PLSO Oregon Surveyor Vol. 40 No. 6

The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 40, No. 6 4 From the Chairman David Williams, PLS Chairman of the Board MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN B y the time you receive this issue of the Oregon Surveyor , 2017 will be nearly over and we will be close to ushering in 2018. It has been an eventful year. My intention was to focus on what I term as profes- sionalism. However, the first issue to come before me was a questionable judicial ruling which resulted in PLSO filing an amicus brief at the Oregon Supreme Court. The other focus is our rebranding effort. I am glad to report that our amicus brief issue (Bailey vs Parker) may have a somewhat happy ending. If you recall the Circuit Court Judge ruled that even though the description of Melany Bailey’s deed stated that her property went to the centerline of Sucker Creek, he ruled that it was an “unfortunate recitation” and deter- mined the property line was a straight line effectively cutting her access off to the creek. As I understand it, Parker has since sold the property and the new own- er is working with Ms. Baily on an easement to allow her access to the creek. I had served on the Board of Directors twice prior to becoming Chairman. It was my observation that PLSO has spent a lot of effort and time attempting to bring younger people into the profession with limited suc- cess. One only has to look around at our conference to see that there are many more surveyors getting ready to retire than coming into the profession. Pat Gaylord invited me into the “Rebranding” conversation in mid- 2016. Early in my term, our Executive Secretary made me aware that our PLSO booth was in sad repair, we were nearly out of marketing materials and much of what we did have was dated. Also, our informational