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Membership Committee: The committee met at the end of Strategic Planning Committee: The committee met with members
September. They welcomed new committee member Mary Johnson. of the Young Professionals (YP) Committee on October 8th. They
The committee discussed their membership follow up plans, discussed the YP’s task progress and how it related to the Workforce
including a dues reminder email that was sent to all unpaid Development (WD) Committee’s current projects. Three tasks were
members, as well as a physical dues reminder mailing that was to reassigned to the WD committee since they are already working on them.
be sent at the beginning of October. Committee members will now The YP Committee will focus its efforts on being a resource for associates
begin to call “at-large” unpaid members to remind them of their and students’ members that are already involved in the Land Surveying
due’s renewals and upcoming NYSAPLS conference. The committee profession. Members can view more about our current strategic plan
also discussed their strategic charges and plan to coordinate a joint (2023-2025) and review each committees’ task progress at https://www.
meeting with the Strategic Planning Committee for guidance on nysapls.org/page/Strategic2023.
some of their assigned tasks. Workforce Development Committee: The committee’s next

Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee: The meeting is scheduled for November 6th. In the meantime, you can
committee met on September 26th to finalize a package of visit our current workforce resources page on our website here!
resources for the State Board’s review of the MTS draft document. Young Professionals Committee: Young Professional
The package was sent to the board on September 30th with a Committee members met with the Strategic Planning Committee on
request for their meeting date availability. October 8th to review their strategic charges and discuss some
LS PAC Committee: The committee continues to stay current on overlap with the Workforce Development Committee. The members
their regular filings with the NYS Board of Elections. Regular also expressed their desire to focus on becoming more of a
reports are shared with the board of directors bi-monthly. You can resource for the current Associate and Student members of the
also find the committee’s publicly filed reports on the NYS Board of Association. The Strategic Planning Committee understood their
Elections website here. In the search by committee filter, type concerns and were in support of initiatives. The YP Committee
“NYSAPLS Land Surveyors Political Action Committee”. If you are plans to meet at the end of October to discuss their new goals and
interested in making a financial donation, please visit https://www. how they will fit into their strategic tasks.
nysapls.org/donations/. They are currently holding a promotion In addition to our committees’ progress, many other important
that offers a FREE mug with a $40 donation or more. Check it items were discussed at the September Board Meeting. You can find
out here. Only a handful of mugs are left! more details on the meeting in the secretary’s minutes on page 25.
Nominations and Awards: The committee presented the 2025
slate of officer nominees to the Board of Directors at their Did you know?
September 20th meeting: President – Jeremy Thompson; Executive You can find a copy of recent committee minutes on our
Vice President – Steven Willard; Vice President – Scott Gillis; website. Each committee has a webpage with the last couple
Treasurer – Scott Allen; and Secretary – William Eggers. Ballots years of minutes listed along with additional member
were sent to the regional directors and will be tallied at the references. You can view the committee pages from our
November 15th Board of Directors meeting. In addition, the homepage  About Us  Committees. In addition, I post an
committee is seeking nominations for the Pillars of Excellence overview of committee updates in our news section of our
Awards. Nominate someone deserving today! View the award website monthly.
categories here and use our online nomination form here.
Are you interested in becoming more actively involved?
Public Relations: The committee met at the beginning of We are looking for members to share their “stories” and help us
September and is focused on wrapping up the “Benchmark Hunt” promote the profession. Did you company recently work on an
campaign. The committee is also working with our PR Firm, The interesting project? Did your regional get together to help out the
Martin Group, to help promote Digitizing Records with the community? Did your son or daughter earn a Surveying Merit
Government Relations Committee. A draft letter to the public has Badge? Are you mentoring a student? Help us get out the word on
been created and are reaching out to the DOT and GIS to join in. how land surveying is important to the community! Contact Heather
The committee discussed how to find out what the client/public Schultz to share your news, heather@nysapls.org .
think of Land Surveyors and plan on creating some social media
posts and polls to help get feedback. The committee also held a PS – Want to see your article published in our member
joint meeting with the Workforce Development Committee to magazine? Email me your ideas, amber@nysapls.org.
discuss some overlapping tasks and how the PR Committee can Happy Holidays!
help support the Workforce Committee efforts. The Workforce
Committee chair will begin attending the bi-weekly check ins with
The Martin Group so that they can report on their progress and PR
can strategize how to leverage and promote their work. The PR Amber Carpenter
committee is scheduled to meet again October 31st. Managing Director
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