March 2026 Magazine - Flipbook - Page 5
PRESIDENT’S LETTER
I also make it a point to be with the field staff either in the morning or in the
afternoon. I will hang out in the mud room or near their trucks. I have staff to line
out the field crews, and they're very talented people who don't need to rely on
me for help, but it's important to visibly demonstrate that I am available to them
As a Licensed State Land Surveyor, I get hired to consult on different projects. So,
I get to interact with different companies’ field crews. I was shocked to hear that
at one larger firm, the field crew had never seen the RPLS in person. The RPLS
was in a high-rise building in a different city from where the field staff was
located. How can they oversee the fieldwork if they never see the field crew? In
my opinion, this is a disservice to the field crew and to the profession.
If you're interested in entering a new mentor/mentee relationship, you're in luck!
TSPS has a mentorship committee. The chairman of the committee is Dean Van
Matre, RPLS, out of El Paso (ldvm1930@gmail.com). He is putting together a
cadre of mentors in all facets of the surveying industry—from business (small and
large) to area of practice (oil/gas, transportation, water/wastewater, residential,
etc.), to leadership, to finance, and more. He has a separate list of mentees. The
vision is to match a mentee with a mentor based on either location or area of
practice. The rest is up to the pair.
Your Partner in Surveying,
Miguel A. Escobar, LSLS, RPLS
March 2026 | THE TEXAS SURVEYOR
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