12 Header The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 46, No. 4 Member Spotlight them were from even before our state recordation act. And even some of the first ones early in the recordation act had a lot of information missing that would be common on a current one. So I’d see that they found a corner and would have to deeply analyze where the corner came from and go back through the other surveys of the same line to find the survey that established that corner. It was pretty deep. Took me a while.” In keeping with Edith’s characteristic understated and somewhat dry humor, when the BLM asked her to do a presentation at the Oregon and Washington cadastral convention that year, she titled the presentation “But Wait, There’s More!” Edith joined PLSO as a student member and has been a member ever since. She says that since she went right to work with the BLM, being a member hasn’t helped her career so much through the common methods of networking or job seeking. But she says it has helped her get to know the local surveyors in her area and that has helped her understand how the challenges of private surveyors differ from working for the government. “Those relationships help me keep grounded as to what private surveyors are dealing with,” she says. “And I think it also helps a lot to have an existing relationship with someone you can call up and talk to when you find a monument with their PLS number on it and there’s nothing filed with the county, or something like that. It works both ways because they can call me and say, ‘Hey, we found this BLM 1/16 corner 50 feet out of position; are we supposed to accept this?’ And I can say, ‘No, actually, that sounds like a problem.’” She would “absolutely” recommend that people join PLSO as members. Not only does it help to get your PDH done, but it helps you develop a network of people you can ask questions of, since many private surveyors are working alone. “It helps to have as big a network to talk to as possible, including BLM-ers, but also to have a network of people who deal with stuff that BLM doesn’t deal with, like private parcels inside a city,” she says. “I don’t have a lot of experience with that but other people in PLSO do, so when you’re connected with those people, they can provide advice to you on how to deal with whatever issues you may be facing.” Coos Head (T. 26 S., R. 14 W., secs. 2 and 3). Cor. of secs. 2, 3, 10, and 11, looking at a 1957 BT (Another set-up in the top 20.) Coos Head (T. 26 S., R. 14 W., secs. 2 and 3). Jason Blum with the rock drill setting a WP, taken from South Jetty facing SE’ly. (Edith says, yes, the best access is through that tunnel.) continued
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTY1NDIzOQ==