President's Message

Members,

As most of you know, finding skilled technicians and field staff has become extremely difficult to come by. The Society has recognized this as being one of the bigger challenges we face. To combat this issue, FSMS has created a Workforce Development Committee. This committee was set up to devise a way to increase our access to potential candidates in the field of surveying. With the assistance of the University of Florida, we now have such a program set up within the University’s extension offices for Geomatics Workforce Development.

The goal of this program is to attract individuals to the surveying profession through K-12 schools, Career Source, as well as other job placement recruitment and training. This program is in the approval phase, and we are ready to start laying the groundwork to roll it out in high schools, specifically through agricultural programs, an audience that FSMS chapters around the state have indicated could be a good fit for open roles.

The challenge now is to find and connect with teachers and administrators in the school system that would be interested in implementing this program into their curriculum. We are currently looking for those specific individuals. If you have contacts in schools who might be interested in participating in this program, and are interested in being a local industry contact for a school or are interested in being involved or updated moving forward please contact us.

Renewals

We are approaching renewal season for your membership (Memberships run from January 1st to December 31st of each year). Please look out for your renewal notification email for the coming year. Your renewals are the life blood of this society, and we can’t continue our mission without you. If you know of someone who would be interested in becoming a member, please make them aware of who we are and what we do.

As I mentioned in last month’s message, this is your society. Your opinion matters, and I would like to hear from you regarding any comments or suggestions you may have. Please email me at [email protected].

Respectfully submitted,

Robert N. “Bob” Johnson

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