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NYSAPLS Board of Directors Meeting • January 21, 2025
[Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY

Meeting called to order at 7:32 p.m. by I. Consent Calendar
President Jeremy Thompson. • Minutes of the last Board of Directors meeting, Financial Reports, and
Committee Reports/Minutes were included in the handouts distributed
Attendance: prior to the meeting and are typically all moved under a Consent
Calendar format. Motion to accept the Consent Calendar was made by
Association Officers: John Abruzzo, seconded by Robert Marvin, all in favor, none opposed,
President Jeremy E. Thompson motion carried.
Executive Vice President Steven J. Willard
Vice President Scott A. Gillis II. President’s Report
Treasurer Scott B. Allen Jeremy Thompson
Secretary William R. Eggers • Jeremy reported that Trustee Daren Morgan’s wife, Beverly, has passed
away recently.
Directors:
Allegheny Plateau Gerard Emborski III. Treasurer’s Report
Black River Valley Absent Scott Allen
Brooklyn Lemuel Morrison • Membership renewal dues are down slightly from last year at this date.
Catskill Jon Thompson • The membership committee has been asked to investigate this trend.
Central Timothy Coyer • Conference is doing very well financially.
City Lemuel Morrison
Delaware-Hudson Steven Green • Financial Advisor David Fenelon reported that investments are doing well
Eastern Jason Peterson with growth of 18% over the past year.
Genesee Valley Matthew Palmer • Shaw Fund growth was 18.63% but he does not expect this level of
Long Island John Abruzzo growth to continue in the coming year.
Mid-Hudson Nicole Kalicicki IV. Executive Vice President’s Report
Mohawk Valley Jeffrey Moore
Nassau Suffolk Scott Gillis Steve Willard
Niagara Frontier Joshua Graf • Steve reported on a case he had that involved an attempted fraudulent
Northern Robert Marvin, Jr. land sale and deed filing. He advises to be wary of this.
Southern Finger Lakes Jacqueline Dresser V. Association Operations (“HQ”) Report
Southern Tier Brian Bush Managing Director, Amber Carpenter
Queensboro Absent • Conference income is well above budget goal. Thank you to staff,
Westchester-Putnam Absent Conference Committee and Education Committee.
For 2025, seven regionals and two members of the executive board are required VI. Committee Reports
for a quorum (see Constitution and By-laws Article V Section 1.3 for definition of [Secretary’s note: All committee meeting minutes can be viewed on the
quorum). A quorum was present.
NYSAPLS website. Go to the About Us tab. Scroll down to Committees. Click
Trustees: Roy B. Garfinkel, Patricia Brooks, Glennon Watson, Marie Welch on the name of the committee to view their meeting minutes].
Executive Director: Daniel Marvin Annual Conference
Managing Director: Amber Carpenter • no further report
Director of Operations: Absent
Legal and Legislative Counsel: Emily Whalen Constitution & By-Laws
Committees: Amber
Annual Conference Absent • By Laws amendments voting is still open, to be tallied at the annual meeting.
Nomination & Awards Kaleb Winters, Chair Education
Constitution/Bylaws Absent • no report
NSPS Patricia Brooks, Chair
Education Daniel Marvin Ethical Practices
Public Relations Lemuel Morrison, Chair Jon Thompson
Ethical Practices Jon Thompson • Working on three cases regarding Certificate of Authorization, 4
Strategic Planning Tim Massi, Chair regarding stakeout and only one complaint of unprofessional conduct.
Government Relations Jim Thew, Chair Government Relations
Workforce Development Absent Jim Thew, Chair and Emily Whalen
Finance Scott Allen, Chair • The GIS Roundtable was held today. NYSDOT is beginning work to make
Young Professionals Keith Burley, Chair
LSPAC Absent data publicly available.
Membership Absent • RR valuation mapping will be linked to the NYSAPLS resources page.
Ad hoc MTS Roy Garfinkel, Chair • Need to develop strategy to engage legislators and encourage funding
Guests: Jill Thompson, David Fenelon: Gallagher Financial Advisers for these initiatives.

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