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[ NYSAPLS Board of Director’s Meeting • March 18, 2022

Virtual Meeting

lengthy discussion ensued. Questions: Why are membership levels
dropping? Where are they dropping? Are retired members aware of the
Meeting called to order at 2:04 pm by President Roy Garfinkel new membership level for retirees? What is the age distribution of our
Members present:
members? How many New Licensees are becoming members? How
Association Officers: many new licensees have we had over the last few years? The board
President Roy B. Garfinkel asked that the Membership Committee research these questions and
Executive Vice President Jeremy E. Thompson provide the board with more statistics on membership attrition.
Vice President Steven J. Willard
Treasurer Scott A. Gillis IV. President’s Report
Secretary Scott B. Allen Roy Garfinkel
• Roy reported from the Massachusetts Land Surveyors State Conference.
Directors: Roy said he attended a good conference on Workforce issues; discussed
Allegheny Plateau Absent that we may need to start finding good workers from other fields (not
Black River Valley Absent necessarily on an LS track) and then train them to be surveyors.
Catskill Jon Thompson • Roy urged new directors to download the orientation program from
Central Douglas Reith the NYSAPLS website found here https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.
City Absent nysapls.org/resource/resmgr/board-of-directors/New_Dir_orient_
Delaware-Hudson Donald Stedge NYSAPLS-2022.pdf
Eastern Brie Strom
Genesee Valley Justin Roloson, Matthew Palmer • Committee Appointments.
Long Island John Abruzzo I. Roy was pleased with the new committee chairs and volunteers who
Mid-Hudson Thomas Cerchiara, Jr. have stepped up to serve. A complete listing of committee members
Mohawk Valley Duane Frymire can be found in the Board of Directors Handbook that can be
Nassau Suffolk Scott Gillis downloaded here https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nysapls.org/resource/
Niagara Frontier Brian Skalman resmgr/board-of-directors/2022_handbook/01_-_directories.pdf
Northern Scott Allen, Robert Marvin, Jr. II. New ad hoc committee appointed. In response to recent issues
Southern Finger Lakes Absent involving the NY State Department of Transportation, Roy created
Southern Tier Absent an ad hoc NYS DOT Relations committee and nominated Tom
Queensboro Absent Cerchiara as chair. A MOTION WAS MADE BY DON STEDGE
Westchester-Putnam C. Richard Moravec, Steven Willard
TO ACCEPT THE FORMATION OF THE AD HOC NYS DOT
For 2022, seven regionals and two members of the executive board are required for RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND TO ACCEPT TOM CERCHIARA
a quorum (see Article V Section 1.3 for definition of quorum). A quorum was present. AS CHAIR AND WAS SECONDED BY RICH MORAVEC. ALL IN
Trustees: Steve Boddecker, Patricia Brooks, Greg de Bruin, Daniel Marvin, FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIED.
Glennon Watson III. A MOTION WAS MADE BY DOUGLAS REITH TO ACCEPT ALL OF
Executive Director: Daniel Marvin THE CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS APPOINTED BY
Managing Director: Amber Carpenter PRESIDENT GARFINKEL FOR 2022 AND WAS SECONDED BY
Director of Membership: Heather Schultz SCOTT GILLIS. ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED.
Legislative Counsel: Emily Whalen, Esq.
Member Guests: David Zigler (Ethics Committee Chair), V. Executive Vice President’s Report
Jason Larson (Ad Hoc Minimum Technical Standards Committee Chair) Jeremy Thompson
Other Guests: None • Jeremy welcomed and thanked the new directors present. Jeremy
I. Call for New Business to be added to the agenda said we will need to increase dues incrementally in the coming years
to sustain our programs. Jeremy drafted a reserve fund policy in
None requested. November 2021. Jeremy will continue to work with the Executive
II. Consent Calendar: Board on the reserve fund policy and will present to the directors for
Note that Committee Reports/Minutes are included in the handouts distributed input by regionals at a future date.
prior to the meeting. Motion to accept the Consent Calendar as written (including
minutes of last meeting) by Steve Willard, seconded by Rich Moravec, all in VI. Association Operations Report
favor, none opposed, motion carried. Amber Carpenter
• HQ has been busy! They have been working on National Surveyors
Week, post conference clean-up, year-end financial reports, budget,
III. Treasurer’s Report NY State sales tax filing, working with committees, publishing the
Scott Gillis Empire State Surveyor, and updating our website.
• Scott reported that the annual conference did well. Scott presented the
2022-23 overall association budget and explained that a $15 dues increase VII. Committee Reports
for regular members, a $5 dues increase for associate and corresponding (see meeting handout for written reports/committee meeting
members, and a $25 dues increase for sustaining members is being minutes for further details)
requested. Directors need to discuss the proposed budget with Annual Conference
their members and be prepared to vote on the budget at the May
14th Board of Directors meeting. You can download the budget notes Amber Carpenter
• Overall, the feedback received from attendees was positive. Fewer
here: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nysapls.org/resource/resmgr/board- technical issues were reported. Traffic to sponsors on-line events/
of-directors/Budget_NOTES_2022-23-DRAFT-3.pdf. You can download pages was light. Exhibitors expressed their concerns in the post-event
the draft budget here: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nysapls.org/resource/ survey. The committee is hopeful next year’s in-person conference will
resmgr/board-of-directors/2022-23-BUDGET_WORKSHEET-DRA.pdf. A
alleviate concerns.

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