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NFLSA Participates in NEW Membership Benefit!
Future City Competition The NYSAPLS Membership Committee

Niagara Frontier Land has partnered with National Purchasing Partners (NPP)
to give NYSAPLS members access to business, employee
Surveyors Association (NFLSA) and personal discounts. NPP is a member benefit provider
members Joseph Mandell of NYSAPLS, Inc., and helps members reduce costs with
and Brian Skalman recently exclusive pricing.
participated in Western Members will be able to save on many useful brands, including
New York’s annual Future OPD, Staples, Batteries + Bulbs, Sherwin-Williams, Airgas,
City Competition. Priceline, Verizon (if eligible), and so much more. You can view
The Future City Competition is some more information on some of the savings on page 10 of
this issue. You can also view the full catalog of offers by signing
an event geared towards middle up at https://mynpp.com/association/nysapls/.
school students to form a team Once you sign up with NPP, you will receive a verification
representing their respective email. When your account is verified, just log in and explore
school. Teams learn to use the Engineering Design Process the catalog of offers. NPP membership is free and there is no
(EDP) and project management skills. Students conceptualize, obligation to buy.
plan, build, then showcase their proposed city and explain its If you need help registering, please contact
sustainability. customerservice@mynpp.com or 800.810.3909.
Professionals from various disciplines are asked to judge each
city with respect to their profession. Special awards are given to Revised “Find a Surveyor” Webpage Designed to
the “City” that demonstrates their knowledge of that discipline. Help Prospective Clients Find You
Joe and Brian were requested on behalf of NCEES to judge Recently, the NYSAPLS Public Relations Committee focused
for the award for the school that demonstrated the “Best Land on how to best update our website to help the public find a land
Surveying Practices”. surveyor. Along with our city and county search, updates were
made to allow website visitors to search for a land surveyor by:
Scores were given to schools that could appropriately answer radius (powered by google maps) and type of work performed.
questions such as; What are the duties performed by a Land
Surveyor? Was their “City” concept based on a “grid” pattern We need your help to ensure these search features perform correctly.
to better position modes of transportation and structures? Did Please login to your member profile and verify your information
the “City” follow scaled measurements from the concept 2d map is correct. In particular, please navigate to the “edit bio” section
be sure to complete the steps below:
into their 3d model? Was satellite / aerial imagery researched and
utilized to help with “City” development? 1. Validate your address
Seventeen (17) schools participated from as far away as Scroll to your home and professional address. If you see a
Toronto and Rochester. We were pleasantly surprised some icon, click on the symbol and validate your address by selecting
schools had done their homework in anticipation of answering the appropriate USPS address and clicking “use selected” to save.
You should then see a
icon, meaning your address has been
our questions. While others we were able to introduce to the validated and you will now be able to be “found” in our find a
profession of Land Surveying. Further information can be surveyor search.
found at http://futurecity.org.
2. Update your “Type of Work Performed”
Are you Receiving our NYSAPLS’ E-newsletters? Check the boxes of any the services you provide, such as:
Are you receiving our weekly and monthly updates? We send • ALTA/NSPS Land Title • Oil/Gas Well Surveying
our latest updates via email including membership updates Surveying • Forensic Surveying
and upcoming events as well as our establish e-newsletters: • Boundary Surveying • Land Planning
Headquarters Updates, Upcoming Events, and Legislative • Topographic Surveying • GIS Surveying
Update. If you are not receiving these updates, be sure to check • Construction Site Surveying Applications
your spam/junk folders and add our staff email addresses to • Flood Elevation Certificate • LiDAR & Remote Sensing
your contacts. Surveying • Photogrammetry
• Hydrographic Surveying • Laser Scanning

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