GIS
 

GLO
 

I have worked with Bill O’Hara and David McDow of the Texas General Land Office to come up with ideas to increase public awareness of their website (http://www.glo.state.tx.us/).  We worked with Doug Loveday to get a direct link on the front page of the TSPS website (http://www.tsps.org/) and Chapter 2 (http://www.tsps-2.org/) and Chapter 13 (http://www.tsps-13.org/) have plans to follow suit by placing a link on their websites as well.

I then created a short presentation to present to chapter meetings and other organizations that uses the General Land Office.  This presentation details how to use the searching tools for researching land grants and maps.  It is a power point design with an actual walk-through of the search engines with some examples.

I presented this to the Fort Worth Chapter in April with success.  It opened conversation about the site and the future of the GLO.  Chris Freeman, program chairman for the Dallas Chapter, was attending this meeting as a guest.  He liked it well enough to schedule the program for their July meeting.

The presentation was designed that anyone could host it with local examples for their chapter.  I would love to present this to the board if they would entertain that.  I believe this is a good start for bringing awareness to the Texas General Land Office. 

Respectfully Submitted

Davey Edwards, RPLS/LSLS/CFedS
 

REAL ESTATE
 

No activity since last report. I am currently seeking a committee member or Co-Chair for

this committee to help in my absence.
 

If there are any issues or concerns that anyone is aware of that needs to be addressed by

this committee, please let me know.

I welcome any input and suggestions from past committee members and the general

membership. Listed below are the previous committee charge and various tasks assigned

to this committee:
 

Continue to represent the objectives of TSPS before TAR. Keep TSPS Executive

Committee and Board of Directors informed of any actions required by TSPS. Develop a

liaison contact at TAR and hold a minimum of once-a-month discussions concerning

TSPS objectives and joint issues. Coordinate with other TSPS committees, as required

by issues of concern.
 

 Consider expanding this committee to have five Co-Chairs to correspond to the

five TSPS chapter areas...See link with TLTA Liaison and five co-chairs;

 Prepare outline for TSPS Speakers at Real Estate meetings;

 Invitation for Real Estate Liaison to have exhibit at TSPS convention;

 Deliver a report at each quarterly board meeting responding to committee charges

and task. Discussing actions, no action, problems, contacts made, input or

concerns from other organization;

 Throughout the year develop a short report to be presented and included in the

annual business meeting concerning the objects and concerns of this organization;

Jon Hodde
 

REAL ESTATE DIVISION OF STATE BAR
 

TSFI
 

A new event will be included during the Ray Wisdom BBQ and Auction at the June 2009 Board Meeting. This year we are holding a BBQ Cook Off and inviting five BBQ teams from our TSPS membership. This effort is being tried to increase participation at the BBQ and auction and perhaps bring TSPS members to Austin from across the State who may not attend Quarterly Board Meetings. We encourage Chapters, individual members, and vendors to donate auction items for the June event. 

An additional TSFI Committee report will be given to the Board of Directors on June 13, 2009 including items from our meeting held that morning.

Respectfully submitted,

Henry A. Kuehlem

TSFI Liaison Committee
 

TxDOT