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NYSAPLS, Inc.
President and CEO
Jeremy E. Thompson, LS [ president’s message ]
Executive Board
Steven J. Willard, LS
Executive Vice President April 4, 2024
Scott A. Gillis, LS
Vice President
Scott B. Allen, LS Hello again Colleagues & Friends,
Treasurer
William R. Eggers, LS It seems that two months have already flown by, and it is
Secretary
Daniel E. Marvin, LS once again time to write an address for the ESS. With
Executive Director spring rapidly approaching, and pretty much every
Board of Trustees surveyor I have spoken with being crazy busy (me
Robert R. Allen, LS
J. Steven Boddecker, LS included), it is hard to find the time to sit down and
Patricia P. Brooks, LS commit something to paper, but none the less, it is my responsibility so here we go.
Gregory J. de Bruin, LS, PE
John R. Ennis, LS With the month of March now behind us again for another year, National Surveyors
Roy B. Garfinkel, LS
R. Ronald Kreiling, LS Week has once again come and gone. If you haven’t already, I strongly encourage you
Joseph G. Malinowski, LS to visit NYSAPLS website to check out all the amazing photos that were submitted for
Daniel E. Marvin, LS
Daren L. Morgan, LS the annual Surveyors Week photo contest. I am always in awe of the various
Robert A. Smith, LS challenging situations, the amazing scenery, the wonderful helpers and companions,
Edwin A. Summerhays, LS
Gary L. Thompson, LS and the all-around beautiful moments (serious or comical) that are captured while
Glennon J. Watson, LS
Marie T. Welch, LS working in our chosen profession. If you look closely at the photos, you will see one of
this year’s (class of 2024) Ranger School Land Surveying Technology Students
NYSAPLS Headquarters
146 Washington Avenue “Beating the Bounds” on an USGS Cooperative Base Network Control Station that they
Land Surveyors Building
Albany, NY 12210 found during a lab near Wanakena. It is important that we all do our part to help
518-432-4046 perpetuate and elevate the surveying profession. I am so proud of our colleagues and
www.nysapls.org
info@nysapls.org friends within the industry that take the time to promote the profession of surveying
Editor-in-Chief & and to educate the public on the value and need for it. We have come a long way with
Managing Director our various outreach endeavors both during National Surveyors Week and throughout
Amber Carpenter
amber@nysapls.org the remainder of the year, and yet it still seems like we have so far to go. As I stated
Director of Operations before, I know we are all super busy and that is a good thing, however I strongly
Heather Schultz
heather@nysapls.org encourage all of you to take a few minutes to speak with someone about what
Administrative Assistant Surveying is, about what you do daily. It can be a child that might have an interest in
Sharon O'Brien the profession, it can be a relative, it can be your neighbor, it can be a client, or
sharon@nysapls.org
perhaps just a friend, or random person. The more we educate the public the better
Affiliated Associations
Allegheny Plateau Association of Profes- surveyors will be perceived and valued. If you read my first ESS president’s address in
sional Land Surveyors | Black River Valley
Association of Professional Land Surveyors March of 2024, you know that I believe the strength and value to our profession is the
| Catskill Area Association of Land Sur- professionals that make it up, all of you. Thank you all, and keep being professional.
veyors | Central New York Society of Land
Surveyors | City Surveyors Association
of Greater New York | Delaware-Hudson
Land Surveyors Association, Inc | Eastern
New York 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 Jeremy Thompson, PLS
Professional Land Surveyors | Nassau-Suffolk
Civil Engineers Inc | Niagara Frontier Land NYSAPLS President
Surveyors Association | Northern New York
Association of Land Surveyors | Southern
Finger Lakes Association of Professional
Land Surveyors | Southern Tier Association
of Land Surveyors | Surveyors Association
of Queensboro Inc | Westchester-Putnam
Association of Professional Land Surveyors
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