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• Tellers Committee Report – Ashley Harrison XII. Nicole Kalicicki – Mid Hudson – congratulated the incoming officers.
I. The committee received ballots from 11 regionals out of 18 mailed out. MHVLSA held their fall social in October. The meeting was covered
The results were unanimous. The slate of officers for the year 2024 are: dish, and well attended. MHVLSA met last week and formed a
1. President – Jeremy Thompson committee to revise their bylaws. They also reformed their Baseline
2. Executive Vice President – Steve Willard Committee due to a possible disturbance of one of the monuments.
3. Vice President – Scott Gillis They also discussed hosting the NYSAPLS annual conference in 2027.
4. Treasurer – Scott Allen XIII. Roy Garfinkel – thanked all of our Headquarters staff for all of their
5. Secretary – William Eggers help during his term in office. Thanked other officers, committee
chairs, committee members, and directors.
MOTION BY KEITH BURLEY TO ACCEPT THE TELLERS COMMITTEE
REPORT, SECONDED BY JOHN ABRUZZO, ALL IN FAVOR, NONE XIV. John Abruzzo – Long Island – Thanks Scott Gillis for attending their
OPPOSED, MOTIONED CARRIED. last meeting as a representative to the NYSAPLS Executive Board
and a member of the conference committee. John also attended the
• President Garfinkel “passed the gavel” and invited each attendee to report
on their regional activities, share news, report concerns, or just comment in Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors annual meeting. John
general. Of note during the discussion were the following comments. provided an update on Farmingdale State College. They passed all of
their ABET accreditations. Farmingdale would be happy to partner with
I. Dan Marvin – Northern – Congratulated the new officers and wished Nassau Community College for a two-year surveying program, with a
everyone a happy Thanksgiving.
transfer to Farmingdale for a 4- year degree.
II. Scott Gillis – Nassau Suffolk – Thanked everyone for supporting him XV. Bill Eggers – thanked the regionals for voting him in as secretary.
as our new Vice President. NSCE met recently with the Conference
Committee. There was a good turnout. The NSCE Board of Directors XVI. Saeid Jalilvand – wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
met recently. Scott attended the Connecticut Association of Land XVII. Dave Zigler – thanked Roy for his service as President and wished
Surveyors annual meeting. He liked their lunch format, where everyone everyone a happy Thanksgiving.
was together at the same time in the same room. The chief topic at XVIII. Ken Stigner – reminded everyone to get their regional auction items
the president’s roundtable was workforce development. Connecticut’s organized for conference. A conference committee member recently
issues are similar to New York’s. Scott thanked the Long Island attended the Pennsylvania Association of Land Surveyors annual
association for inviting him to attend their last meeting. conference. Many of their individual members donated items to their
III. Jeffrey Moore – Mohawk Valley – Met in September for lunch. Have auction such as antiques. Ken encouraged our members to submit
another meeting coming up in a couple weeks. items for our auction as well.
IV. Gerard Emborski – Alleghany Plateau – Thanked our officers for XIX. Heather’s daughter Aubrey just turned 4! Happy Birthday from
serving, including outgoing President Roy Garfinkel. APAPLS is NYSAPLS Aubrey!
planning to meet in a couple weeks. Only 4 members haven’t renewed
their memberships yet. X. Upcoming Board Meetings
V. Brian Bush – Southern Tier – Congratulated our new officers and • Executive Board, Thursday December 14, 9:00am – Video Conference Call
thanked Roy for his service as President. STALS plans to meet in a • Executive Board, Thursday January 11, 9:00am – Video Conference Call
couple of weeks. • Board of Directors, Tuesday January 16, 6:00pm – Turning Stone
VI. Brie Meisler – Eastern – Had their general membership meeting last Without objection the meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
week; better than usual turnout. Probably due to having a speaker
(county historian) talk about a nearby reservoir. Held election of Respectfully submitted:
officers. A long time Eastern member Don Carpenter recently passed Scott B. Allen, LS – Secretary
away. Brie will forward information on Don’s services to Amber.
VII. Jeremy Thompson – Black River – mentioned again that Ranger
School has 15 surveying students enrolled. Appealed for donations
to help the students attend our annual conference. NYSAPLS
encourages student attendance at conference by waiving registration
fees and offering free meals. But transportation and boarding
expenses are expensive.
VIII. Ashley Harrison – Ashley would like to see all 18 regionals submit their
ballots for the next election of officers.
IX. Keith Burley – Genesee Valley – recently held their fall dinner
meeting. Had a huge turnout. Their President Matt Palmer did a nice
presentation on Robert Morse.
X. Jason Larson – congratulated our incoming officers.
XI. Scott Allen – asked for suggestions for budget items for next
fiscal year.
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