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[ NYSAPLS Board of Directors Meeting • November 17, 2023

Online Video Conference

Meeting called to order at 2:03 p.m. by President Roy Garfinkel. I. Appointment of Tellers Committee
• MOTION BY GERARD EMBROSKI TO APPOINT ASHLEY HARRISON TO CHAIR
Attendance: THE TELLERS COMMITTEE FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS,
SECONDED BY JOHN ABRUZZO, ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
Association Officers:
President Roy B. Garfinkel II. Consent Calendar:
Executive Vice President Jeremy E. Thompson • Minutes of the last Board of Directors meeting, Financial Reports, and
Vice President Absent Committee Reports/Minutes were included in the handouts distributed prior
Treasurer Scott A. Gillis to the meeting and are typically all moved under a Consent Calendar format.
Secretary Scott B. Allen Motion to accept the Consent Calendar was made by Scott Gillis, seconded
by Brie Meisler, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried.
Directors:
Allegheny Plateau Gerard Emborski III. President’s Report
Black River Valley Jeremy Thompson, Howard Lyndaker, III Roy Garfinkel
Catskill Absent • Roy spoke about the roundtable he attended at the September NYS GIS
Central Absent Association’s GeoCon in relation to our quest to have NYS DOT Appropriation
City Saeid Jalilvand, Lemuel Morrison Maps made available online, and other issues related to online access to
Delaware-Hudson Absent government documents. Among the roundtable members were representatives
Eastern Brie Meisler from NYSAPLS (Roy, Jim Thew), NYS GISA, NYS DOT, NYS Canal Corporation,
Genesee Valley Absent Committee for Open Government, NYS DEC, NYS Office of Information
Long Island John Abruzzo Technology, NYS Association of County Clerks, NYS Conference of Mayors.
Mid-Hudson Nicole Kalicicki • Roy also spoke about his attendance at some of our committee meetings.
Mohawk Valley Jeffrey Moore
Nassau Suffolk Scott Gillis • Roy will be attending the New Hampshire Land Surveyors annual conference
Niagara Frontier Joshua Graf in December.
Northern Owen Littlefield • Roy noted that this is his last President’s report and thanked everyone for
Southern Finger Lakes Absent their hard work during his term as President.
Southern Tier Brian Bush • Roy asked for a motion to accept his appointment of Timothy O’Connor to
Queensboro Absent serve on the Constitution and Bylaws Committee. MOTION BY JOSHUA
Westchester-Putnam Absent
GRAF TO ACCEPT PRESIDENT GARFINKEL’S APPOINTMENT OF TIMOTHY
For 2023, seven regionals and two members of the executive board are O’CONNOR TO SERVE ON THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE,
required for a quorum (see Constitution and By-laws Article V Section 1.3 for SCONDED BY NICOLE KALICICKI, ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED,
definition of quorum). A quorum was present. MOTION CARRIED.
Trustees: Patti Brooks, Gregory de Bruin IV. Treasurer’s Report
Executive Director: Daniel Marvin Scott Gillis
Managing Director: Amber Carpenter • Financial Reports were included in the handouts. Scott noted that the
Director of Operations: Heather Schultz Profit/Loss Previous Year Comparison is a good report to base our financial
Legal and Legislative Counsel: Emily Whalen, Esq. condition on. Net Income is down 2.5% from this time last year, but we are
Committees: Annual Conference Ken Stigner only five months into our fiscal year.
Nominations Absent V. Executive Vice President’s Report
Constitution/Bylaws Absent Jeremy Thompson
NSPS Absent • Jeremy thanked Roy for his service as our President for the last two years.
Education William Eggers, Chair
Public Relations Lem Morrison VI. Association Operations (“HQ”) Report
Ethical Practices David Zigler, Chair Managing Director, Amber Carpenter
Strategic Planning Gregory de Bruin • Membership dues continue to come in. There are still 200 members unpaid.
Finance Scott Gillis It was asked that Regional Directors contact unpaid members from their
Young Professionals Keith Burley regions and encourage them to renew their memberships.
Legislative Absent • Five successful events have been held this fall: Two First Friday webinars, two
Ad hoc MTS Jason Larson half-day fall webinars, and the LS Exam Review workshop. The next webinar
LSPAC Absent is scheduled for December 1st and will be on Workers Comp.
Ad hoc DOT Relations James Thew
Membership Absent • The next Second Showing of a First Friday webinar will be held Thursday
Member Guests: Ashley Harrison – Tellers Committee March 7th 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Other Guests: None • Our accountant is working on our annual review. They filed an extension for
our tax return filing.

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