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members lists will be sent to regional directors this month to begin phone a presentation in a school in your area, please contact our office.
calls. The committee will meet again at the end of the month. We’ll provide all the materials you need! The committee is also

Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee: The committee’s finalizing the details of a wage survey that will be circulated later
next meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday, September 19th. this fall. Their next meeting is scheduled for September 22nd.
LS PAC Committee: The committee continues to stay current on their Young Professionals Committee: The YP Committee met on
regular filings with the NYS Board of Elections. Regular reports are August 5th to continue discussion on posting questions and
shared with the board of directors bi-monthly. You can also find the answers on the NYSAPLS forum. The committee also spent some
committee’s publicly filed reports on the NYS Board of Elections website time reviewing an outline for a video series intending to cover
here. In the search by committee filter, type “NYSAPLS Land Surveyors various topics of interest to student and associate members. The
Political Action Committee”. committee began discussions for the Young Professional &
Alumni Social and Field Olympics for the 2026 conference. They
Nominations and Awards: The committee will meet on September also discussed details for creating another surveying calendar.
4th to confirm the 2026 slate of officers which will be presented to the The committee plans to meet again in the beginning of September.
Board of Directors at the September 19th meeting. Ballots will be sent to
Regional Presidents following the meeting and the votes will be tallied at Want to learn more? Full committee minutes are published
the November 17th Board meeting. on our website. Login and check them out today!

Public Relations: The PR Committee met on August 7th and is working Are you interested in becoming more actively involved?
on finalizing the cover letter for their campaign on reaching out to Town We are looking for members to share their “stories” and help us
& City planners. The committee continued their discussion on deed theft promote the profession. Did you company recently work on an
and will be creating an updated informative graphic to raise public interesting project? Did your regional get together to help out the
awareness. The committee also reviewed an NSPS sponsorship opportunity, community? Did your son or daughter earn a Surveying Merit
where NYSAPLS creates a cartoon character to be featured on the NSPS Badge? Did you mentor a student over the summer with an
trading cards. The committee discussed various ideas and reviewed some internship? Help us get out the word on how land surveying is
sample state facts and will send their input and ideas to the Executive important to the community! Contact Heather Schultz to share
Board for discussion. The Martin Group has been working on a succession your news, heather@nysapls.org
planning pitch and a workforce development pitch. The PR Committee is PS - Want to see your article published in our member
also looking for surveyors that are working on large projects in NYS, magazine? Email me your ideas, amber@nysapls.org.
impacting the public. If you are working on something you’d like to share, Thank you for your continued support!
please email Heather at heather@nysapls.org.
Strategic Planning Committee: The committee met on August 26th.
They discussed the Workforce Development Committee’s question Amber Carpenter
regarding task 1.1.5, focusing on aligning education curriculum with Managing Director
licensure and real-world requirements, and decided to flag this complex
issue for the next strategic retreat due to its scope and current committee
workload. They also prepared changes to the board and member polls to
be sent prior to the next retreat and discussed group activities and welcome
gifts for the retreat. Their next meeting is scheduled September 23rd.

Workforce Development Committee: The committee met on August
25th. Visit our NEW Workforce Development website here. They are
working on a new high school booklet/brochure to promote the
profession of land surveying in schools. In early August, they sent an
invitation to each of the BOCES superintendents to reach out for
presentations and demonstrations about the career opportunities in land
surveying. We’ve already received several responses. If you can assist with
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