PLSO The Oregon Surveyor March April 2021

5 Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon | www.plso.org From the PLSO Office How to Send Us Your Work Please email the editor, Vanessa Salvia, at vsalvia@gmail.com with submissions. Your submission should be in .doc format. Please send images separately (not embedded in the document) and at the highest file size available (MB size range versus KB size range—larger sizes are encouraged). Please include the author’s name and email address or phone number for contact. shortage of land surveyors right now, and in the immediate future. The un- fortunate term “dying profession” has been hurled our way. However, if that were true, you all would not be as in- credibly busy as you’ve been the past few years. This committee cultivates, supports, and sustains programs that help promote our profession to incom- ing generations and college students. One area that Lee really focused on was the mentorship program. This program needs to be built on so that we can en- sure all college students needing an internship can find one and that high school seniors may work with a firm for their senior project. I get quite a few re- quests for internships every year and I’m often surprised how difficult it can be finding someone available. Providing a guide to members on how to create a successful internship program has been on my wish list for some time. It would be great to find a chair that can work on this withme. Themore we help people along the path to licensure the more opportunities we have for keeping them interested and active in the Ore- gon professional community. Whoever takes the helm needs to provide an in- fusion of positive energy and interest in our future workforce, which will create a stronger membership. For more in- formation, the committee charter may be found in the Operations Manual at the same location given above. I often tell you readers how important members are to the running of PLSO. It’s not lip service. This is a member-run organization. If there is something that has been lacking or you would like to see an emphasis put in another direc- tion, we need you. Volunteering can take as little or as much time as you have to put into it. So now is the time to ask: is your life busy or is it full? Help build our future by volunteering today. x PLSO Wants You!