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Thank you to all who attended National Surveyors Week
the NYSAPLS 63rd Annual
Conference & Exhibition. Once
again this year, with our members’
health and safety our number
one priority, our Executive Board
decided to host another virtual The month of March holds a special place in history for our licensees
conference in 2022. as we celebrate National Surveyors Week. National Surveyor’s Week is
celebrated on the 3rd full week of March annually (this year, March
I’m proud of the event our education and conference 20-26, 2022). It encourages our members and fellow land surveying
committees worked so hard to put together. Please professionals across the nation to promote and publicize the importance
turn to page 17 to view our event highlights. If of our profession. You may have seen email message reminders from our
you haven’t already, please complete our online office, information posted on our website and on the NSPS website,
post-conference survey. Be sure to tell us what you but my question is… how will YOU celebrate?
liked about the conference and where you feel we Will you submit photos in our photo contest? (Photo contest details
could improve. It will only take a couple minutes, can be found at https://www.nysapls.org/news/595694/NSW-2022-

but you will be helping to mold the future of Photo-Contest.htm.) Will you organize a regional geocashing event?
our annual event. The survey can be found here: Obtain a proclamation from your local town/city?
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NYSAPLSConf2022 Maybe you’ll get involved with a local Boy Scout troop and lend a hand
in achieving their survey merit badge? Keep in mind, the NYSAPLS
A very special thanks to our hard-working education Public Relations Committee is looking to spark interest in land
and conference committees who volunteered countless surveying among young people at an early age and introduce them to
hours to pull off our event. Our education committee the Land Surveying profession. Helping a boy scout earn the surveying
did a tremendous job of pivoting our scheduled in- merit badge is the perfect way to educate kids about the profession!
person sessions to our virtual schedule. They found a Check out our online article here to get started: https://www.nysapls.
great team of professional land surveying experts to org/news/595811/Boy-Scouts-Surveying-Merit-Badge.htm.)
lead our education sessions once again this year. Thank For more ideas, be sure to download the Surveyors Week volunteer kit!
you to Bill Eggers, Dan Marvin, Jeremy Thompson, NSPS has posted a “National Surveyors Week Volunteer Kit” on their
Tom Cerchiara, Kevin Hanley and Jonathan Schmidt website, www.nsps.us.com, which explains step-by-step how to:
for your efforts in putting together a fantastic education
lineup. Our conference committee did an outstanding • Request a proclamation
job of working through all the various moving parts • Talk to kids about surveying
to create another one-of-a-kind conference experience. • Get involved with GPS
During the last couple months leading up to the • Help a local Boy Scout earn the surveying merit badge
event they met multiple times a week to ensure the • Start a Trig-Star competition started in your area
conference platform was ready to run smoothly. Thank I’d love to hear your stories and include them in a future issue of the
you to Ken Stigner, Howie Johannessen, Brian Magee, Empire State Surveyor. Please feel free to email me at amber@nysapls.
Nick Burgher, Scott Gillis, Mike Bogardus and Greg org with your stories and pictures. If you’d like more information on
Koester for your time and energies! I’d also like to National Surveyor’s Week, visit our website, www.nysapls.org or the
sincerely thank my wonderful co-workers for their NSPS website, www.nsps.us.com.
invaluable time and creativity leading up to this event. Thank you, as always, for your support!
I am privileged to work with a couple AMAZING
ladies who put their heart and soul into their work, and
it shows in everything they do. Thank you, Heather Amber Carpenter
Schultz and Sharon O’Brien! Managing Director
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