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| Schedule at a Glance |
| Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
How The Land Surveyor Can Assist In Boundary Disputes, Clinton McLagan |
| 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. |
Ice Breaker, Kelly Inn |
| Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
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Session A |
Session B |
Session C |
| 8 to 8:30 a.m. |
Registration, Exhibit Hall Opens and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. |
Business Meeting |
| 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. |
Break: Visit the Exhibitors |
| 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. |
A1. Licensure Board Update & Complaint Process
Lisa Hanni |
B2. History of Minnesota/Canadian Border
Don Borcherding |
Please choose a session from A or B |
| 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. |
Lunch, Visit Exhibitors |
| 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. |
A3. Minnesota County Coordinate System
Eric Fuller |
B4. Historical Surveying Instructions and Their Influence on Surveys of the 3rd and 4th Correction Lines, 4th Principal Meridian
John Dahl |
C5. Instrument Calibration for the 21st Century
Bill Hazelton |
| 1:35 to 2:30 p.m. |
A6. Become a More Effective Public Speaker
Rick Weyhrauch |
B7. Loss Prevention Techniques for Surveyors
Holly Newman |
| 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. |
A8. Trends in Surveying and Predictions for the Future
Chris Ambourn |
B9. Surveyor-Attorney Collaboration: How to Maximize Benefits for Your Customer
Bryan Balcome; Matthew Anderson |
C10. Chapter Meetings |
| 3:45 to 6:00 p.m. |
Jam Session, Visit Exhibitors, MLS Foundation Auction |
| 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. |
Social Time |
| 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. |
President’s Banquet, Kelly Inn |
| Friday, January 30, 2009 |
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Session A |
Session B |
Session C |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration Opens, Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 to 9:25 a.m. |
A11. PLS Special Instructions - A Case Example
John Freemyer |
B12. Surveying the 35W Bridge
Brad Canaday - MN/DOT;
Joe Hamlin - MN/DOT |
C13. De-mystifying Spiral Curves
Lynn Caswell |
| 9:30 to 10:25 a.m. |
A14. The Intersection of Property Rights & Land Use Planning
Philip Carlson |
B15. Developing Your Talent: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Land Surveying Managers
James W. Sipe |
C16. Calculating Devices & Methods - Past & Present
Casey Crisp; LSIT-SCSU Student Chapter of MSPS |
| 10:25 to 10:45 a.m. |
Break: Visit the Exhibitors |
| 10:45 to 11:40 a.m. |
A17. The Rectangular Public Land Surveys in the United States
Rod Squires |
B18. Electronic Transfer of Documents
Mark Blankenship |
C19. NGS Height Modernization
David Zenk |
| 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch, SCSU Faculty-Student Program, Scholarship Awards, Surveyor Awards |
| 1:30 to 2:25 p.m. |
A20. Landscapes of Minnesota
John Fraser Hart & Susy Svatek Ziegler |
B21. Surveying the 35W Bridge
Brad Canaday, MN/DOT; Joe Hamlin, MN/DOT |
C22. Proper Use and Care for your Total Station
Steve Richter |
| 2:30 to 3:25 p.m. |
A23. Land Surveying Education in the 21st Century
Bill Hazelton |
B24. Spidernet - A Leica GPS Network
Dan Forsberg, Leica |
| 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. |
Closing Session |
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009: Seminar day
Workshop/seminar, St. Cloud Civic Center: How the Land Surveyor Can Assist in Boundary Disputes 7.0 PDHs available
Wednesday Seminar Schedule
8 a.m.: Registration, materials pick up, rolls and coffee
8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Seminar
12 to 1 p.m.: Lunch
1 to 4:30 p.m.: Seminar
Seminar description:
- Know when to refrain from setting monuments
- Know the essentials of interpreting descriptions in Minnesota
- Know the basics of Minnesota Boundary Law
- Know how to lie with maps
- Know the essential things to show on surveys for boundary litigation
- Know how to testify in court
- Know the essential things to show on the final survey to be filed in the land records
Clinton McLagan is licensed as a lawyer and land surveyor in Minnesota. He has successfully tried boundary, easement, real estate contract and mechanic lien cases from the trial court to the state supreme court. By teaching, writing and lecturing he has had his work reviewed by professionals for over 30 years.
Boundary Litigation Seminars, Inc. was created to give McLagan a means of sharing his unique experience, education and knowledge with lawyers and land surveyors in Minnesota.
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