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READ THIS! Please!

Maybe I got your attention. We, the board of directors need your help. As almost a unanimous group we approved a few motions at our fall BOD meeting. We all screwed up our courage and decided as a group to act. (Amazing thing, in this world of committee action, committee’s do not often act decisively.) We made motions to present for approval by the membership at the January meeting. These motions all relate to the preparation of new surveying professionals. This is the very issue that I have been writing about in the last three columns. (This is your opportunity to dig through that pile in the back of the room and find the last three issues of this newsletter and read those boring columns.)

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