ACSM CONGRESS MEETING AGENDA REQUEST
To request items be placed on an ACSM Congress Meeting Agenda, this form must be completed.
1. Who is requesting item be placed on agenda: (Name and Title)
__________John Matonich, NSPS Delegate to ACSM Congress____________
2. Agenda item title: _____ACSM Future_________________________________
3. Rationale:
(i.e., Why is recommendation being made, how much will it cost, when will it be done, and are there alternatives? What potential impact will this action have? Please be brief, but attachments may be made when necessary.)
ACSM currently and for the last several years has had a poor financial position and NSPS has the membership and resources to sustain itself in the foreseeable future. NSPS is also currently one of the largest creditors of ACSM having loaned funds over the recent years to cover budgetary shortfalls. It is the objective of all the MOs to promote and protect the geospatial and related professions that fall under the umbrella known as Surveying.
4. Specific motion for approval, disapproval, reference to committee, etc.
It is moved thatin the interests of leading toward a viable single organization, the ACSM Congress be disbanded and the dissolution of ACSM begin and in conjunction with the process, ACSM turn over all operation, control, assets and liabilities to NSPS.
And furthermore,
That the NSPS immediately proceed with a realignment into a unified organization made up of individual members with equitable representation that encompasses the broader definition of surveying to include professional surveyors, geodesists and other geospatial professionals; that the realigned organization adopt the following mission statement:“The mission of the organization shall be to represent and advance the sciences and disciplines of surveying, geodesy, cartography, and related fields through education and communication, in furtherance of public good.”; that the realigned organization adopt a structure similar to that of NSPS; that the realigned organization take immediate action(s) to reduce administrative costs; that the realigned organization immediately develop a plan to attract new members in all of the disciplines of surveying, geodesy, cartography and related fields, and develop a marketing strategy.
Rich
Was that motion voted on during yesterdays Congress meeting, or was it put on the agenda to be voted on at a future congress?
This motion sounds like a great plan, it is too bad that the representatives from each State do not have a vote, all they can do is recommend and then it falls on the hand full of people who vote the way they want to rather than perhaps the way the people they are supposed to represent want them to.
Not really. Two or three weeks ago there was a teleconferece that I am aware of wherein the State NSPS Governors discussed just this issue. It appears to me that NSPS is doing an excellant job of seeking the opinions and input from the State NSPS Governors. It does NOT look like these ideas are being forwarded by just a few people all on their own. And it appears that the opinions expressed in these meetings are being listen to and acted upon by the NSPS big boys. They are listening and acting upon the governors recommendations.
I hope you are right..if what you say is true..it is a big change from past practices
James
I was not present for the vote, but a source I trust indicates the motion was voted on at yesterdays meeting. Both NSPS and both AAGS delegates voted yes, the two GLIS delegates voted no.
My Boss is our State NSPS Governor. He keeps us informed.
Why can't we keep the name "American Congress of Surveying and Mapping?"
I think it's tied to debt issues. Keep the name and you keep liability for the bills.
