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The annual holiday party took place at the San Luis Yacht Club, on December 10. Thank you to all who set up, provided and prepared food & drink, and cleaned up.

Greetings fellow surveyors and enthusiasts! I am looking forward to what new and exciting things 2025 brings, not the least of which is humbly taking the reigns as the PARALLAX editor from the esteemed Doug Rion. We all owe him a debt of gratitude for his steadfast commitment to keeping our Chapter up to date with all things survey related in CA and especially our beautiful Central Coast. Doug has been a tremendous help in transitioning the editing duties into my hands. It is our hope that you will not see any hiccups in the quality and timeliness that we've all grown accustomed to under Doug's editorial tenure. As always keep the feedback, contributions, requests and comments coming to central.coast.clsa@gmail.com
-Matt Cunningham

Minutes from the November 20, 2024 Chapter Meeting are now available: CLICK HERE

Guest Speaker CLSA President-Elect Joseph Padilla and wife and son (far right) with Chapter Members at the Nov. 20, 2024 Chapter Meeting at AJ Spurs in Grover Beach. (some members had departed before this picture was taken).
Thanks to our waiter for snapping this photo

The October 2024 CLSA Board of Directors Report, presented at our November Chapter meeting is now available here: OCT 24 BOD

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your last thank-you note was filled out yellow keel crayon.
you actually know what “keel” is.
you painted your mobile home or truck with upside down spray paint.
your Christmas packages have florescent lime ribbon and blueprint wrapping…and you
recognize the job on the blueprints.
you open a beer with a plumb bob…..through the side of the can.
one of your favorite pickup lines is “Wanna check out my stake collection?”
your new baby girl’s room has pink wallpaper…with tripods on it.
you think getting “set up” with a blind date involves a tripod.
you can’t talk to someone without a set of plans in your hand.
your idea of a sexy outfit involves snake leggings, or an orange vest.
you have the County Surveyor on your smart phone’s speed dial.
your favorite hat has a tripod, plumb bob or a target somewhere on it.
you have at least one item of clothing with “safety” in the name of the color.
you actually stop to look at machetes while touring the swap meet.
you have at least one broken sledgehammer head in your garage.
you buy TechNu poison oak lotion in one gallon containers.
you can tell when there’s poison oak nearby by smell alone.
you send your kid to an Easter egg hunt….with a shovel.
you encourage your kid to dig a 3 foot wide hole during an Easter egg hunt party just to
make sure no other kid will find the egg.
the last book you bought was at the CLSA auction.
you have, somewhere in your garage, a bunch of old pipes or stakes with somebody
else’s LS number on them.
you get moody when someone calls you an “engineer”.
you have one or more lock combinations written on the dash of your truck.
you know the LS numbers of all the local surveyors, but have a hard time remembering
your wedding anniversary.

-submitted by Robert Reese with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy

Meeting minutes from the September 2024 Chapter Meeting are now available CLICK HERE

The Chapter's Annual Summer BBQ was held Saturday Sept. 7 at Cuesta Park in SLO. Ken Fargen and crew once again prepared delicious grilled beef and chicken served with all the fixin's to chapter members, families, and friends along with this year's Trig*Star winners, their families and teachers. Trig*Star awards were presented and raffle prizes were rewarded to lucky ticket holders. Many THANK YOUs to the Fargen crew, Trig*Star Coordinator Luz Garcia, all those who generously donated the raffle prizes and a personal thank you to Matt Cunningham for pinch hitting for me in the ice/beverage/raffle drawing duties. And a special THANK YOU to Western Land Surveys, Inc for their cooling donation of the ice and beverages on that HOT 102° day !