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Founding Membership Closes August 31, 2026
Founding membership at RPLS.com, the online home for land surveyors, closes August 31 — lock in $79/year for life plus a permanent Founder badge.

You can join RPLS.com any time. But you can only become a Founder once — and that window closes August 31, 2026.
Here’s the deal: $79 a year, locked for life. Not $79 now and more later — $79 for as long as you stay a member, while everyone who joins in September or after pays the standard rate ($10/month or $100/year). Founding membership is a one-time thing. When the calendar turns, the rate is gone, and it doesn’t come back.
What you lock in as a Founder:
- The Founder badge — a permanent mark on your profile and posts that says you were here at the start. After this month, no one else can ever earn it.
- A voice in the forums. Start topics and reply anywhere — be in the thread where today’s problems get solved, not just reading it.
- Get found by clients. Your spot in the Find a Surveyor directory, where property owners, attorneys, and firms go looking for a licensed pro.
- Buy, sell, and hire in the Marketplace — jobs, classifieds, want-to-buy — with people who know what the gear is worth.
- The members-only rooms — the Members’ Lounge, and Politics & Religion by opt-in — plus private messaging with other members.
The price is the part you can’t get back. Standard membership isn’t going anywhere — but the lifetime $79 lock, and the Founder badge that comes with it, end when August does.
New here, or want the backstory on why RPLS went member-supported? [Here’s the whole story] — it’s a quick read.
If RPLS is your kind of place, this is the moment. Pull up a chair before the 31st.
Happy traversing,

Wendell
RPLS.com Administrator
https://rpls.com/member/wendell
P.S. — August 31 is the hard line. After that, founding membership and the $79 lifetime rate are closed for good. If you’ve been on the fence, now’s the time to hop off it.
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