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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Still no word...
Still no word from the Board.
I was told that the updates were to happen around 2:am this morning. I checked at 5:30 and their website was down for updates. At 6:am it was back up, with no updates; at least the information I was interested in had not been updated. I couldn't find my name, or any new name, in the system.
So now, I don't know what to think. I guess just sit & wait some more....
I was told that the updates were to happen around 2:am this morning. I checked at 5:30 and their website was down for updates. At 6:am it was back up, with no updates; at least the information I was interested in had not been updated. I couldn't find my name, or any new name, in the system.
So now, I don't know what to think. I guess just sit & wait some more....
Monday, November 20, 2006
More Info
Here's another news trickle....
BORPELS Sacramento office has confirmed that my exams & applications were reviewed, accepted, and approved by the Board on Friday, the 17th.
With said approval comes licensure and a number, however, the number comes from a different office and the Sacramento office does not know what they are. The number should be posted online tonight (2:00am) and the official letters will be mailed out today or tomorrow.
To recap: As of 2:00pm today, I have a license and number, but I don't know what the number is. I should know in 12.5 hours. (If any on you would like an immediate phone call, let me know.)
BORPELS Sacramento office has confirmed that my exams & applications were reviewed, accepted, and approved by the Board on Friday, the 17th.
With said approval comes licensure and a number, however, the number comes from a different office and the Sacramento office does not know what they are. The number should be posted online tonight (2:00am) and the official letters will be mailed out today or tomorrow.
To recap: As of 2:00pm today, I have a license and number, but I don't know what the number is. I should know in 12.5 hours. (If any on you would like an immediate phone call, let me know.)
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Fender Bender
Lora & the Odyssey were rear ended last night.
Lora & the Girls are all fine. Relatively low speed and minimal damage. Lady behind Lora slid in the rain at a stop light. If she'd had another foot or two, she could have got it stopped without the help of our van. The extent of the damage was the result of the nuts for the license plate punching thru the bumper cover, but the cover didn't even dent, or at least it popped back out. The most unsightly damage came from her license plate bracket - 'Oakland Raiders' is now etched into the paint. And, yes, it's readable! (That must be removed at ALL costs!)
Lora said she was a bit sore, but she thinks it's because she was tensed up when it happened; She was in the process avoiding another car (full brakes, wet road, and the Odyssey's computer took over - amazing, but un-nerving) and she saw the other coming from behind. Lora and Girls were well buckled in and the Girls barely felt the impact.
Lora & the Girls are all fine. Relatively low speed and minimal damage. Lady behind Lora slid in the rain at a stop light. If she'd had another foot or two, she could have got it stopped without the help of our van. The extent of the damage was the result of the nuts for the license plate punching thru the bumper cover, but the cover didn't even dent, or at least it popped back out. The most unsightly damage came from her license plate bracket - 'Oakland Raiders' is now etched into the paint. And, yes, it's readable! (That must be removed at ALL costs!)
Lora said she was a bit sore, but she thinks it's because she was tensed up when it happened; She was in the process avoiding another car (full brakes, wet road, and the Odyssey's computer took over - amazing, but un-nerving) and she saw the other coming from behind. Lora and Girls were well buckled in and the Girls barely felt the impact.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Passed Yet?
As far as my tests go: in short, I passed, but I'm still not licensed. The long story goes like this...
Prior to taking the licensure exams, the exams for certification as a Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) need to be completed. I passed the LSIT in 1999. LSIT certification means you can work as a surveyor (calculations, boundary resolution, legal research, etc.), but it must be done under the supervision of a licensed surveyor. (The only way around this step is Registration as a Civil Engineer. I had no intention of going THAT route.)
There are three portions to licensure - 1) A National exam (8 hour), 2) a State Exam (6 hour), and 3) a written/take-home exam on the State Business and Professions Code, Land Surveyors Act, and the State Map Act (this is basically an exercise in looking up State Law). (There is also a State requirement of a minimum of 6 years of survey experience prior to exam application that could be considered a fourth portion to the licensure.) I took the National & State exams in 2003. I passed the National, failed the State, as did most people. I should have turned in my take home portion then, but didn't. I re-took the State portion in 2004 and failed again. I took it again in April of this year and felt pretty good about it. I literally took the exam twice this year. I finished (most of) it within the six-hour time limit, and I re-calc'd a lot of it because it 'couldn't have been that easy'.
Now I had to wait.
The result letter were to be mailed out near the end of the 2nd week of September, with a 2nd mailing at the beginning of the 4th week. During the 1st week, I realized that I hadn't sent in the take-home portion of the exam. I called the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors in Sacramento to ask if they would still accept it or if I had to wait until next year. I was told to send it in.
