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Meet President pro Tempore of State Senate - click for more information
2026-01-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ZOOM
The Channel Island Chapter has graciously invited our members to join them in a conversation with State Senator for the 21 district, Monique Limon.

Senator Limon has just become the Senate President Pro Tempore for the California Senate. Her district includes most of Santa Barabara County and the southern portion of San Luis Obispo County.
Meeting Details:
The Channel Island January meeting is a Zoom Meeting:
The meeting starts at 6:30pm with the speaker at 7:00pm
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Chapter Meeting
2026-01-21 17:30 - 20:00 | The Switch, 12304 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
Meeting Location: The Switch12304 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Time: 5:30pm Social6:00pm Meeting
Dinner: Order off the Menu (The Switch)
Program: Installation of 2026 Officers Committee Chair Assignments Business Meeting

65th Annual Fresno State Geomatics Engineering Conference
2026-01-22 - 2026-01-23 | Freso State University – Resnick Student Union, 5244 N. Jackson Ave., Fresno, CA, United States
Since 1958, Fresno State’s Geomatics Engineering Clubs have partnered with the surveying industry, the community, faculty and other Geomatics Engineering/Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing related businesses and agencies to host this annual celebration of the Surveying profession. By recognizing our past, present and future and connecting students to alumni, industry professionals and researchers, students will have the opportunity to discover the world of Geomatics Engineering through the eyes of the professional.

The conference focuses on a variety of areas such as:

Land Surveying
Photogrammetry
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

Nearly 20 guest speakers from industry, government and academia will speak about a variety of topics. Numerous scholarships will be awarded to Lyles College of Engineering. More than $1 million in scholarships have been awarded at this annual conference over the years. Several vendors also will be exhibiting the latest technologies in GIS, surveying and more.

More information about our speakers will be posted here, and more information about our vendors will be posted here.

The conference also has a banquet, which celebrates students and donors. The banquet will be held at Pardini’s. The address is 2257 W Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93711.

Free NCEES FS (SIT) Study Group - Virtual
2026-02-07 06:00 - 10:00
Halff is hosting another FREE virtual study session from 8 am to 12 pm CentralTime, and surveyors from across the country are invited to join.

Geo Week - Denver, Colorado
2026-02-16 08:00 - 2026-02-18 17:00
Geo Week brings together geospatial and mapping professionals to explore how data, maps, and advanced technologies can deepen our understanding of the world and inform solutions for complex challenges.

Designed for decision-makers and problem-solvers, the conference program helps attendees solve real-world challenges by offering insights from industry leaders, peer-driven case studies, expert panels, and collaborative roundtable discussions.

New technological innovations, the need for remote workflows, and hardware breakthroughs are rapidly redefining expectations across teams, organizations, and entire industries. The Geo Week tradeshow floor brings together cutting-edge tools and trusted vendors to help professionals make informed technology decisions and offers an unmatched space for peer-to-peer-networking.

S.B. County Surveyor - Accela Informational Webinar
2026-02-18 18:00 - 20:00
The Santa Barbara County Surveyor’s Office is pleased to announce the upcoming implementation of Accela as our new system for survey project submittals, plan review, and fee payments.

To support a smooth transition, we invite you to attend an informational webinar on Wednesday February 18 at 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, during which staff will provide an overview of the Accela platform, demonstrate creating an account, the application submittal workflow, and address questions.

Please note the following important dates:

February 18 at 6:00 PM – Accela informational webinar

February 18 – Accela goes live for all project submittals, reviews, and payments

February 18 – DIRS will be discontinued and will no longer be available

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to working with you as we transition to Accela. This new system is expected to enhance efficiency, transparency, and customer service.

If you have questions prior to the webinar, please contact the Santa Barbara County Surveyor’s Office.

Sincerely,E. Teñell MatlovskyDeputy for

Aleksandar Jevremovic

Santa Barbara County Surveyor

805-568-3012

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2299288184968?p=TZe8lkSp6m1vtZVihf

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Chapter Meeting
2026-03-11 17:30 - 20:30
Date:

Wednesday March 11, 2026

Time:

5:30pm Social6:00pm Dinner6:45pm Program

Location:

Sea Pines Golf Resort Conference Room1945 Solano St. Los Osos, CA

Map

Consider:

Quick 9 holes before the meeting!

