Agenda

Thursday, November 17th, 2016, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST

   Boundary retracement theory and principles

   Interpreting land descriptions

      • Metes and bounds

      • Lot and block

      • Dos and don’ts for writing descriptions

   Applying principles of boundary location

      • Collecting and evaluating all types of boundary evidence:
         documents, physical evidence, people, surveys

      • Locating the described land on a map

      • Locating the described land on the ground

   Solving land description and boundary location problems


Webinar Instructions

All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.

Certificates of completion will be provided for each webinar attended and will be sent via email in PDF form about five business days after the date of the conclusion of the series.

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GoToWebinar system requirements:

Operating System:
Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
Mac OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) – 10.11 (El Capitan)


Web Browser:
Chrome v34+, Firefox v34+, Internet Explorer 8+, Microsoft Edge, Safari v6+


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Minimum of 1Mbps                      2GB RAM or more

Credits

Attorneys:
     2.0 Approved CLE Hours for AZ, AR, CA, MN, NC, OH, TX, VA, VT, WI 
     Pending for MS

Land Surveyors:
     2.0 Tennessee PDHs, TX PDHs Pending 
     2.0 PDHs all other states excl. FL, NJ

Professional Engineers:
     2.0 PDHs in all states

Continuing Education Credit Information

Each webinar has been approved or offers CLE credit for attorneys in Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Vermont. Credit is applied for and pending in Minnesota, Mississippi, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Attorneys in other states will need to apply themselves to their licensing entities.

Each webinar has been approved or offers CLE credit for attorneys in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Credit is applied for and pending in Mississippi. Attorneys in other states will need to apply themselves to their licensing entities.

Each webinar offers PDHs to professional engineers to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant in all states that accepts this learning method. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. Other states do not preapprove educators or courses.

Participation certificates will be awarded to participants who complete a program in its entirety and respond to all the verification prompts and/or questions that appear during and/or after the course instruction.

Speakers

Barry E. Savage, PLS

Survey Products Group Manager with Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TN

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.