The first set of mailing went out and I had friends who had both passed & failed, so I knew that letters with both notifications went out. I got nothing. I waited for the 2nd mailing, and still nothing. I called the board near the middle of the 4th week (the Board prohibits calls prior to the 2nd mailing) to see what was going on. I was told that they had prepared a letter, but that after they received my take-home exam, the content of the letter was 'effectively invalid', so they didn't send it. The lady I spoke to said she would send a copy so I would know that the Board hadn't forgotten about me. I told her that I knew she couldn't give out the results over the phone (also prohibited) but asked if she could read (or at least paraphrase) the letter to me. The letter said, in effect, 'Congrats, you passed, but we didn't get your take-home exam...' Because the board had received my exam, the letter was now invalid, which is why it wasn't mailed.
But the 'Congrats' was what I was interested in.
It meant my exams were done.
The Board members have to meet to approve the Licensure candidates and my take-home was received after the deadline to make it on the September agenda. The next meeting is November 16th & 17th. I called the Board a few weeks ago to verify that I had passed the take-home exam portion and was told that it was fine.
Now I wait again.
Unless something unforeseen happens, I'll be issued a license no later that the 17th of September. With it comes a four-digit number that will follow me forever. It can be checked on the Board's License Look-up page. Just search by last name. I'll be the only Nehring (and the only license in Kerman).
Prior to taking the licensure exams, the exams for certification as a Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) need to be completed. I passed the LSIT in 1999. LSIT certification means you can work as a surveyor (calculations, boundary resolution, legal research, etc.), but it must be done under the supervision of a licensed surveyor. (The only way around this step is Registration as a Civil Engineer. I had no intention of going THAT route.)
There are three portions to licensure - 1) A National exam (8 hour), 2) a State Exam (6 hour), and 3) a written/take-home exam on the State Business and Professions Code, Land Surveyors Act, and the State Map Act (this is basically an exercise in looking up State Law). (There is also a State requirement of a minimum of 6 years of survey experience prior to exam application that could be considered a fourth portion to the licensure.) I took the National & State exams in 2003. I passed the National, failed the State, as did most people. I should have turned in my take home portion then, but didn't. I re-took the State portion in 2004 and failed again. I took it again in April of this year and felt pretty good about it. I literally took the exam twice this year. I finished (most of) it within the six-hour time limit, and I re-calc'd a lot of it because it 'couldn't have been that easy'.
Now I had to wait.
The result letter were to be mailed out near the end of the 2nd week of September, with a 2nd mailing at the beginning of the 4th week. During the 1st week, I realized that I hadn't sent in the take-home portion of the exam. I called the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors in Sacramento to ask if they would still accept it or if I had to wait until next year. I was told to send it in.
The first set of mailing went out and I had friends who had both passed & failed, so I knew that letters with both notifications went out. I got nothing. I waited for the 2nd mailing, and still nothing. I called the board near the middle of the 4th week (the Board prohibits calls prior to the 2nd mailing) to see what was going on. I was told that they had prepared a letter, but that after they received my take-home exam, the content of the letter was 'effectively invalid', so they didn't send it. The lady I spoke to said she would send a copy so I would know that the Board hadn't forgotten about me. I told her that I knew she couldn't give out the results over the phone (also prohibited) but asked if she could read (or at least paraphrase) the letter to me. The letter said, in effect, 'Congrats, you passed, but we didn't get your take-home exam...' Because the board had received my exam, the letter was now invalid, which is why it wasn't mailed.
But the 'Congrats' was what I was interested in.
It meant my exams were done.
The Board members have to meet to approve the Licensure candidates and my take-home was received after the deadline to make it on the September agenda. The next meeting is November 16th & 17th. I called the Board a few weeks ago to verify that I had passed the take-home exam portion and was told that it was fine.
Now I wait again.
Unless something unforeseen happens, I'll be issued a license no later that the 17th of September. With it comes a four-digit number that will follow me forever. It can be checked on the Board's License Look-up page. Just search by last name. I'll be the only Nehring (and the only license in Kerman).
Friday, November 03, 2006
Bits & Pieces
I took the R100GS to the shop to get a $6 spring replaced in the transmission and some new fork springs. $150 in parts and nearly $1200 in labor. When I spoke to the shop last, they told me that the fork tube had cracked and that they had been looking for a used one. Another $300 for a new tube. They were only able to find a questionable pair - they were off a bike with front-end damage and powder coated black. The guy didn't want to split the pair either. BMW NorthAmerica had none in stock so they had to order a new one von Deutschland. They couldn't estimate the delivery date much better than 'within a week or two'.
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