On Wednesday March 19, 2025 the Chapter meeting was held at and sponsored by the Wallace Group. The meeting packed their large conference room to overflow capacity. Wallace group provided drinks and an all you could eat taco dinner with all the trimmings! Donations were taken up for the scholarship fund and to support student attendance to the CLSA Conference.

While we feasted on the provided dinner, a lively business meeting was punctuated by the volunteerism and support of the chapters Monument Conservation Committee discussion. It almost became a bidding war when talking about support of the committees proposed luncheon for agency engineers to explain their role in monumentation conservation. Committee Chair Robert Reese explains more in his post that can be read here.

The speaker for the night was Jay Seymour, president of the California Land Surveyors Association in 2015. Mr. Seymour, a licensed surveyor for 47 years, gave a heartfelt talk on the land surveying profession and how the future of the profession is in the hands of the profession itself. He is a very enthusiastic and positive role model for all of those interested in the profession.

A big THANK YOU goes out to the Wallace Group for this meeting. It is a model that other firms should consider in supporting the profession!