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Welcome to F.A.C.M.
The purpose of the Florida Association of Cadastral Mappers
is to bring together those persons concerned with property
ownership mapping in state and local government, and private
industry, without regard to the unit of government or
department in which such persons perform their duties.
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Annual Conference a Big Success!
The Florida Association of Cadastral Mappers
23rd Annual Meeting and Educational Workshop held between
October 18 to the 21st was a resounding success based on
participant comments. The facilities at the Tradewinds
and the service provided by the Tradewinds staff was superb.
Who could complain with a location overlooking the Gulf, two
pools, Jacuzzi and a beach side bar?

This year's conference content was also exceptional with
members and consulting firms giving a wide variety of
sessions covering such topics as the Public Land Survey
Layer, Developing an Online Map presence, the cadastral
mapping fabric, change detection, paperless split/combo
innovations and ortho-photography to name a few.
The awards ceremony kicked off
after the President's reception and banquet. After a
brief introduction by President Mike Wentworth describing
the accomplishments of the last year and the purpose of FACM,
the awards were presented.
This year's winner of the
Cadastralist of the Year award went to Joe Ward of Orange
County for his work and development of their "Paperless
Split/Combo Project" which was also given as presentation
during the conference.
The Orange County Cadastral
Mapping, GIS and CAMA Department received the award for
Outstanding Achievement Award for their development of
an On-Line Foreclosure Map application on the Appraiser's
internet site. Michael Prestridge accepted the award
on behalf of the Department.
For her outstanding service of
over 23 years with the Nassua County Property Appraiser's
Office and her rise to become Property Appraiser, the
Lifetime Achievement Award was given to The Honorable Tammy
Stiles of Nassau County.
Outgoing President, Michael
Wentworth, awarded two President's awards to members of the
FACM Board that have significantly helped achieve the FACM
Board's goals during the last year. The first was
awarded to FACM Secretary, Carol Walker, for her outstanding
work in updating and revising FACM Course 2 and 3 over the
last year with new presentation materials and content.
The second was given to Immediate Past President, John
Bausola,, for both his outstanding work in bringing together
the 2009 Conference and his past service on the board.
New members of the FACM Board
were then introduced. Frank Conkling of Panda
Consulting will be our new President elect. Ric Fritz
of Citus County was elected to the role of Treasurer.
Jeff Hahn of Brevard County was selected as a Director.
The gavel was then presented to our new FACM President Matt
Kalus, who then gave a short address to the FACM members
outlining his vision for FACM during the next year.
A special thanks to all our
corporate sponsors for not only donating money to support
the conference but also in presenting during the workshops.
They included, Bruce Harris and Associates, Panda
Consulting, ACA, Photo Science, Pictometry, Patriot
Systems, Kucera, Surdex Corporation, Team Consulting, Yotta
and ESRI. |
Message from our New President
- Matthew Kalus
I would like to begin by
giving a great round of thanks to Mike Wentworth and John
Bausola, FACM’s two most recent Presidents. Without their
experience and leadership skills to have as an example going
into this position, I wound be at a tremendous loss.
I also want to welcome aboard our new Board of Directors for
2009-2010:
Frank Conkling , Panda Consulting – President Elect
Ric Fritz, Citrus County – Treasurer
Carol Walker, Polk County – Secretary
Jeff Hahn, Brevard County – Director 2009-2011
George Beatty, DOR and John Benton Duval County continue in
their second year as directors for 2008-2010.
We also have several new Chairs this year:
Joe Ward, Orange County – Education
Christine Schluter, Bruce Harris Associates –
Standards/Legislation
Fred Morawietz, Volusia County – Membership/Outreach
Joyce McGuire, St. Lucie County – Scholarship
Johnnie Abron, Jefferson County – Website Coordinator
And continuing in the following Chairs:
Jeff Maasch, Indian River County – Designations
Connie Rossman, City of Lakeland – Publications and Awards
Kay Gargis, Brevard County – Ways and Means
John Bausola – Conference
Thank you all for stepping up and being a part of FACM as we
begin our 24th year!
Since its founding in 1986, FACM has been dedicated to
education the Cadastralist and furthering the profession of
mapping, especially now that we are on the brink of closing
out the first decade of the 21st century. Over the last
several years FACM has begun the process of updating and
revising our four courses (and possibly exploring a fifth,
one that would be geared towards aerial photography, GIS
concepts, and interpretation of Right-of-Way maps).
Accomplishing all of this is very challenging, especially so
in these times of economic instability. We will be looking
at ways to offer these courses in a “Distance Learning” i.e.
online setting. In addition to challenging the course by
testing only, and instruction via sitting in a classroom
with a ‘live instructor’, both of which will still be
available, FACM is exploring how to deliver the course
content at the convenience of your own desktop computer. The
goal being to reduce travel and lodging expenses. FACM also
has available instructors that can travel to your office for
an onsite classroom for 10 or more students. DOR will
continue to have offerings, albeit on a reduced schedule.
Lastly I would like to say thanks to the conference
committee and the following sponsors: Bruce Harris and
Associates, Panda Consulting, ACA, Photo Science, Pictometry,
Patriot Systems, Kucera, Surdex Corporation, Team
Consulting, Yotta and ESRI. They assembled a great Fall
Conference this year; it could not have been done with you
all! I continue to hear how informative and worthwhile it
was, so now the bar has been set for next year! Start
thinking about what presentation you would like to see, or
better yet, you would like to give! Before you know, it will
be October 2010 – Let’s get started!
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change that is
the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision
can be made any longer without taking into account not only
the world as it is, but the world as it will be”
Issac Asimov 1978
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