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Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee: The earning their Surveying Merit Badge. They reviewed the latest draft of
committee’s last meeting was held on September 19th to review where the new high school booklet promoting the profession of surveying.
the standards are. They received notice from the NYS Board for They finalized their wage survey and expect to launch it in the next
Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology, that they expect to begin several weeks. They discussed offering various incentives to boost
their review of the draft document next month. The group discussed participation in the survey. Their next meeting is scheduled for
other associations we could reach out to in the meantime to build November 10th. Visit our NEW Workforce Development website here.
relationships with. They recognized how our collaboration with Young Professionals Committee: The committee’s last meeting
NYSGISA, County Clerks, DOT and more have been beneficial to our was held in September. They recently sent out a call for photo
association. They discussed reaching out to the Land Title Association submissions for their 2026 calendar. Calendars will feature surveying
for a meet and greet. The committee also discussed finding useful photos taken by committee members and NYSAPLS members and be
articles for the ESS and updates to the MTS page that could be helpful given out to those that participate in the NYSAPLS Field Olympics at the
to members, such as a timeline and FAQs. 2026 Conference. Some will also be available for purchase during

LS PAC Committee: The committee continues to stay current on conference as well. The committee will meet again in November to
their regular filings with the NYS Board of Elections. Regular reports select photos for the calendar.
are shared with the board of directors bi-monthly. You can also find the In addition to our committees’ progress, many other important
committee’s publicly filed reports on the NYS Board of Elections items were discussed at the September Board Meeting. You can find
website here. In the search by committee filter, type “NYSAPLS Land more details on the meeting in the secretary’s minutes on page 26.
Surveyors Political Action Committee”.
Did you know?
Nominations and Awards: The committee presented the 2026
Officer Slate to the Board of Directors on September 19th: President: You can find a copy of recent committee minutes on our website.
Steven Willard; Executive Vice President: Scott Gillis; Vice President: Each committee has a webpage with the last couple years of
Scott Allen; Treasurer: William Eggers; Secretary: Nicole Kalicicki. minutes listed along with additional member references. You can
Congratulations nominees! Electronic ballots were sent to regional view the committee pages from our homepage  About Us 
directors to cast their votes. The election results will be tallied and Committees. In addition, I post an overview of committee updates
announced at the November 14th board meeting. Also, keep your eyes in our news section of our website monthly.
out for our Pillars of Excellence nomination form to be published
soon! Nominations are due by December 15th. You can find more Are you interested in becoming more actively involved?
details here. We are looking for members to share their “stories” and help us
Public Relations: The PR Committee met on October 16th. The promote the profession. Did you company recently work on an
poster campaign to town and city planners mailing has gone out. The interesting project? Did your regional get together to help out the
committee discussed attending the NYS Association of Towns community? Did your son or daughter earn a Surveying Merit Badge?
conference in February, as a follow up to the campaign. The committee Are you mentoring a student? Help us get out the word on how land
is working out the details and cost of attending. The committee surveying is important to the community! Contact Heather Schultz to
continued their discussions on developing a friendly competition share your news, heather@nysapls.org.
between Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors (CALS) and PS - Want to see your article published in our member magazine?
NYSAPLS. The committee also continued discussions on highlighting Email me your ideas, amber@nysapls.org.
the importance of surveyors and projects they’re working on Happy Holidays!
throughout New York state. The committee plans to engage NYSAPLS
members for discussions on their current project during the
conference. Discussion began on National Surveyors Week and plans
for going into NYC again to promote the profession. The committee will Amber Carpenter
meet again in November.
Managing Director
Strategic Planning Committee: The Strategic Planning
Committee’s next meeting is scheduled on October 28th. They will be
meeting with strategic facilitator Susan Weinrich to review plans for
launching member and board polls and begin discussion on identifying
key strategic issues facing the profession and the association.
Workforce Development Committee: The committee met on
October 6th. They will be participating in a “Merit Badge Madness”
event being held January 3, 2026, at SUNY Oneonta to assist scouts in
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