Sea Pines Golf Resort – Online Booking

Program

Robert Reese

“SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY”

A PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME GEOLOGIC HISTORY, EARTHQUAKES, LEGISLATION AND BOUNDARY SURVEYING IN A SLOW MOVING LANDSLIDE ”

Menu:

To be determined

More about the Program:

Robert J. Reese, LS, will make a presentation about establishing boundary lines in an area subject to subsidence – not disastrous, immediate earthquake type subsidence, but a slow shift of the earth.The account involves LA County’s actions and causality, a city’s attempt to stop mother nature, and various surveyors’ attempt at retracement in a shifting environment.Attendees will be offered an opportunity to comment on the methods and reasons of a survey that has been questioned by the LA county counsel, other surveyors and some landowners.Just how hard can it be?

National Surveyors Week
2026-03-15 08:00 - 2026-03-21 17:00

WESTERN REGIONAL SURVEY CONFERENCE
2026-03-18 - 2026-03-21 | Horseshoe Casino Las Vegas, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd, South, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Western Regional Survey Conference
Horseshoe Casino – Las Vegas
3645 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Preliminary Program
Exhibit & Sponsorship Information
Registration Form Online
PDF Registration Form
Hotel Information
HOTEL INFO:
Horseshoe Las Vegas
(formerly Bally’s)
3645 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Mon.-Wed – $50/$78.35 with fees

Thurs.-Sun. – $149/$177.35 with fees

Cut-off Date: February 24, 2026
Hotel will sell out! Book early using link below.

Hotel Booking Link

Vernal Equinox
2026-03-20 07:46 - 19:47
From Wikipedia (Full article here)

A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun appears directly above the equator, rather than to its north or south. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise directly east and set directly west. This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.[a]

An equinox is equivalently defined as the time when the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the geometric center of the Sun‘s disk.[7][8] This is also the moment when Earth’s rotation axis is directly perpendicular to the Sun-Earth line, tilting neither toward nor away from the Sun. In modern times[when?], since the Moon (and to a lesser extent the planets) causes Earth’s orbit to vary slightly from a perfect ellipse, the equinox is officially defined by the Sun’s more regular ecliptic longitude rather than by its declination. The instants of the equinoxes are currently defined to be when the apparent geocentric longitude of the Sun is 0° and 180°.[9]

CLSA 60th Anniversary Dinner
2026-03-20 18:00 - 22:00 | Las Vegas Country Club, Las Vegas Nevada, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las, NV, 89109, United States
This event is at the Las Vegas Country Club

6:00pm Reception

Followed by Dinner

The CLSA dinner will be held during the Western Regional Survey Conference on March 18-21, 2026 at the Horseshoe Hotel (formerly Bally’s) in Las Vegas. If you haven’t registered or confirmed your sponsorship yet for the Conference, please do so right away and follow this link for details: http://www.plseducation.org/.

Global Surveyors' Day
2026-03-21 08:00 - 17:00
The path to Global Surveyors’ Day began back in ancient Egypt when society first used surveying techniques to divide land. Throughout history, surveyors have remained the pioneers of discovery shaping our world to its current existence by exploring the unknown on earth and in space. Fast forward to 2013 when the signing of the Budapest declaration created a common worldwide celebration for those leaders, past and present. We are proud to proclaim Global Surveyors’ Day as a way to globally recognize the ground-breakers, pioneers, individuals and the industry that has shaped our history and continues to be the foundation of our communities.

Where survey firms are quietly losing money (Free Educational Webinar)
2026-04-08 08:00 - 09:00
Hi,

Most survey firms don’t struggle because they’re bad at surveying.

They struggle because no one ever taught them the commercial side of running a survey business.

Across the industry, we’re seeing the same pattern again and again.

Not a lack of work …

… but a slow, quiet leak in revenue that most firms never measure.

It usually shows up as:

time spent on the wrong activity

discounting just to win work

missed projects you never even hear about

fixing things later that should’ve been built properly from the start

Individually, none of these feel like a big deal.

But when you add them up … it’s often $$$’s a year.

So we’re hosting a webinar to break this down properly, in a way that actually makes sense for surveyors.

