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Government Relations Committee: The committee met on May Young Professionals Committee: The committee met on May
31st. New York’s 2024 legislative session is coming to an end. After a 20th. Emily Whalen, Esq., NYSAPLS legislative counsel, joined the
request from AIA was received, we provided a memo of support for the meeting to inform the committee that the State Board has a committee
statute of repose bill to the bill sponsors. The committee is working on dedicated to Young Professionals and promoting the profession and is
draft legislation to incorporate the new datum (and any future datums) interested in meeting with the NYSAPLS YP Committee. Emily will set
into legislation. They are also continuing their efforts towards up the meeting within the next few months. The committee continued
improving access to public land records. A beta GIS is being developed their discussion for creating YouTube videos, highlighting niche areas
by our committee with the assistance of the DOT providing crucial of the profession. In addition, the committee discussed creating a
records and data sources. flyer for Associate Members that focus’ on “Why you should attend

Membership Committee: The committee did not meet this month. Conference”. The committee plans set up a meeting with the Strategic
The committee recently finalized its contract with Retrieve Technology Committee to discuss the crossover tasks between the PR and
as a new member benefit. You can now access technical CE courses, Workforce Development Committees and their decision to work on
study and training videos, and vendor-specific support videos through these additional items.
the NYSAPLS Online Education Portal. The committee plans to meet
again at the end of July. Did you know?
You can find a copy of recent committee minutes on our website.
Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) Committee: The Each committee has a webpage with the last couple years of
committee has not held a meeting this spring. They are awaiting minutes listed along with additional member references. You can
feedback from the NYS Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and view the committee pages from our homepage  About Us 
Geology on the draft that was provided in 2021. Committees. In addition, I post an overview of committee updates
LS PAC Committee: The committee continues to stay current on in our news section of our website monthly.
their regular filings with the NYS Board of Elections. Regular reports
are shared with the board of directors bi-monthly. You can also find A friendly reminder, your membership dues renewal invoice for the
the committee’s publicly filed reports on the NYS Board of Elections 2024-2025 membership period has been sent. Please take a moment
website here. In the search by committee filter, type “NYSAPLS Land to renew your membership for another year either online or by
Surveyors Political Action Committee”. If you are interested in making mailing your payment to our office. In the meantime, if there is
a financial donation, please visit https://www.nysapls.org/donations/. something on your mind or a professional matter we can assist you
They are currently holding a promotion that offers a FREE with, please do not hesitate to call our office.
mug with a $40 donation or more. Check it out here. I will close with another friendly reminder… as the warmer
weather approaches and you find yourself and your staff outside more
Nominations and Awards: The committee has not met this month. and more, be on the lookout for ticks. Be sure to check out page 28
However, if you have someone in mind that may make a good officer or for important info on identifying ticks, prevention and lyme disease
award candidate in the future, please be sure to reach out to our office.
symptoms from our friends at the Central NY Lyme & Tick-Borne
Public Relations: The committee met on May 16th to work on their Disease Alliance.
campaign to reach out to Town and City Plan Reviewers. The committee
also reviewed items needed for members and committees to continue Are you interested in becoming more actively involved?
attending tradeshows and have been working with NYSAPLS member, We are looking for members to share their “stories” and help us
Luis Ramos, to translate some flyers into Spanish. In addition, they’ve promote the profession. Did you company recently work on an
purchased an additional table runner, plan on ordering more squish interesting project? Did your regional get together to help out the
ball giveaways and an additional pull up booth. The committee also community? Did your son or daughter earn a Surveying Merit Badge?
completed a new “Surveyor’s Corner” video – “Do I Need to be Are you mentoring a student over the summer with an internship?
Concerned About Property Damage with a Survey”, which is now posted Help us get out the word on how land surveying is important to the
on YouTube. The committee is scheduled to meet again next week. community! Contact Heather Schultz to share your news, heather@
nysapls.org.
Strategic Planning Committee: Members can view more about PS - Want to see your article published in our member magazine?
our strategic plan and review each committees’ task progress at Email me your ideas, amber@nysapls.org.
https://www.nysapls.org/page/Strategic2023.
Have a safe and healthy summer!
Workforce Development Committee: The committee met on
June 14th. They reviewed their goals and continued their progress of
assigning tasks and a timeline. They are currently focusing on creating
an outline for volunteers who have enlisted to help with career fairs,
school visits and more. The outline will include how to prepare, what Amber Carpenter
to bring, the resources available from the NYSAPLS office, talking Managing Director
points, and more. Earlier this year, they created a workforce
development resources page on our website. Check it out here!
Their next meeting is scheduled for July 17th.
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