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previous week. They will send a follow-up email to regional directors series: Communication Skills, scheduled for June 16th. The
to seek input from their members in order to discuss further at the July committee also reviewed a proposal for developing a baseline status
board meeting. In addition, they began their review of the current bills for economic welfare of surveyors and will pass it along to the new
list and decided to create a hot list of bills that are directly related to workforce development committee.
surveying. Once the list is defined, they will formalize a legislative In addition to our committees’ progress, many other important
committee report to distribute to members and establish interactive items were discussed at the May Board Meeting. You can find more
opportunities for feedback and dialogue with members. details on the meeting in the secretary’s minutes on page 28.

Membership Committee: The committee met on April 13th and
May 23rd. The committee reviewed the final membership numbers Did you know?
for the 2022-2023 dues year. The committee also reviewed their You can find a copy of recent committee minutes on our
reasoning for not pro-rating dues and discussed the Ethical Practices website. Each committee has a webpage with the last couple
Committee suggestions for changes to the NYSAPLS membership years of minutes listed along with additional member references.
application. The committee also reviewed and agreed with the You can view the committee pages from our homepage ➞ About
proposed dues increases for 2023-2024. The committee is looking Us ➞ Committees. In addition, I post an overview of committee
into improving the “Find a Surveyor” function on the NYSAPLS updates in our news section of our website monthly.
website and possibly adding a new member benefit through Retrieve A friendly reminder, your membership dues renewal invoice for
Technology. The committee is scheduled to meet again on July 10th.
the 2023-2024 membership period was sent in June. Please take a
Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee: The moment to renew your membership for another year either online or
committee’s next meeting is scheduled in July. by sending your payment to our office. In the meantime, if there is
LS PAC Committee: The committee continues to stay current something on your mind or a professional matter we can assist you
on their regular filings with the NYS Board of Elections. If you are with, please do not hesitate to call our office.
interested in making a financial donation, please visit I will close with another friendly reminder… as the warmer
https://www.nysapls.org/donations/. weather approaches and you find yourself and your staff outside
Nominations: The committee has not met this month. However, if more and more, be on the lookout for ticks. Be sure to check out
you have someone in mind that may make a good officer or award page 18 for important info on identifying ticks, prevention and lyme
candidate in the future, please be sure to reach out to our office. disease symptoms from our friends at the Central NY Lyme &
Tick-Borne Disease Alliance.
Public Relations: The PR Committee met on April 27th and May
25th. They reviewed their social media analytics, noting that the top Are you interested in becoming more actively involved? We
10 pages have changed to include Become a Surveyor – Mid Career are looking for members to share their “stories” and help us
Change, Classified Ads, Why You Need a Surveyor and NYS & National promote the profession. Did you company recently work on an
Academic Programs in Surveying. The committee is hopeful that their interesting project? Did your regional get together to help out the
#SpringintoSurveying campaign, to promote a career in the Land community? Did your son or daughter earn a Surveying Merit Badge?
Surveying Profession, is leading to this change. The committee also Are you mentoring a student over the summer with an internship?
discussed the upcoming career fairs and tradeshows that they will be Help us get out the word on how land surveying is important to the
attending this year, including NY GeoCon. community! Contact Heather Schultz to share your news,
heather@nysapls.org .
Strategic Planning Committee: The committee met on May 10th
and May 19th. They reviewed their plan to keep the committees PS – Want to see your article published in our member magazine?
accountable for assigned tasks. The committee reviewed each of the Email me your ideas, amber@nysapls.org.
committee’s comments logged on the spreadsheet. They made several Have a safe and healthy summer!
adjustments based on the comments. In addition, they reviewed their
changes from their previous meeting which will create a workforce
development committee. The changes were presented and accepted
at the May 19th board meeting. Their next meeting is scheduled for Amber Carpenter
June 16th. Managing Director
Young Professionals Committee: The committee met on April
25th and was informed that their 1st video in their Professional Congratulations to this lovely lady,
Development Series was seen by the Virginia Association of Land Heather Schultz, NYSAPLS’ Director of
Surveyors, and they are interested in working with NYSAPLS to share Operations, who is celebrating her 10
some resources for certain projects. The committee is still working year work anniversary! Thank you for all
on how to change the Development Series videos into YouTube shorts that you do for our office and members!
for social media. The committee is working on their next video in the
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