Texas Society of Professional Surveyors

Event Schedule:

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Friday, May 15, 2026

	Start Date	End Date	Start Time	End Time
Ethics and Board Rules	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	9:00 AM	12:30 PM	5/15/2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Presenter: Landon Merritt Landon will lead a discussion on ethics and how it applies to daily life as a Surveyor Friday morning after breakfast.
Gradient Boundary	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	9:00 AM	12:30 PM	5/15/2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Presenter: Joe Mattox Joe will take participants in this class through classroom time learning the history of the Stiles gradient boundary method.
History of the XIT Ranch	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	9:00 AM	12:30 PM	5/15/2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Presenter: Dillon Harp Dillon will discuss the history of the XIT Ranch along with the Capitol Lands and various court cases that helped shape the ranch.
Research and Recovery	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	9:00 AM	12:30 PM	5/15/2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Presenter: Stan Piper The participants in this class will benefit from many years of experience as Stan explains his methods of preparing for a survey, setting up his research and field sketches.
West Texas Retracement	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	9:00 AM	12:30 PM	5/15/2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Presenter: Maxey Sheppard The course where participants are given a brief history of surveying the staked plains of the Texas panhandle.
Gradient Boundary AFTERNOON SESSION	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	1:30 PM	5:00 PM	5/15/2026 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Joe Mattox AFTERNOON SESSION Joe will take participants in this class through classroom time learning the history of the Stiles gradient boundary method.
History of the XIT Ranch AFTERNOON SESSION	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	1:30 PM	5:00 PM	5/15/2026 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Dillon Harp AFTERNOON SESSION Dillon will discuss the history of the XIT Ranch along with the Capitol Lands and various court cases that helped shape the ranch.
Research and Recovery AFTERNOON SESSION	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	1:30 PM	5:00 PM	5/15/2026 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Stan Piper AFTERNOON SESSION The participants in this class will benefit from many years of experience as Stan explains his methods of preparing for a survey, setting up his research and field sketches.
West Texas Retracement AFTERNOON SESSION	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	1:30 PM	5:00 PM	5/15/2026 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Maxey Sheppard AFTERNOON SESSION The course where participants are given a brief history of surveying the staked plains of the Texas panhandle.