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25 cents with inflation.) YOU NEED TO SHOW UP AT MEETINGS!!! Regional associations on what is needed to revitalize and strengthen
Listen, I know we are all busy and I know we all have other things them. Please help us by being a part of this effort! We need YOU to
going on, but I also know most of us can spare a couple hours every accomplish this!
other month to be a part of improving the shape and future of your I would strongly urge you to encourage your Regional leaders to
profession. After all Helen Kellar once said “Alone, we can do so participate in the NYSAPLS Board meetings as this is where your
little; together, we can do so much”. thoughts and concerns are heard by NYSAPLS. I would add that with
By participating actively, you the individual, will be heard and will the meetings being virtual these days, your Directors should be able
help strengthen the backbone of NYSAPLS… the Regional to find a way to participate. Ask them if they will be attending the
Association. I realize that although some of our Regional next meeting.
associations are thriving, many are struggling due to lack of While I encourage you to be a voice through involvement with
participation, lack of interest and lack of enthusiastic leadership. Not your Regional association, my door is always open, if you have
to mention all the craziness of the last two years of a pandemic. But thoughts or concerns about what NYSAPLS is doing or should be
seriously, it is time to rebuild and time to rally the troops. Many doing feel free to email me or call me personally: rbg38@hotmail.
issues out there threaten our profession, encroachment of other com , 585-503-2574.
professions and trades into our territory, lack of recognition of our
In the words of Mother Teresa,
importance and value, and a desperate need to find a way to get
“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all
bright and talented young people infused into our profession. These
do small things, with great love, and together we can do
issues need to be addressed by a collective and strong voice. That
something wonderful.”
voice is YOU, your colleagues and Regional members.
Thank You,
So, the call out for participation and improvement is on the table.
We will start the ball rolling by polling the members on what your
concerns and issues are. We will make this a MAJOR topic at the Roy B. Garfinkel, LS
Strategic Planning Retreat this Spring. We will work with the NYSAPLS President

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