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• Jason Graf noted the working draft is available on their committee page Unfinished Business
on the NYSAPLS website and encouraged Directors to communicate Roy Garfinkel discussed a Final Point for Robert Prescott who died in 2017. He
with their members so none of these issues come as a surprise to the has reached out to the County Clerk, Adam Bello and is waiting to hear back.
membership. Emily will present a First Friday Webinar on Legislative Kaleb Winters asked President Marvin if there was any correspondence regarding
Updates this October. the NYS Association of Counties or NYS Land Title Association. NYSLTA responded
• Rodger Hess thanked the Committee for all of their hard work. asking what they could do. No further correspondence so far.

LSPAC New Business
Steve Boddecker reported: Charles Lent of Eastern started a former employee in Rhode Island acquired
• LSPAC has $8,006.20 in the account. a facsimile of his license and forged his name to produce a survey. This is a
• LSPAC made a recent contribution to a Kathy Hochul fundraiser prior to warning that you do not need to prove you are licensed to obtain an electronic
stamp on line. Maybe our NSPS representative can bring this to NSPS to raise
her becoming Governor.
awareness of this issue. President Marvin will pass this along to Patti Brooks.
Membership Glenn Watson reported that his good friend and Past President of NYSAPLS,
Gary Thompson reported: Joe Dioguardi Jr. had passed away on March 5th, 2021. Unfortunately we were
• The Committee met last on August 27th. A member requested to be not notified sooner.
reinstated as an At-Large Member because he felt he was not getting
adequate representation by his Regional. It was recommended that President Daniel Marvin called to Pass the Gavel:
he joins an alternate neighboring Regional or that he reach out to the Allegheny Plateau – not present.
directors of his region and express his concerns.The Committee feels Black River – Steve Gracey – Had an in-person August meeting and did not get a
becoming an At-Large Member was not in anyone’s best interest. quorum. Looking to have another meeting this month.
• Tom Cerchiara offered website assistance for the regionals. Catskill – not present.
Central – not present.
Adhoc Minimum Technical Standards City – Lem Morrison already left meeting, no report.
Roy Garfinkel reported: Delaware-Hudson – Don Stedge – Had a Sept. meeting in person 10 members
• Nothing new, SBELSG are focused on the Definition Bill. attended, same as pre-covid. August cook-out was canceled. They had hats made up
• The Committee will reach out to the Young Professionals Committee to for members.
get them involved with a possible panel presentation. Eastern – Kaleb – Updating by-laws and have officer elections in November. Brie – Only
• Saeid Jalilvand from the City Association asked the committee to meet with the board continues to meet.
them to discuss the MTS. They will try to set something up for late October. Genesee Valley – Roy B. Garfinkel – nothing new to report but will have a meeting soon.
• Roy will step down as Committee Chair if elected President, they have Long Island – John Abruzzo – Back to regular board meeting schedule. Will have
had discussions on a replacement. Next meeting is September 29th. a general membership meeting next month, have a final draft of scholarship for
Farmingdale State College, been fairly busy.
NSPS Mid-Hudson – Tom Cerchiara – Not much going on Kevin Young has stepped down as
Amber Carpenter reported: Vice President and this is the end of Tom’s term as President. They do have members
• Patti and Ricky Brooks are in Oakbrook, IL attending the NSPS Conference. interested so changes are coming. Tom will stay on in some capacity. Recently did a STEM
Day with Dutchess County Chamber for high school students. They did a presentation,
Public Relations explained what Land Surveyors do and then flew some drones that was enjoyed by all.
Ken Slaugenhoupt reported: Dutchess Community College will be offering a micro-credential in surveying program.
• Facebook has 1,016 followers, up 42% from 2019. Also, there are many grants through your County Work Force Development Program that
• Working on a couple types of brochures for junior and senior high will pay a large part of an employee’s salary for the first 6 months while you train them.
school students to get kids interested in the opportunities in the Land Mohawk Valley – Not present.
Surveying profession. Nassau Suffolk – Scott Gillis – NYSAPLS helped Nassau-Suffolk have a general
• Developing a plan of action for a Summer Camp for potential new field membership meeting by having their second broadcast of the webinar. Nice to be face
crew staff. to face. They were able to present scholarships and vote on new members. Were able to
add two new members that were waiting quite some time.
Strategic Planning Niagara Frontier – not present.
Adolf Jonietz reported: Northern – Scott Allen – Had a good in-person meeting on July 7th. August Annual
• Strategic Planning Retreat postponed until May 2022. Picnic was canceled. The Sept. meeting did not have a quorum. Trying to get members
to come to an Oct. Annual meeting. Scott attended the Vermont Conference, it was great
Nominations and Awards to see fellow surveyors at a beautiful resort.
Glenn Watson reported: Southern Finger Lakes – Gary Thompson already left meeting, no report.
• Committee met on July 30th and offers the following slate of officers for 2022: Southern Tier – not present.
President – Roy B. Garfinkel Queensboro – Rodger Hess – already left meeting, no report.
Executive Vice President – Jeremy E. Thompson Westchester Putnam – Richard Moravec – Had an in-person general membership
Vice President – Steven J. Willard meeting in May that was well attended. They did not have a meeting in July or August but
Treasurer – Scott A. Gillis are having another live meeting next week that appears will be well attended.
Secretary – Scott B. Allen Glenn Watson stated his new title is LS, RINO which stands for Retired In Name Only. He
• Glenn asked for award nominees to be considered for the 2022 Conference. previously mentioned they had a retirement party for him, but it was just a party.
Ken Stigner stated that he is an At-Large member and will entertain any bids from
Young Professionals regionals looking for members.
Timothy Massi reported:
• Producing targeted webinars on a bi-monthly basis, have received nice With no further business, a motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Don Stedge,
feedback. Please tag and possibly share on your company’s website. seconded by Rich Moravec. Motion carried.
• Making progress on Shadowing Program. Meeting adjourned at 4:22 pm.
• Ideas for Strategic Planning Retreat are being worked on.
Respectfully submitted: Steven J. Willard – Secretary

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