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NYSAPLS Board of Director’s Meeting • November 19, 2021
Virtual Meeting

Call to order and roll call V. President’s Report
Dan Marvin reported:
Meeting called to order at 2:06 pm by President Daniel Marvin. • President Marvin attended the Maine Society of Land Surveyors 50th
Annual Conference in October, there were about 100 attendees. The
Members present: conference was held in person, however some of the presenters were
Association Officers: virtual.
President Daniel E. Marvin • Roy Garfinkel is stepping down as MTS chair and Jason Larson was
Executive Vice President Not Present appointed as the new Chairman.
Vice President Roy B. Garfinkel • Regionals need to be given information from the NYSAPLS Board of
Treasurer Jeremy E. Thompson Directors. It was noted our website features frequent updates the
Secretary Steven J. Willard directors can use to share information with their members, including a
monthly HQ update detailing what the board and committees have been
Directors: working on. Roy Garfinkel asked us to think of ways to re-energize the
Allegheny Plateau (none present) Regionals, he does not want to wait until the Strategic Planning meeting
Black River Stephen Gracey in the spring of 2022. Dan Marvin stated that people are burned out
Catskill (none present) with Zoom. Don Stedge stated Delaware-Hudson has a Facebook page
Central Doug Reith and website, NYSAPLS can assist, leadership is key. Kaleb Winters uses
City Saeid Jalilvand, Lemuel Morrison the NYSAPLS portal to send emails to the members of Eastern. Joe
Delaware-Hudson Donald Stedge Malinowski thinks the Young Professionals involvement is key and we
need to start setting the stage for the Strategic Planning Retreat. Gary
Eastern Kaleb Winters, Brie Strom Thompson stated that the Membership Committee needs more members
Genesee Valley Roy B. Garfinkel to be able to address more responsibilities.
Long Island John Abruzzo
Mid-Hudson (none present) VI. Executive Vice President’s Report
Mohawk Valley Duane Frymire Ken Slaugenhoupt not present, no report given.
Nassau Suffolk Scott Gillis VII. Association Operation’s Report
Niagara Frontier Andrew Gow Amber Carpenter reported:
Northern Scott Allen, Robert Marvin, Jr. • Amber thanked the Shaw Fund for the new intercom and “Ring” type
Southern Finger Lakes Gary Thompson security system installed at HQ.
Southern Tier (none present) • ESS is printed and available online now. Printed copy is in the mail.
Queensboro (none present)
Westchester Putnam C. Richard Moravec, Steven Willard • Amber briefly showed how Regional directors can use the website to
email and communicate with their Regional members, download member
Trustees: Greg de Bruin, Patti Brooks, Steve Boddecker, Joe Malinowski, Glenn rosters and more with their Admin Access.
Watson, Gary L. Thompson VIII. Committee Reports
Executive Director: Greg de Bruin
Managing Director: Amber Carpenter Annual Conference
Director of Membership: Heather Schultz Ken Stigner reported:
Legal Counsel: Emily Whalen • Conference registration is open and members are signing up.
Member Guests: Ken Stigner (Conference), Tim Massi (Young Professionals), Matt • Committee members are reaching out to sponsors.
Palmer (GVLSA) • Committee is asking Regionals to donate items to the Silent Auction.
I. Call for New Business:
None Constitution & Bylaws
Steve Willard reported:
II. Appointment of Teller: • Nothing new to report.
President Marvin appointed Joe Malinowski as Teller for the meeting
III. Consent Calendar: Education
Dan Marvin reported:
Motion to accept by Rich Moravec, seconded by Doug Reith to accept, motion • The Spring Workshop will be “Optimizing Workflow for Both Field into the
unanimously carried.
Office” with Carlson that was postponed from the fall.
IV. Treasurer’s Report • Jeff Lucas will be presenting the Fall 2022 Workshop virtually
Treasurer Thompson reported:
• Budget has been revised due to the switch from in-person conference • Spring 2023 Workshop will be on dendrology with part one being a
to virtual. Motion to accept by Roy Garfinkel, seconded by Kaleb virtual, on-line webinar and part two will be an actual field event.
Winters, motion unanimously carried. • The February First Friday Webinar on Ethics will be presented by
• Treasurer Thompson thanked the Finance committee and NYSAPLS Milton Denny.
staff for their efforts in switching gears for the conference. • The next Regional Webinar will be Thursday March 10, 2022 at 7pm.
• Turning Stone Resort Casino agreed to let us cancel the 2022 Dr. Paiva will present.
Conference, but asked us to extend the conference contract for an
additional year, being 2025. Motion to accept by Don Stedge, seconded
by Duane Frymire to accept, motion unanimously carried. continued on page 30
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