SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for SurveyorConnect Members

@williwaw 

If you try beerleg.com you will find it directs to surveyorconnect.com and I expect Wendell will forward things to the new site, at least for a while.

As much as possible, we will be attempting to get old links to redirect to the same thread on the new rpls.com website. It can be difficult to get all of them, since we've moved from software to software over the years. But even to this day, I watch the 404 logs here and will manually redirect to appropriate threads, when possible. That's just one of the many reasons I spend so much time here...  

The internet was still very new, at least to me, around the time I got my license in 1997. One day, I ended up on RPLS.com. I liked the content and began posting. I quickly grew a thick skin and learned that surveying varies greatly across the country and people don't always agree. I also soaked up a lot of surveying knowledge from other places that I would have never seen elsewhere. When I went out on my own, Mark Deal emailed saying he had just done the same and offered encouragement and moral support for my endeavor. It was good to know there was somebody else experiencing the same things and doing well. Mark was a really good guy that had the really good idea to create a surveyors message board. What a 'Mark' he made on our lives! AND, I truly believe the RPLS.com torch is in the right hands now! What an honor to Mark Deal! What a way for a man to be remembered by his peers! Now we have a really good guy with the really good idea to keep the legacy alive. Thanks Wendell.

@stacy-carroll 

Golly gee willickers, Stacy... I do my best but Mark left some big shoes to fill. Your words are much appreciated.

With that said, it is YOU -- the members of SurveyorConnect -- that make this place what it is. Who are the ones that provide the advice, insight, and mentoring to others? Who are the ones that visit here regularly to fulfill those tasks? Who donates their time (and sometimes money) to keep this place going? You!

Ok, I do a little housekeeping... but this place is nothing without all of you.

but this place is nothing without all of you

And it's a partnership. You provide the best place on the internet for members to do this.

ESPECIALLY if you could get the old posts with it!!!

To be fair, if we had the old posts, we'd realize how we were just repeating ourselves.  

Oh, my, yes.  I remember those days where you could comment directly to a specific post and it showed up directly following that post no matter where it was within the string of posts (thread).  There was strong debate on such style issues of the website.  Plusses for this style or negatives for the same style.  Which was more coherent?

@james-fleming Redundancy Redundancy Redundancy is a good thing.  It keeps us honest.

@james-fleming Redundancy Redundancy Redundancy is a good thing.  It keeps us honest.

In the new site, we'll have the option to have threaded replies once again. I'm not immediately sure how it will affect the usability in the new system, but here it wreaked havoc. I suspect that it could actually be helpful in the new system, but it's one of those things where you kind of have to try it out and see.

I always liked threaded replies because it helped in understanding the references. It wasn't really that long ago that we abandoned threaded replies here because it messed with the ability to view the newest reply, because it would take you to a new sub-reply in the middle of the thread even if there were newer replies below it. It was confusing in that regard, yet made more sense if you were just reading the thread from top to bottom. It's a bit of a conundrum.

But perhaps we'll give it shot in the new forums at some point. Right now my focus is just getting it ready and moving over there. Then we can play with features. 🙂

BTW @wendell, how is the fund raising going?

@gary_g   Great question and how does one even make a donation from time to time. I have no idea on that.

@olemanriver https://rpls.com/donate/

@gary_g   Geezers. I am ignorant lol. I never even knew. I had heard but never really looked for a link to donate. I need to get on a computer when on this site once and a while and really check the site out. Thank you. Such a great site. And great bunch of professionals.

BTW @wendell, how is the fund raising going?

I've been meaning to write a post about that. We're over $2k at this point but I will provide more details soon.

I had heard but never really looked for a link to donate.

It will be a lot more clear soon. I've always kept the donate page pretty obscure because of a self-imposed guilt trip. But the great users here have convinced me otherwise, so it will get easier to donate/pay for stuff.

@wendell oh don’t feel guilty at all. This is a great site and you keep it going so money is not a concern. I am not a billionaire or rich but i have no problem paying back. It is small considering what i have learned here. I am on another forum not surveying related but i pay so much every 3 years or so but it has paid itself back in knowledge when i need it. I usually am on it when something breaks down though lol. Here i am soaking up knowledge every chance i get its a fun learning experience.

@olemanriver 

Ship Wendell a few bales of hay next time you have a few extra.  The UPS driver will love you.

@holy-cow LOL They already give me dirt looks when I block them in with my tractor. I hate to say this but a rookie driver from another company that makes deliveries I had to back her out of my driveway as she almost took out my well head and then a cedar tree. I came up and she was not having a good day. I said maam catch your breath and I will help you no worries.

@wendell OK so I don't know what I did but does the beer legger thingy help keep the site going. I followed the link Gary gave me and got click happy and well I ended up there. Or does donations a separate thing. Just trying to do a small part to keep the lights on.