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The members of the NYSAPLS Auxiliary held another successful
program during the conference. On Wednesday, they held their
annual meeting and elected new officers. Throughout the week, the
ladies enjoyed spa visits, attended QuickBooks lessons, played games,
got “crafty” making beautiful handmade cards, and held a fun fashion
show and brunch. A heartfelt thank you to Barbara Marvin for your
longtime service to the Auxiliary and your continued support and
planning of the Auxiliary programs. Additionally, a big thank you to
Lauren Edsall for assisting with the planning of the 2023 program.
Congratulations to the 2023 Auxiliary Officers:
NYSAPLS Auxiliary Fashion Show Francis Smith, President
Elaine deBruin, Vice President
Lauren Edsall, Secretary
Barbara Marvin, Co-Treasurer
Beverly Morgan, Co-Treasurer
On Thursday evening, the Young Professionals Committee kicked off
their annual networking reception with the combined efforts of the
New York surveying schools for a “Young Professionals and Alumni
Social”. Conference attendees were invited to meet up with young
professionals, college alumni and current students from Alfred State,
SUNY ESF Ranger School and Paul Smiths College for cocktails and
Photos above and below: Members and friends enjoying snacks. During the event, the YP committee unveiled the winners of
the Welcome Reception
the Field Olympics contest.
Following the YP/Alumni networking event, the Surveyors Social
began, co-sponsored by the Long Island Association of Land Surveyors
and Islip Land Surveying, PC; additional sponsors included Mid-
Hudson Valley Land Surveyors Association (floral arrangements) and
Landmax Data Systems (dinner programs). The event began with
a cocktail reception. Afterward, the new officers were led into the
ballroom by a local bag pipe band and officially installed by Trustee,
Glennon Watson, LS. The celebration continued after dinner with our
annual scholarship auction to benefit the Shaw Scholarship Fund and
live music provided by Steve Laureti. Between the 50/50 raffle and
both live and silent auctions, the association proudly raised over $7000
for the Shaw Scholarship Fund!
On Friday, the final day of our event, attendees visited with the
exhibitors one last time and attended morning educational sessions.
After classes, our Annual Membership Meeting was held followed
by the NYSAPLS Board of Directors meeting (reconvened from
their Tuesday night meeting) and the Shaw Fund Annual Meeting.
Minutes for the NYSAPLS board and annual meetings can be found
on page 28 of this issue.

We strive to make the conference as rewarding an experience as possible
Members of NYSAPLS Conference Committee and staff pose in
front of the ice sculpture. by providing a unique blend of educational activities, a large tradeshow
and a variety of social and networking events, while attempting to
maintain costs as much as possible. We sincerely hope everyone that
attended had a great experience and would greatly value your feedback.
If you haven’t already done so, please take a couple minutes to take our
post conference survey.

The survey can be found here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2023-nysaplspostconf
Ashley Metz (right)
congratulates Field Olympic Thank you to the 30 participants who entered our Annual Map Contest.
Winner Brandon Wilbur (left) If you did not participate this year, we encourage you to submit an

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