January 9, 2026 Workshop - CLICK HERE TO REGISTERgATEWAY hOTEL- amES, ia SLSI Has a small room block available for the evening of 1/8/2026 - CLick Here For Room AvailabilIty SCHEDULE (7 total PDHs offered) - Click Here for PDF Schedule PROGRAM/AGENDA ~ *Two Concurrent Tracks This Year to Choose From! Program Options: AM Session Option 1: Errors - Jerry Mahun, PLS. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Programs:Errors - Jerry Mahun, PLS - 3.5 PDHs (Morning Program Option) The Datums Are A’Changin’ - Jerry Mahun, PLS - 3.5 PDHS (Afternoon Program Option) When the Rules DON’T Work - Kristopher Kline, PLS, GSI, President - 2Point, Inc. - 7 (Program Runs Morning & Afternoon)
About the Speakers: Jerry Mahun has been involved in Surveying education for more than forty years. He started at UW-Platteville, followed by Purdue, Penn State - Wilkes-Barre, and Madison Area Technical College after which he retired. He then taught part-time at UW-Platteville, retired again, spent a few more years doing FS and PS course review material development for NLCPrep, retiring for a third time. In scattered gaps he worked for the WisDOT, BLM, NGS, and has done consulting as well. In 2019 he received the NSPS Earl J. Fennell Award for surveying education. Jerry is a licensed Wisconsin Professional Surveyor, a Lifetime Member of WSLS, and has served the organization as a Director, Foundation Board member, and member of numerous committees, He has been involved in several cross-organizational activities including the State Cartographer’s Advisory Committee, Wisconsin County Coordinates Task Force, and the Wisconsin 2022 Spatial Reference Systems Task Force. Kristopher M. Kline, president of 2Point, Inc., became licensed in North Carolina . In 1991 and is a 1999 graduate of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors (NCSS) Institute. Kris served for 3 years as Chairman of the NCSS Education Committee. His present business focuses on teaching, publishing, and consulting services for boundary/easement disputes. In 2003, Kris began offering continuing education courses in North Carolina on legal aspects of retracement. Since 2010, his teaching career has expanded to include conferences and seminars nationwide. Kris has presented several keynote addresses for state conventions. In 2020, Kris and his wife, Robyn, assumed administration of Surveyors Educational Seminars, a continuing education program originally developed by Dr. Ben Buckner, and later operated by Donald A. Wilson and his wife Christine. Kris has published five books—the most recent, “Whatever Floats Your Boat: Riparian Principles” (2024) is a comprehensive study of riparian and littoral laws and concepts across the nation. Kline also is the author of the second edition of the Washington State Common Law of Surveys and Property Boundaries, available from the Land Surveyors Association of Washington (LSAW.) Kline has written over 80 technical articles for various Publications. Written for a national audience and generally focused on various legal aspects of boundary retracement, many are now available on his blog at www.2point.net.
*Cancellation/Weather Policy:Cancellation Policy- If you are unable to attend you may cancel on or before January 2nd, your registration fee will be returned less a $30 administrative fee. No refunds will be made after January 2nd, but attendee substitutions will be accepted at any time. *SLSI will try and hold the workshop regardless of weather. Attendees travel safety is paramount, should a need to cancel occur SLSI will notify attendees the day prior.
For questions, please contact the SLSI office at [email protected] or 515-284-7055. |
