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November 20,2008

 

2009 Fall FACM Conference - Tradewinds Resort/St Pete Beach

2009 Conference a Winner!

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.

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Rosemary Bauman manning the Registration Table

Land Survey System class in progress

Students in the ArcGIS Class

ArcGIS Cadaastral techniques class

 

 

 

 

Frank Conkling teaches ArcGis Cadastral Class Ellen Edwards instructing part of FACM Course 2 preparation FACM Members before dinner John Bausola making the rounds of members

 

 

 

 

Cadastralist of the Year award winner Robert Miller with President John Bausola

John Bausola presenting President's award to Joyce McGuire

Outgoing President John Bausola presenting new President Mike Wentworth the Presidents gavel

New President Mike Wentworth Presenting gavel to outgoing President President John Bausola

 

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