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NSPS Directors Report a. Motion 1 to modify the Excom language in the
NSPS bylaws - passed.
b. Motion 2 to modify the process for the election
of officers was postponed indefinitely.
By: Nancy J. Almanzan, PLS c. Motion 3 to prohibit the election of successive
NSPS officers from the same state - did not pass.
The Spring 2022 NSPS Meetings were held
in Arlington, Virginia from March 30-April 2, Education Committee
2022. I attended the NSPS meetings virtu- · The 2022 NSPS Student competition was coordinated
ally as the Western Regional Survey Confer- by the NSPS Young Surveyors Network (YSN)
ence hosted by NALS, APLS, CLSA, UCLS, and and consisted of a monument scavenger hunt in
WFPS was held in Las Vegas on the same dates. This year NSPS Washington, DC, and a field day performing three
is celebrating its 40 anniversary. exercises using manual equipment. This format was a
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departure from the prior competitions in which teams
Mark Sargent, the outgoing NSPS President presented NSPS completed a significant project and presentation.
Director Linda Foster, NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch, and The student teams had 8 hours to locate up to 96
NSPS Executive Director Emeritus Curt Sumner with Citations of monuments during the scavenger hunt utilizing the
Appreciation. Survey123 app through ESRI. The field exercise
consisted of utilizing antique survey instruments to run
The following NSPS Officers for 2022-2023 were installed: a traverse, a closed level loop, and triangulation that
President: Amanda Allred, Washington included sighting the Washington Monument. Ferris
President-Elect: Bob Akins, Ohio State University won among 10 competing 4-year
Secretary: Craig Amey, Michigan programs and Parkland College came in first place for
Treasurer: Bob Miller, Pennsylvania 2-year programs.
Immediate Past President: Mark Sargent, New
Hampshire · NSPS voted to provide a $1000 Scholarship to support
participation in the Women’s Survey Summit to be held
The position of Vice-President ProTem was created to fill the in Williamsburg, VA.
vacant office of Vice President. Dr. Davey Edwards of Texas
was elected by the NSPS Board of Directors to the position of Western States Directors Council
Vice President – ProTem. This term will expire after the Vice · Threats to licensure/”Sense of Congress”:
President elected by the NSPS membership this fall is installed at Threats to licensure is ongoing at the state
the Spring 2023 NSPS General Membership Meeting. levels. The “Sense of Congress” initiative is
at the federal level. John “JB” Byrd, the NSPS
Henry Dingle, NSPS Director from North Carolina, and Henry Legislative Representative, presented an
Kuehlem, NSPS Director from Texas, were elected to serve as update on progress and ongoing efforts on the
NSPS Directors on the Executive Committee.
provision.
NSPS will begin the process of developing an MOU with
Puerto Rico. The actual name of the surveying society was not Joint Government Affairs
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mentioned in the motion. · NSPS hosted a virtual town hall on Tuesday, May 10
regarding the proposed changes to the Davis-Bacon
NSPS will be filing for trademarks for “Certified Floodplain Act. These changes would include surveying to be
Surveyor”. considered “labor” and thus subject to prevailing
wage requirements. John Palatiello and JB Byrd, NSPS
Committee Meeting Highlights: Legislative Representatives, discussed the proposed
NSPS Foundation: changes and a response on the “Updating the Davis-
Bacon and Related Acts Regulations” as proposed by
· Rick Howard is the new chairman of the NSPS the Department of Labor. The Joint Government Affairs
Foundation. Committee (JGAC) worked closely with John and JB to
· Per direction of the Community Fund, NSPS Foundation craft this response and appreciate their efforts to draft
can accept gifts of stocks, real estate, mineral rights, a complete and thorough document filled with specific
etc. yet relevant information.

· The NSPS Foundation is looking to use social media NSPS PAC
platforms to help increase NSPSF fundraising. • The 2022 Day on the Hill was held virtually on March
· Nevada YSN Heather Keenan was awarded the Thomas 30 . In these meetings, NSPS members helped with
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Foote scholarship. Congratulations Heather! educating Congressmen, Senators, and their staff on
Workforce Development Committee the three issues:
• Workforce development is a critical need facing our • 1) Design Professional Occupational Licensing;
profession. The committee created several goals to work on: • 2) Improvement in the status and structure of
Identify State Workforce Development Committees; Review surveying, mapping, and geospatial engineering in the
the NCEES Marketing Research and Webinar Presentation
(SCORE Initiative); Recruit the next generation of Surveyors, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
and Train the next generation of Surveyors. • 3) Reform of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) surveying and mapping
Governance Committee:
• The Governance Committee offered several motions at the
spring meeting:
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