SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION OF WEST JERSEY

SURVEYORS’ ASSOCIATION OF
WEST JERSEY
JULY 09, 2009
MINUTES OF MEETING
Carlucci’s Waterfront
876 Centerton Road, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Vice President Rick Sapio called the meeting to order at 7:15 PM. There were 16 members and guests present.

GUEST SPEAKER
Vice President Rick Sapio announced that he was substituting for our President Bill Haggerty, who was unable to attend tonight. Rick said we would first hear from our guest speaker, Jesse Kozlowski, Director of Surveying Technology at Taylor Wiseman and Taylor. Jesse’s talk was entitled,“True Meridian Lines in New Jersey.” He spoke about his personal investigation of the stone pillars that were installed in several locations in the mid 1800’s so that surveyors could test their compasses and more accurately coordinate their survey bearings.

Jesse spoke about his project as a work still in process. He showed photographs of these massive stone pillars which are reported to extend 8 feet into the ground. He used GPS to determine the latitude and longitude of each existing pier. His measurement confirmed some of the engraved information but raised questions about other engraved markings. Jesse still seeks additional information to answer some perplexing features of his study.

During his gathering of information he obtained a copy of an interesting document entitled SAWJ Proceedings, dated 1880. This historical document was helpful in his investigation. Jesse opened the floor to many comments and questions from the membership.

At 8:35 PM, Rick Sapio thanked Jesse for the interesting presentation on “Meridian Lines” and returned the meeting to our association business issues.

MINUTES OF PRIOR MEETING
Rick announced that the Minutes for the last meeting held on June 10, 2009, had been distributed to the membership and he asked if there were any corrections or additions. No corrections were offered so the minutes were moved, seconded, and approved as posted on the web-site.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Pete Burgess, Treasurer, presented the following report:
Checking Acct. XXXX
Savings Acct. XXXX
Duck Fund XXXX
Scholarship Fund XXXX
TOTAL XXXX

NJSPLS BUSINESS
Lou Marchuk reported NJSPLS is scheduled to meet next week. He will have a report next month.

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Bob Lee, Scholarship Committee Chair, presented our award check of $1000 to Robert Telschow, Jr. Robert is currently employed with Taylor, Wiseman and Taylor. Rick Sapio offered his congratulations and best wishes to our Scholarship Awardee, Robert Telschow, Jr.

OLD BUSINESS-none
NEW BUSINESS
Rick announced that NJSPLS is holding a fishing trip on Friday, July 31, 2009 at a cost of $85.

Bob Lee won tonight’s 50-50 drawing. He contributed his winnings to the Scholarship Fund.

Rick announced that our next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 7PM at Carlucci’s. .

At 9:05 PM. It was moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded, and approved by voice vote.

Allan Ritchie, Recording Secretary