Surveying Society Minutes 2007 -2008
Meetings are held Mondays at noon in room T19 (Tech Center).
Fall Semester
Monday September 17, 2007
LSIT Training - Wednesday October 3, 2007 @ 5:00pm - 8:00pm; food and drink will be provided.
GEO-CACHE BBQ: 11:00am - 1:30pm
Golf Outing: Captain & crew style, 18 team maximum, need to set day & time, need information from golf courses, sign up team (4 man max) on ANGEL
Haunted Forest: Community Service Event, same plot as last year, Ben Steeneck is chairman of the event by unanimous vote.
Tuesday September 25, 2007: 9th grade high school students coming to Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Will be holding a GEO-CACHE for them
Monday September 24, 2007
No meeting due to GEO-CACHE BBQ.
Monday October 1, 2007
Haunted Forest: need help on the following dates: Oct. 13, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20.
LSIT Training: Wednesday October 3, 2007. Food provided.
ACSM Conference: early March
Merchandise: This year we will be ordering sweatshirt, fluorescent green t-shirts, SECO vests, possibly Carhartt jackets and Carhartt sweatshirts.
News Letter: Lindy Larue volunteered to be the chairman for the fall semester. e-mail: LLL5009@psu.edu
Monday October 8, 2007
The surveying society received a "good" portion from the SAFee
Haunted Forest Dates: Oct. 11-13, Oct. 18-20, Oct. 24-26
Golf Outing: Applewood Golf Course - For 9 holes: $20/person. For 18 holes: $25/person * includes cart rental
LSIT Review: there was a good turnout and a possibility of doing it next year.
Surveying Society Newsletter: Lindy Larue will be heading it up for the fall semester, someone needed to head it up for the spring semester. Articles are also needed. Submitted articles need to be submitted to Dr. Seybert by October 22nd.
Merchandise: Fluorescent Green shirts, Carhartt jackets, polo shirts, work vests and decals.
Monday October 15, 2007
Haunted Forest: Help needed
Merchandise: Sign up in T-19 -Carhartt jackets with free embroidery, flannel shirts and sweatshirts
Golf Outing: Applewood Golf Course. Date to be determined. $25 for 18 holes with a cart. 4 man teams (captain and crew). Possibly catered.
Boy Scout merit badge event: Rescheduled for November 10th.
Newsletter: Rough drafts due October 22nd. 300 - 500 word articles.
PSLS Conference: sign up in T-19
Monday October 15, 2007
Spring Semester
Monday January 14, 2008
PSLS Conference: January 21 – 23
Merchandise: Safety green t-shirts - $12
Coffee mugs - $10
Sweatshirts - price unknown at this time
Events: Paintball at Skirmish - $15/person, paintballs are extra
Volleyball Tournament - intramural event
Traverse Challenge - end of the semester
Newsletter: will be out within the week
articles needed for the next issue
Monday January 28, 2008
PSLS: Went well
Thank you to all who came
Merchandise: Sold alot at the conference (+/- $1000)
Ordering more hooded sweatshirts and Carhartt items
Events: Volleyball - contact Jared Pantella if willing to help in organizing it; Will be held on a Wednesday in April; 6 person teams
at $5/person
Traverse Challenge - will be held last week in April over the lunch hour; possibility of cooking our own food.
Paintball - will be held towards the end of March on a Saturday; $15/person, paintballs are extra; contact Jared Pantella if
interested.
Golf - will be held at the end of March or early April on a Saturday at Apple Wood Golf Course
Ice Fishing - sometime in the near future??
Don Bara has resigned from the office of the Vice President
Brain Bucholski and Matt Drumheller were nominated to replace him. A vote will be held next week, February 4.
Monday February 4, 2008
Brian Bucholski was elected to be the new Vice President for the Spring 2008 Semester.
Monday February 11, 2008
Volleyball - will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 from noon to 7pm; 6 person teams at $5/person
Newsletter - Articles needed, if interested in writing one contact Lindy Larue.
Monday February 17, 2008
No meeting was held.
Monday February 25, 2008
Volleyball tournament - April 9, 2008 from 12pm- 7pm.
Paintball - Date is still to be decided. Price: $15 w/o paintballs.
Golf - April 26, 2008; Captain & Crew style; price and the possibility of food is still to be determined.
Guest Speakers - Control Point Associates and PPS Inc. are possible candidates.
Newsletter - Articles needed!!
Merchandise - New sweatshirts are $20 each. Camouflage hats will be ordered also.
Northwest PSLS Chapter Meeting - Every 3rd thursday of the month. Next meeting is March 20 and they will be having the recorder of deeds for Luzerne county to speak. On April 17, there will be a engineer speaking about mining fires.
Monday March 3, 2008
Paintball - possible conflict with date; more information to follow.
Golf - Applewood Golf coursel; April 26, 2008 starting at 8:30am. 4 person teams @ $20/person. Possibility of bringing food to have a cookout.
Newsletter - Articles needed!!! contact Lindy if interested.
Merchandise - Camouflage hats will be purchased. contact Matt Drumheller if interested.
Monday March 17, 2008
Volleyball - contact Jared to sign up.
Paintball - money needs to be in by Monday March 24, 2008.
Golf - Saturday April 26, 2008 between 8:30am and 9:00am; $20 for society members and $25 for non-members
Newsletter - articles need to be sent to Lindy
Merchandise - hats are in the process of being made; mugs are going to be ordered as well.
Traverse Challenge - April 28, 2008 from 11:00am - 2:00pm; $500 allocated to the event for food/prizes; John Geisel, Brian Bucholski and Matt Morris are in charge of the event.
PSLS N.E. Chapter Meeting - March 28, 2008 @ 7:00pm; the Luzerne Co. Recorder of Deeds will be present.
Monday March 24, 2008
Paintball - money is due today; $15/person
Volleyball Tournament - still in the process; have only heard interest from Penn State Hazelton
Merchandise - hats are being sent to be embroidered
Lend-a-Paw - $100 was donated to this cause
Woods Clean Up - Wednesday April 2, 2008; clean up the woods on the Penn State campus.
Nomination for Surveying Society - President: Jared Pantella and Brian Bucholski; Vice President: Brian Bucholski, Jared Pantella and Lindy Larue; Treasurer: Lindy Larue, John Chesnick, Chris Jackson and Josh Henry.
Speakers - March 27, 2008 @ 6:00pm. Fugro Chance will be presenting and recruiting for full-time and summer hires.
Monday March 31, 2008
Volleyball - cancelled due to lack of teams
Paintball - was a success. thank you to all who participated
Merchandise - hats are being embroidered; mugs will be ordered
Newletter - will be mailed out shortly
Lend-a-Paw - $100 in pet related items will be donated
Woods Clean Up - meet April 2, 2008 at noon in T-19
End of Semester Party - Grotto Pizza, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
Monday April 07, 2008
Newsletter - if anyone plans to submit an article, please do so as soon as possible
Woods Clean Up - Went very well, thank you to all who participated.
Road Clean Up - Went very well, thank you to all who participated.
Golf Tournament - Money is due today. Prizes will be given for the longest drive and closest to the hole
Merchandise - hats and mugs are on the way
LSIT Review - April 9, 2008 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, hosted by Brian Naberezny
Club Member of the Year Nominees - Zach Beyler, Jared Pantella, Matt Drumheller, Don Bara and Lindy Larue
Monday April 14, 2008
Merchandise - hats will be picked up today and the mugs should arrive by this Friday
Newsletter - a postcard with the URL on it will be mailed out
Traverse Challenge - Monday April 28, 2008 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
Club Member of the Year - ZACH BEYLER
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