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Happy New Year! On behalf of the NYSAPLS committee of NYSAPLS. Ballots were emailed to members
Headquarters staff, we wish you, your family and staff on December 11th. The polls will remain open until the
a happy and healthy 2024. annual membership meeting scheduled on January 19th
Save the dates! National Surveyors week (NSW) coming at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino.
up in a couple months, March 19-25, 2024. Turn to page DOT Relations Committee: The committee met on
10 and be sure to visit our website, along with www.nsps. December 4th. They received additional test file
us.com for opportunities to participate in events to information from the DOT and plan to continue their
promote the surveying profession as a whole. Surveyor’s work on setting up a GIS database. They reviewed an
week gives us the opportunity to introduce the newest outline of the committee’s progress and goals. Jim plans
generation to the surveying profession. on utilizing the information for his presentation at the
Here’s the latest updates from your NYSAPLS’ upcoming conference. In addition, they recently created
Committees, Board of Directors and HQ Staff who a webpage on the NYSAPLS website with a listing of
are keeping busy with several ongoing projects: mapping portal sources and related organizations. They
will continue to develop the page. In the meantime you
Executive Board: The board met on December 14th.
They reviewed the overall association’s budget and received can view the resources here.
committee updates from several of the committees (see Education Committee: The committee met on
committee updates below). The discussed the annual December 5th and will reach out to current conference
strategic committee chair meeting. Since that meeting, the exhibitors to continue to fill the vendor presentation time
Workforce, YP and PR committees held a joint meeting to slots at the 2024 Conference. The committee spent a
review shared goals. In addition, the officers reviewed the good portion of time discussing topic ideas and possible
plans for the upcoming officer installation. speakers for the 2024 First Friday Webinars and the
Board of Directors: The board held their last 2024 Spring Workshop.
meeting virtually on November 17th. You can view the Ethics Committee: The committee met on December
minutes of the meeting on our website. Their next 6th. They plan to make a formal recommendation regarding
meeting is scheduled in person at the Turning Stone one of their cases at the upcoming January board meeting.
Resort & Casino on January 16th. In addition, they finalized the wording of a letter regarding
Conference Committee: The committee met on another case in which they are attempting to educate a real
December 15th. They reviewed the latest progress report estate company posting false information about land
and continued their planning of the 2024 conference. surveying on their website and asking for a correction to be
They discussed in detail how to handle the logistics of the posted. They are currently planning a meeting in February
new Welcome Keynote Presentation and the new Awards with representatives from the NYS Board of Engineering,
Ceremony format, and reviewed the new location and Land Surveying and Geology, (NYSBELSG) and the Office of
floorplan layouts for the YP reception and Surveyor’s Professional Discipline (OPD).
Social & Officer Installation Dinner. Have you registered Finance Committee: The committee has not met this
yet? Don’t miss your chance! Visit https://www.nysapls. month, but regularly reviews the financial reports at the
org/event/2024Conf to register today!
executive board meetings. Treasurer Gillis is also working
Constitution and By-laws Committee: The to help prepare our future treasurer for his upcoming role.
committee has met several times over the fall and winter Legislative Committee: The committee is currently
months to perform a review of our bylaws alongside our planning a meeting after the conference. As a reminder,
counsel. They have recommended amendments at the
November 17th board meeting. The bulk of the proposed they updated their committee’s webpage to share the
amendments are clerical in nature. The most significant bills directly affecting the profession with our members.
changes proposed were within the committee section. You can check it out here. Please feel free to email
With the support of the legislative committee and counsel, amber@nysapls.org with your feedback and comments
they are suggesting a revision to change the name of their for the committee.
committee and related charges. In addition, in support of Membership Committee: The committee has not
NYSAPLS’ 2023-2025 Strategic Plan, they are proposing met since October 24th. They are working on scheduling
the Workforce Development Committee as a full/standing a meeting before the end of the year.

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