COMPANY HISTORY

PACIFIC LAND SEMINARS ( PLS) WAS FOUNDED BY PAUL A. CUOMO, PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR, IN 1985. ITS PURPOSE WAS, AND STILL IS, TO PROVIDE 'UP SCALE SURVEYING AND SURVEYING RELATED SEMINARS. THE VERY FIRST SEMINAR PRESENTED WAS ABOUT CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS. THE SPEAKERS WERE A TITLE OFFICER, A PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR, A LAWYER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND AN ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT PERSON. THE SEMINAR WAS HELD IN SANTA ANA, SAN JOSE AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THAT SAME YEAR PLS INITIATED ITS LAND SURVEYOR AND L.S.l.T. TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR THOSE SITTING FOR THE EXAM. UTILIZING INSTRUCTORS CONSIDERED TO BE EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, THESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL THE SUBJECTS THAT THE APPLICANTS CAN EXPECT TO BE TESTED ON. ON THE AVERAGE, 60 - 70% OF THOSE PASSING THE L.S. EXAM ARE PLS STUDENTS.

IN 1987 PLS PRESENTED "THE PREPARATION AND INTERPRETATION OF LAND DESCRIPTIONS", A TWO DAY SEMINAR, IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. THE POPULARITY OF THIS UNIQUE SEMINAR SPREAD AND IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED IN AMES, IOWA, MISSOULA, MONTANA, LAS VEGAS AND RENO, NEVADA, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AND COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.

PLS HAS A STAFF OF INSTRUCTORS INCLUDING NOTABLE AUTHORS SUCH AS PAUL CUOMO, JOHN S. "STEVE" PARRISH , DONALD W1LSON AND MICHAEL PALLAMARY. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE AUTHORS PLS IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE OTHER OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTORS AND EDUCATORS ON BOARD. STAFF MEMBERS JEREMY EVANS, ANTHONY CUOMO, JOHN PAVLIK AND R. WILLIAM "BILL" GLASSEY ARE GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE PRESENTED NUMEROUS CLASSES, SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, ARE VERY CAPABLE INSTRUCTORS AND ARE POPULAR WITH THEIR STUDENTS.

AFTER PRESENTING SEMINARS ON TOPICS SUCH AS U.S. PUBLIC LANDS SURVEY SYSTEM, A.L.T.A. SURVEYS, MODERN BOUNDARY PRINCIPLES, STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEMS, RAILROAD SURVEYING AND SAFETY, MATH FOR SURVEYORS AND WATER BOUNDARIES, PLS DEVELOPED AN INCREDIBLY INTERESTING AND POPULAR SEMINAR TITLED "MAPS, DISPUTES AND THE JUDGE". IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED BY PAUL CUOMO AND CHUCK KARAYAN IN 1992 AND INVOLVED BOUNDARY ISSUES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT. THE APPLICANTS WERE SEATED IN GROUPS AND WERE GIVEN THE FACTS OF EACH CASE AND ASKED TO DECIDE THE OUTCOME; AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS HAD THEIR SAY THE ACTUAL DECISION WAS GIVEN AND DISCUSSED. BECAUSE OF THE INTERESTING NATURE OF THE MATERIAL AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THE AUDIENCE ITSELF IN THE PRESENTATION THIS SEMINAR WAS DEEMED A HUGE SUCCESS BY ALL WHO ATTENDED.

PLS IS PRESENTLY DOING A WORKSHOP CALLED "THE QUASI-JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE LAND SURVEYOR" BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT IT IS THE SURVEYOR WHO SOLVES 99% OF ALL BOUNDARY DISPUTES BY CORRECTLY APPLYING THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE OF CONFLICTING TITLE ELEMENTS. THIS IS PLS'S MOST CHALLENGING ENDEAVOR SO FAR. IT IS DESIGNED TO TEST THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY OF THE PRACTICING LAND SURVEYOR WHEN CONFRONTED WITH A BOUNDARY SURVEY THAT COULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION.