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GOALS
- To encourage all surveyors licensed in New Hampshire to join
and participate in the Association.
- To encourage all land use professionals and those in related
disciplines to join and participate in the Association.
- To encourage membership in other state and national professional
associations, such as American Congress on
Surveying and Mapping and National Society of Professional Surveyors.
- To maintain and improve a staffed central office and pursue
an expanded facility.
- To promote land information systems and to preserve land records.
- To maintain and improve communication and relationships within
our profession, as well as with related disciplines
and the general public.
- To work with all units of government by providing information,
testimony and other support in matters relating to
land surveying, mapping and land information systems.
- To create and promote surveying educational opportunities and
publications.
- To review, upgrade and enforce professional standards and ethics.
- To address grievances and issues involving unauthorized practices.
- To promote careers in professional land surveying.
- To help surveyors and their families in times of need.
- To coordinate pro bono surveying services in conjunction with the NH Bar Association and the court system.
Adopted March 16, 1995, Revised January 11, 1997, Revised/adopted
January 10, 1998, Revised March 22, 2001, Revised January 11, 2003
ASSOCIATION BYLAWS
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Format of the bylaws
Note: the bylaws are current as of 03/16/2007
Ethics and Standards
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Format of the Ethics&Standards
MISSION
The New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association exists to promote the
profession of surveying, mapping, land
information systems and related fields to support the advancement
of technologies, and to help ensure that these
professional activities provide for the safety and welfare of the
general public.
WHO WE ARE
NHLSA members include licensed land surveyors and their employees,
land information practitioners, students,
and others with special interest in or knowledge of the profession
of land surveying.
The Association views the surveyor as a professional who has the
academic qualifications and technical expertise
to practice the sciences of measuring and mapping as well as making
boundary judgments; who uses this knowledge
responsibly to help plan and implement the efficient management
of land, waters, structures and improvements; and
who takes into account legal, economic, environmental and social
issues relevant to the practice.
WHAT WE DO
The Association strives to support the profession and its members
by creating a professional environment in which to
operate, through the following activities:
- Sponsor educational and informational activities and publications
both for ourselves and the general public.
- Fund and administer scholarships and grants.
- Improve and preserve land records.
- Work with legislative and administrative units of government
to provide information, testimony, and other support
in matters relating to land surveying.
- Maintain a continuous dialogue with allied professions.
- Maintain and upgrade professional standards and ethics.
- Address grievances and issues dealing with unauthorized practices.
- Promote professional and social relations.
Adopted April, 1990, Revised/adopted March 16, 1995, Revised/adopted January
10, 1998
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