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NYSAPLS, Inc.
President and CEO
Jeremy E. Thompson, LS [ president’s message ]
Executive Board
Steven J. Willard, LS
Executive Vice President June 14, 2024
Scott A. Gillis, LS
Vice President
Scott B. Allen, LS Spring is here!
Treasurer
William R. Eggers, LS It is that time of year again when the weather has finally
Secretary started to warm up, insects are thriving, leaves are open,
Daniel E. Marvin, LS
Executive Director and surveyors are BUSY! For me, now in the primary role
as Surveying Instructor at the Ranger School the spring
Board of Trustees
Robert R. Allen, LS brings time for reflection. Reflection on the most recent
J. Steven Boddecker, LS graduates from our program, their successes in school
Patricia P. Brooks, LS and the opportunities for them in the future, reflection of past graduates and where
Gregory J. de Bruin, LS, PE
John R. Ennis, LS they are now, and reflection of the past year in the surveying profession as a whole. For
Roy B. Garfinkel, LS a couple of months in the spring and summer I am afforded the opportunity to jump
R. Ronald Kreiling, LS
Joseph G. Malinowski, LS headfirst back into practicing surveying. Meeting with perspective clients, deed
Daniel E. Marvin, LS research, performing field work, analyzing the data, setting monuments, and drafting
Daren L. Morgan, LS and preparing maps. As much enjoyment as I get from teaching and helping to develop
Robert A. Smith, LS
Edwin A. Summerhays, LS the next generation of surveyors, I still truly enjoy practicing and learning myself. I
Gary L. Thompson, LS often think back to the days when I was working exclusively surveying, the stress and
Glennon J. Watson, LS
Marie T. Welch, LS pressure, the fear of making a mistake (that fear still exists and likely always will), all
while needing to meet deadlines, and making sure the bottom line is met so bills can
NYSAPLS Headquarters
146 Washington Avenue be paid. While there are many things that I don’t miss from working year-round
Land Surveyors Building surveying, there are several that I do, primarily the people that I worked with. While
Albany, NY 12210 no one knows what the futures holds, and I don’t know how long I will continue to
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www.nysapls.org teach and survey only part-time, I am so lucky and appreciative that I have found an
info@nysapls.org opportunity that allows me to balance time and surveying. While this may sound like I
Editor-in-Chief & am writing this to brag about my personal position, that isn’t my intent. My goal is to
Managing Director encourage all of you to take a few minutes to reflect. Not only on what you are
Amber Carpenter
amber@nysapls.org currently doing, but what you have done, what experiences have crafted you and gotten
Director of Operations you to where you are. Think about what you enjoy doing most. Think about why
Heather Schultz surveying is your chosen career. When you remember why you are doing what you do,
heather@nysapls.org
take the time to tell someone. Maybe your boss or co-workers, maybe an employee,
Administrative Assistant maybe the next generation, it doesn’t matter who. Just take the time to forget about
Sharon O'Brien
sharon@nysapls.org some of the challenges and focus on the enjoyable components of our chosen
profession. “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your
Affiliated Associations
Allegheny Plateau Association of Profes- life” – Mark Twain. While I would love for each and everyone of you to be able to say
sional Land Surveyors | Black River Valley you can go your entire career without working (according to Mark Twain), that is
Association of Professional Land Surveyors
| Catskill Area Association of Land Sur- likely not going to be possible. But I truly hope that we are able to enjoy the most we
veyors | Central New York Society of Land can, while working the least that we have to.
Surveyors | City Surveyors Association
of Greater New York | Delaware-Hudson
Land Surveyors Association, Inc | Eastern
New York Society of Land Surveyors, Inc |
Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association
| Long Island Association of Land Surveyors
Inc | Mid-Hudson Valley Association of
Land Surveyors | Mohawk Valley Society of
Professional Land Surveyors | Nassau-Suffolk Jeremy Thompson, PLS
Civil Engineers Inc | Niagara Frontier Land
Surveyors Association | Northern New York NYSAPLS President
Association of Land Surveyors | Southern
Finger Lakes Association of Professional
Land Surveyors | Southern Tier Association
of Land Surveyors | Surveyors Association
of Queensboro Inc | Westchester-Putnam
Association of Professional Land Surveyors
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