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NYSAPLS, Inc.
President and CEO [ president’s message ]
Jeremy E. Thompson, LS
Executive Board
Steven J. Willard, LS
Executive Vice President Greetings Surveying friends:
Scott A. Gillis, LS
Vice President As spring approaches and brings a renewed vibrance to
Scott B. Allen, LS another year, I am once again reminded of the need for
Treasurer
William R. Eggers, LS surveyors and the multitude of services that we provide. Not
Secretary that I believe the demand for surveying services ever truly
Daniel E. Marvin, LS ends, but admittedly it does tend to slow a bit during the
Executive Director
winter, at least in the northern portion of the state where I
Board of Trustees
Robert R. Allen, LS live. Even though the phone calls and email inquiries tend to
J. Steven Boddecker, LS slow following the first significant snow each year, they
Patricia P. Brooks, LS seem to spring back with a persistent urgency, in what almost feels like an exponential
Gregory J. de Bruin, LS, PE
John R. Ennis, LS volume, just as soon as the snow fleets. With the majority of my time now being spent
Roy B. Garfinkel, LS teaching surveying at the Ranger School in Wanakena preparing the next generation of
R. Ronald Kreiling, LS
Joseph G. Malinowski, LS surveying technicians for entry into the profession, admittedly I don’t get to work directly
Daniel E. Marvin, LS in surveying as much as I may like, however that doesn’t slow the inquiries. Even with a
Daren L. Morgan, LS limited schedule and virtually no formal advertising, it seems that each year I get more
Robert A. Smith, LS
Edwin A. Summerhays, LS requests for survey related work. What I find equally interesting to the volume of
Gary L. Thompson, LS inquiries, is the increased variety of why people are reaching out. Oh sure, the majority
Glennon J. Watson, LS
Marie T. Welch, LS of the calls are still regarding “normal” surveying things such as boundary disputes,
missing monuments, real estate transactions, and subdivisions, but over the past year, I
NYSAPLS Headquarters
146 Washington Avenue had requests for less common services, such as a request to locate, size and type trees
Land Surveyors Building within a specified area; a request to establish an elevation for a sewer permit; a request
Albany, NY 12210
518-432-4046 to prepare a sketch showing the location of buildings and roads to be used for evacuation
www.nysapls.org and emergency planning purposes for a summer camp; requests to interpret language
info@nysapls.org in a deed; requests to help prepare deeds; and plenty of questions regarding taxes and
Editor-in-Chief & tax maps. While I am not always able to help with every inquiry, some because I am too
Managing Director
Amber Carpenter busy, and some because I am simply not qualified to do so, it makes me feel honored
amber@nysapls.org that the public has enough trust in me, a professional land surveyor, to ask. I make a
Director of Operations point to respond to every inquiry. If it results in surveying work for me, all the better.
Heather Schultz However, if I can’t help them by surveying for them, my goal is to be able to point them
heather@nysapls.org
in the direction that will eventually result in help. I take great pride in the relationships
Administrative Assistant that I have developed with fellow surveyors and other design professionals, as well as
Sharon O'Brien
sharon@nysapls.org with attorneys, real estate folks, abstractors, and public officials, all of which provide me
Affiliated Associations with a large network to consult with, and to be able to direct the public to when I am
Allegheny Plateau Association of Professional unable to help. In my opinion, equally as important for surveyors being revered as the
Land Surveyors | Black River Valley
Association of Professional Land Surveyors “preeminent measurer”, trusted in mapping and applying modern technology to mark
| Brooklyn Land Surveyors Association | boundary lines and layout construction projects, is the importance of being professional
Catskill Area Association of Land Surveyors |
Central New York Society of Land Surveyors consultants; a trusted resource for the public. Surveyors should not work just for their
| City Surveyors Association of Greater New own financial interest, but for the public interest as a whole. I get satisfaction out of
York | Delaware-Hudson Land Surveyors
Association, Inc | Eastern New York being able to help people, I am proud to be a surveyor!
Society of Land Surveyors, Inc | Genesee
Valley Land Surveyors Association | Long
Island Association of Land Surveyors Inc
| Mid-Hudson Valley Association of 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 Jeremy Thompson, 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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