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We are delighted to (finally) announce our plans for session in New York, similar to the session in MA. They
the NYSAPLS 64 Annual Conference and Exhibition, to be reviewed school listings on the NYSAPLS website and
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held IN-PERSON January 18-20, 2023 at the Turning agreed the page needed updating. They also reviewed the
Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, NY. See our center strategic plan’s working draft and discussed the tasks
insert for full registration details! assigned to their committee. The committee’s next meeting
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Over the last couple months, your headquarters staff, is scheduled for October 19 .
committees and board of directors kept busy with several Ethics Committee: The committee’s last meeting was
ongoing projects: held October 5 . They reviewed two open cases (one
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Executive Board: The board met on October 13 . on-going investigation and one new complaint). They will
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They reviewed the overall association’s budget and be making a formal recommendation to the Board of
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received committee updates from several of the Directors to act one of the cases at the November 18
committees (see committee updates below). The board Board meeting. Scott provided the committee with a draft
discussed our efforts on the CST program, CFP program outline for an ethical education session for consideration
and a general discussion on workforce development. at the previous meeting. The committee agreed the
President Garfinkel brought up the topic of survey degree outline looked good and will share it with the NYSAPLS
programs in NYS and a discussion followed on how we Education Committee and our Legal Counsel for their
could possibly get more involved with the process of feedback and collaboration. You can find the minutes of
creating more opportunities. the meeting on our website. Their next meeting is
scheduled as a conference call on November 15 .
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Board of Directors: The board met last on for
September 16 at the Embassy Suites in Saratoga Springs, Finance Committee: The committee has not met this
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NY. You can find the minutes of the meeting on page 25 of past month, however they continue to review financials
this issue. regularly. We recently achieved our income goals for the
LS Review Workshop and Fall Webinar Series. As of
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October 11 . They reviewed the latest conference October 12 , there are currently 177 members who have
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progress report showing the attendance, exhibitors, not yet renewed their membership dues. If you haven’t yet
sponsors and advertisements to date. They also discussed renewed, we encourage to do so now so you do not
a policy for the availability of vendor showcase programs. interrupt your membership benefits.
They considered ideas for door prizes and reviewed the Legislative Committee: The committee has not met
online conference website and registration brochure. this past month. You can find the minutes of their
Registration is NOW OPEN! You can view the registration previous meetings on our website. Their next meeting is
details in the center insert of this issue or visit https:// scheduled as a conference call on November 1 .
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www.nysapls.org/event/conf2023. The committee’s next Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee:
meeting is scheduled on November 9 . The committee met on October 11 . The committee
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DOT Relations Committee: The committee is reviewed their progress on outreach to regionals. The
awaiting meeting availability from the DOT/ROW offices. committee discussed an article drafted by Jason that is
Our counsel and president have both reached out to the featured on page 16 of this issue. They also reviewed
DOT to request a meeting to introduce the committee, course summaries and outlines drafted by Amber for the
our initiatives and inquire if there is potential for upcoming webinar and conference round table session.
NYSAPLS to assist the DOT with access to acquisition More details for the webinar can be found on page 11.
maps. We are hopeful we can set something up soon to The round table session information can be found on
assist our members and the surveying community. page 14 of the center conference registration insert. The
Education Committee: The committee met on committee is still awaiting SBELSG review of the first draft.
September 7 . They reviewed the final 2023 conference LS PAC Committee: The committee continues to stay
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education schedule and CE approval progress. They agreed current on their regular filings with the NYS Board of
to offer learning lab sessions on the Tuesday prior to Elections. If you are interested in making a financial
opening day of conference. They reviewed the upcoming donation, please visit https://www.nysapls.org/donations/.
scheduled programming progress to date for webinars, Membership Committee: The committee’s last
review courses and workshops. They discussed the meeting was held October 3rd. They reviewed the current
possibility of offering a Certified Floodplain Certification
membership reports and their plans to follow-up with

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