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NYSAPLS, Inc.
President and CEO
Roy B. Garfinkel, LS [ president’s message ]
Executive Board
Jeremy E. Thompson, LS
Executive Vice President Summers here and the surveying is easy
Steven J. Willard, LS
Vice President Well, the classic Gershwin song from Porg and Bess that
Scott A. Gillis, LS, Treasurer was made famous by the likes of Lois Armstrong, Ella
Scott B. Allen, LS, Secretary Fitzgerald and Janis Joplin would have it that summer is when
Daniel E. Marvin, LS
Executive Director the “Livin” is easy. That may be true for teachers that have the
summer off, but for surveyors, ummmm maybe not so much.
Board of Trustees
Robert R. Allen, LS When I think of surveying in the summer I think of heat,
J. Steven Boddecker, LS sweat, mosquitos, briars, sunburn and poison ivy. Now, I am not really bashing summer,
Patricia P. Brooks, LS because in most cases I would certainly take summer over winter for working outside, but
Gregory J. de Bruin, LS, PE
John R. Ennis, LS spring and fall are definitely my favorite times of year for work outside. Time of year and
R. Ronald Kreiling, LS weather have huge impacts on the surveying world. We plan, estimate and perform our
Joseph G. Malinowski, LS
Daniel E. Marvin, LS work differently according to the seasons, the weather, and the weather’s effects on our
Daren L. Morgan, LS equipment’s capabilities and our abilities to perform our work plays a heavy role in our
Robert A. Smith, LS day to day performance.
Edwin A. Summerhays, LS
Gary L. Thompson, LS Let’s face it, the life of a field working surveyor is not for everyone. It takes a certain
Glennon J. Watson, LS
Marie T. Welch, LS kind of person (especially these days) to work outside when the conditions are not
favorable. My least favorite was always 30 degrees and raining, throw in a nice cold wind
NYSAPLS Headquarters and you have the Mister Freeze trifecta. No matter how tight your outside gear is, by the
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Land Surveyors Building end of a full day of that you’re feeling a cold in your spine that only a hot tub and a glass of
Albany, NY 12210 tequila will take away. In this day and age, we are fortunate that our equipment has
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www.nysapls.org evolved and the ways we protect ourselves from weather and outdoor conditions has
info@nysapls.org improved. A smart surveyor can get the job done more efficiently and with less personal
Editor-in-Chief & suffering when facing adverse weather challenges.
Managing Director
Amber Carpenter When I interview potential new employees, I always ask if they enjoy working outside
amber@nysapls.org and how they feel about working outside in the rain, the cold and the heat. Recently, we
Director of Operations interviewed someone who was interested in becoming a surveyor who had a brush with
Heather Schultz surveying in the past, “holding that pole thing” for a month one summer in his younger
heather@nysapls.org
years. He was not impressing us much with his answers in general, but when he said I
Administrative Assistant don’t really see myself working outside on cold days in the winter, or in the rain or on
Sharon O'Brien
sharon@nysapls.org really hot days, would it be possible for me to work inside on those days, well, after
nearly bursting out laughing right in front of him, we decided this probably would not be
a good fit.
Affiliated Associations
Allegheny Plateau Association of Profes-
sional Land Surveyors | Black River Valley Now many of you that know me now are laughing and saying, come on Roy, when was
Association of Professional Land Surveyors the last time you worked outside, let alone on a less than pleasurable day? And did that ol’
| Catskill Area Association of Land Sur-
veyors | Central New York Society of Land coger ever work in the field? Yeah I did, for 25 years, just about every day in every
Surveyors | City Surveyors Association condition, and I still get out now and then, preferably on a nice sunny 70 degree day. So, I
of Greater New York | Delaware-Hudson
Land Surveyors Association, Inc | Eastern know what it takes, and my hat is off to all of you that still do it every day. It’s not always
New York Society of Land Surveyors, Inc | easy, it’s not always fun, but someone has to do it and some of us fools actually enjoy it.
Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association
| Long Island Association of Land Surveyors So, put your sunblock on, bring some water with you, pack some bug spray, wear long
Inc | Mid-Hudson Valley Association of pants in the brush, have good rain gear with you and enjoy your summer.
Land Surveyors | Mohawk Valley Society of
Professional Land Surveyors | Nassau-Suffolk
Civil Engineers Inc | Niagara Frontier Land
Surveyors Association | Northern New York
Association of Land Surveyors | Southern Roy B. Garfinkel, LS
Finger Lakes Association of Professional
Land Surveyors | Southern Tier Association NYSAPLS President
of Land Surveyors | Surveyors Association
of Queensboro Inc | Westchester-Putnam
Association of Professional Land Surveyors
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