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NYSAPLS, Inc.
President and CEO
Daniel E. Marvin, LS [ president’s message ]
Executive Board
Kenneth M. Slaugenhoupt, LS In a year where our lives have been turned upside down and
Executive Vice President
Roy B. Garfinkel, LS nothing seems the same, I’m looking forward to a new year. How
Vice President about you? Change is coming with a new vaccine out, and it looks
Jeremy E. Thompson, LS, Treasurer like more will follow. I hope there is enough of the vaccine to go
Steven J. Willard, LS, Secretary
Greg J. de Bruin, LS, PE around for it to be available for everyone, and that we will have
Executive Director an environment again where a pandemic is a thing of the past,
and thing of our distant past. In person meetings and continuing
Board of Trustees
Robert R. Allen, LS education classes now seem like something to truly look forward
J. Steven Boddecker, LS to. In person meetings, the inconvenience of driving to meet with
Patricia P. Brooks, LS
Robert G. Cross, LS people, I miss this. Continuing education was something I thought would always be
Greg J. de Bruin, LS, PE a continued work in progress and be there for us. It has changed this year to virtual
Joseph E. Dioguardi, Jr., LS and we have made the needed changes work for our profession. While living in a
John R. Ennis, LS
R. Ronald Kreiling, LS pandemic, like none of us have ever seen before, we as surveyors have tried to find out
Joseph G. Malinowski, LS if we are “essential” or not since the start of this last March. In my perspective from
Daren L. Morgan, LS talking with other surveyors, many are seeing an uptick in business through much of
Robert A. Smith, LS
Edwin A. Summerhays, LS this strange time. NYSAPLS has revamped our Annual Conference, working to keep
Gary L. Thompson, LS the continuing education classes that we have all come to rely on and are looking to
Glennon J. Watson, LS reschedule the next Strategic Planning Retreat.
Marie T. Welch, LS
Of course, the 62nd Annual Conference will be virtual this year. I would like to extend
NYSAPLS Headquarters
146 Washington Avenue a huge thank you to Amber Carpenter, Heather Schultz and Sharon O’Brien that
Land Surveyors Building have put in many hours making our normal conference into something that is sure
Albany, NY 12210 to be a spectacular event. I would also like to thank the Conference and Education
518-432-4046
www.nysapls.org Committees that have had many virtual meetings to plan and come up with an
info@nysapls.org event that will offer both a mix of education and networking. We can get at least 16
Editor-in-Chief & continuing education credits.
Managing Director
Amber Carpenter Did you know that on our website, under the “Education” menu, there is a sub-
amber@nysapls.org section called “Become a Surveyor” including information about our “Get Kids
Director of Membership into Surveying” campaign? Well, if not, then you should check it out. The Young
Heather Schulz Professionals Committee and Public Relations Committee have worked together to
heather@nysapls.org
create lesson plans for middle school and high school level students. These plans could
Administrative Assistant
Sharon O'Brien be taught in conjunction with a history or math lesson that can further show the
sharon@nysapls.org relationship between Land Surveying and everyday activities. We all should share them
with our communities, a neighborhood kid or a teacher. Or perhaps and better yet,
Affiliated Associations maybe you know an administrator in the school, and they would be willing to share
Allegheny Plateau Association of Profes-
sional Land Surveyors | Black River Valley this information with their teachers. The committee is working on additional lesson
Association of Professional Land Surveyors plans. What a great way to raise awareness of the profession. NYSAPLS won the 2020
| Catskill Area Association of Land Sur-
veyors | Central New York Society of Land NSPS Public Relations Award for this campaign. Keep up the great work.
Surveyors | City Surveyors Association
of Greater New York | Delaware-Hudson Also, NSPS approved new standards for ALTA/NSPS Surveys. The new standards
Land Surveyors Association, Inc | Eastern
New York Society of Land Surveyors, Inc | go into effect on February 23, 2021. To view the new standards you can visit:
Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association https://tinyurl.com/alta-2021.
| Long Island Association of Land Surveyors
Inc | Mid-Hudson Valley Association of
Land Surveyors | Mohawk Valley Society of Sincerely,
Professional Land Surveyors | Nassau-Suffolk
Civil Engineers Inc | Niagara Frontier Land
Surveyors Association | Northern New York
Association of Land Surveyors | Southern Daniel E. Marvin, LS
Finger Lakes Association of Professional
Land Surveyors | Southern Tier Association NYSAPLS President
of Land Surveyors | Surveyors Association
of Queensboro Inc | Westchester-Putnam
Association of Professional Land Surveyors
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