No fluff. No “just post more on LinkedIn” advice.

Just a clear look at where the money is going, why it’s happening and what to fix first.

If you’ve ever felt like your pipeline is more reactive than it should be … this will feel very familiar.

Central Coast Chapter Construction Staking Seminar
2026-04-09 11:30 - 14:00 | San Luis Obispo Veteran’s Hall, 801 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo,, California, 93401, United States
This seminar will be presented by local Professional Land Surveyors and will provide an overview of the constructionstaking process on local civil engineering projects. Attendees will gain insight into the process—from project design tofield construction—executed by local professionals for agencies, developers and contractors

Brochure

Seating is limited ! Register Now

Board of Directors Meeting
2026-04-25 09:00 - 12:00
Zoom Meeting – Contact Central Office for Link

California Spatial Reference Center Coordinating Council Meeting
2026-04-30 10:00 - 15:30
You are invited to CSRC Meeting – Virtual or in Person.

Main Topics of Discussion: CSRC, California Real Time Network (CRTN) updates and related topics relevant to California

Time: Approximately 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM; morning sessions around 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and afternoon sessions 1:00 to 3:30 PM, with a break from approximately 12:00-1:00 PM.

Fees/Costs: There are no registration fees or costs to attend in person or virtually. For in-person attendees, lunch will be included.

To join virtually, please register at the Zoom webinar link: https://tinyurl.com/2026AprilCSRC or scan the QR code in the meeting flyer/post.

To join in-person, please RSVP by April 22 to reserve your seat and lunch, email maria@ucsd.edu (or mrturingan@ucsd.edu).

In-Person Meeting Location: Martin Johnson House, IGPP Dept., Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California San Diego, 8840 Biological Grade, La Jolla, 92037.

Planned Talks:

Director’s Report including CSRC/CRTN Updates, Dr. Yehuda Bock, Scripps Oceanography, UCSD

CSRC Mission and Application for Professional Land Surveying Practice, Gregory Helmer, CSRC Executive Manager

A Decade of Deformation Monitoring in California Using InSAR and GNSS, Dr. Molly Zebker, Scripps Oceanography

Real-Time Flash-Flood Prediction Using GNSS Water Vapor Observations and Deep Learning, Bhavik Chandra, Scripps Oceanography

Trimble’s Time Dependent Positioning, Dr. Chris Pearson, Trimble

EarthScope’s Network of the Americas (NOTA): Updates and Current Status, EarthScope Consortium

Caltrans Update, Kevin Maxwell

CSRC, CRTN Consortium, Upcoming Executive Committee Elections, Maria Turingan, Scripps Oceanograph

Chapter Meeting
2026-05-20 17:30 - 22:30

Mount Diablo 175th Anniversary Event
2026-07-18 10:00 - 16:00
Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society Invites you to:

Celebration of the Mount Diablo Initial Point MAP

Join surveyors, historians, and park rangers to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Mount Diablo Initial Point, the reference fromwhich much of California’s and all of Nevada’s public land surveys originate

Historical Surveying demonstrations

Family-friendly learning activities

Ranger talks about Mount Diablo

Educational exhibits on the Public Land Survey System

Addition Details

Upper parking lot has limited space, lower parking lot (1/4 mile) has additional parking, restrooms, picnic tables, and pedestrian trail or paved road to the summit.

Allow approximately 45 minutes to drive from either the north or south gates of the park up to the summit.$10 state park gate entrance fee

Park opens at 8am – closes at sunset

Bring your lunch / snacks / drinks / sunscreen and enjoy the whole day!

For Questions or more information please contact: mdshsorg@yahoo.com or go to https://www.mdshs.org

Board of Directors Meeting
2026-07-25 09:00 - 12:00
Zoom Meeting

Contact Central Office of CLSA for Zoom link

Women Surveyors Summit 2026 - San Diego
2026-09-17 08:00 - 2026-09-20 17:00
The Women Surveyors Summit, hosted by Future Surveyors Foundation is held to support and promote diversity in the land surveying profession.

This in-person event is the 7th Women Surveyors Summit. This is a “for women, by women” event and will include opportunities for continuing education. At a minimum 12 PDHs with at least 2 hours of Ethics willl be available.
