPS to draft a resolution regarding hard copy vs digital maps for review at the next meeting. Nevada NALS Legislative Committee is working on draft language to address the 2022 datum. Membership con- tinues to increase. NALS has voted to donate $2000 to the WFPS Scholarship & Relief Fund through the NSPS Foundation. New Mexico PNM Resource Foundation has donated $200,000 to the NMPS/NMSU endowment fund to maintain the survey program at NMSU. The New Mexico state-specific exam is now a mailed exam instead of proctored. Utah UCLS is working in conjunction with the County Recorders to amend legislation that was introduced by a private land surveyor outside of UCLS. UCLS has established an Education Foundation which has been named after longtime educator Walt Cunningham. The Surveys Historical Society Rendezvous will be held in Salt Lake City in 2019. Oregon PLSO is going through a rebranding process. A new logo has been developed. One of the goals for rebranding is to increase participation from public employees. PLSO participated in Design Professional Day which was a state lobby day event. The scholarship auction at the conference raised $29,000. The raffle of a commemorative rifle was very successful. There is a move to dismantle Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) on large public works projects in Oregon. PLSO and ACEC is holding a joint meeting to discuss legislation. A resolution from WFPS on the importance of QBS would be helpful. Action Item: WestFed to draft a resolution regarding the importance of QBS.