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I hope you all had a great summer! Over the summer be considered to provide guidance to the committee.
months, your headquarters staff, committees and board They reviewed current case files. In addition, they intend
of directors kept busy with several ongoing projects: to follow-up on a meeting request sent to the NYS Office
Here’s the latest updates (as of August 15th) of Professional Discipline to present an overview of the
from your NYSAPLS’ Committees, Board of enforcement process at OPD and a Q&A session with the
Directors and HQ Staff: committee. Their next meeting is scheduled for
September 12th.
Executive Board: The board met virtually on August
15th. They reviewed the overall association’s finances Finance Committee: The committee met last on June
and received committee updates from several of the 9th. They invited our accountant to the meeting to review
committees (see committee updates below). In addition, our balance sheet, our investment accounting and to
they discussed their strategic tasks and how to promote discuss our draft unrestricted funds policy. Afterward, the
and encourage the health of our Regionals. Their next committee reviewed and finalized their wording for the
meeting is scheduled for September 15th at the Embassy draft policy. The draft was shared with the board of
Suites in Saratoga Springs. directors at their July 21st meeting. The directors were

Board of Directors: The board met virtually on July asked to share the policy with their members for their
21st. You can find the minutes of the meeting on page 24. review and feedback at the September board meeting.
Their next meeting is scheduled for September 15th at Legislative Committee: The committee recently
the Embassy Suites in Saratoga Springs. updated their committee’s webpage to share the bills
Conference Committee: The committee met in directly affecting the profession on the committee’s
Saratoga Springs on July 27th. They toured the Saratoga webpage with a brief description from counsel. You can
Hilton as well as the Saratoga Springs City Center and check it out here. Please feel free to email amber@
were brought up to date on any updates to the facilities nysapls.org with your feedback and comments for the
since our last conference in 2019. Other than general committee. In addition, the committee recently sent an
refresh and upkeep to the hotel and meeting spaces, a end of session e-newsletter. You can find their end of
large parking garage with over 600 parking spaces has session update on page 10.
been constructed including an enclosed heated walkway Membership Committee: The committee met on
connecting the garage to the City Center. Saratoga is one July 10th and reviewed the membership reports and
of the few locations the committee is considering for the progress on the 2023-2024 dues renewals. The
location of the 2026 conference. The committee also committee also discussed organizing an NYSAPLS social
discussed details for the 2024 conference and decided event for summer 2024. The committee will begin
on the giveaway… more details to come soon! researching past NYSAPLS Golf Outings and put together

DOT Relations Committee: The committee is a proposed budget and plan to be shared with the
currently planning their next meeting date. Finance Committee. The committee continues to work on

Education Committee: The committee met on improving the “Find a Surveyor” function on the NYSAPLS
August 8th to finalize the conference grid and webinars website and possibly adding a new member benefit
for the rest of 2024. The committee is working on setting through Retrieve Technology. The committee meets again
up a joint meeting with the Shaw Reviewers and Eric on August 28th.
Greppo to discuss the CE requirement and approval Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee:
process. The committee will meet again on September 5th. The committee met on July 11th. They reviewed and

Ethics Committee: The committee met on July 19th. discussed their strategic tasks. The committee was invited
The committee reviewed the Office of Professional to attend the Central NY regional meeting in Syracuse. Roy
Discipline’s (OPD) website to review if any recent will attend to represent the committee. They also
enforcement actions were taken. The committee would discussed collecting articles on monumentation and
like to engage the NYSAPLS board on if/when the EPC retracement from around the nation to review, share with
should act if an enforcement action involves a NYSAPLS members and keep on file for their reference. The
member and if the creation of a set of procedures should committee’s next meeting is scheduled for August 29th.

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