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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE As part of the 50 Anniversary Celebration, NALS will reestablish
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Report included in agenda. the geographic center of Nevada. A dedication ceremony will be
held on Nevada Day.
NALS has had another successful year of membership retention.
There are a few members on the unpaid dues list. Chapter leaders Action Item: Crissy to start developing press releases. Trent to
should reach out to those in their area and encourage them to work with YSN members to develop a plan for reestablishing the
renew their membership. center.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE YOUNG SURVEYORS NETWORK
Report included in agenda. Heather Keenan reported that Nick Montoya has stepped down
as President of YSN due to family commitments. Heather is
Nominating Committee Chair Justin Moore presented the 2023 now serving as President. Kaitlyn is President-Elect and Greg is
slate of candidates. Secretary/Treasurer.

2023 SLATE OF CANDIDATES The 2 Annual YSN Campout will be held in the Sierra Nevada
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President – Nancy Almanzan Mountains and the topic will be Polaris and solar observations.
Vice President – Nick Ariotti There are approximately 30 people registered.
Secretary – Todd Enke CHAPTER REPORTS
Treasurer – Frank Wittie Reports included in the agenda.
Immediate Past President – Robert Carrington (by succession)
Chapters continue to meet on a regular basis. The Lahontan
MOVED by Trent Keenan and SECONDED to approve the 2023 Chapter Golf Tournament will be held tomorrow. SNALS recently
slate of candidates, as presented. MOTION CARRIED. hosted a night at the ballpark and will hold a four hour railroad
seminar in August.
Executive Director Crissy Willson to notify the membership of the
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approved slate of candidates and open nominations. Write-in 50 ANNIVERSARY
nominations will be accepted until September 15 . If no additional 2023 will be NALS 50 anniversary and ways to celebrate were
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nominations are received, a unanimous ballot will be cast in lieu of discussed.
elections.
• Challenge Coins
WPFS
The WFPS meeting was held in June in San Francisco. Nancy • Paperweights
Almanzan was in attendance representing Nevada. The FS Study
program continues to gain momentum and NALS is receiving • Anniversary Logo
income for each course sold from Nevada. The highlight report will
be published in the next issue of the Nevada Traverse. • Anniversary Traverse Masthead
NSPS • Anniversary Apparel
Lobby day was held virtually and the NSPS spring meetings were
hybrid. The bylaw amendment that NALS opposed that would
have removed the members right to vote for Officers was tabled. MOVED by Nancy Almanzan and SECONDED to allocate a budget
up to $2500 this year and $8000 next year for anniversary
NSPS is working on an MOU with CLSA and Puerto Rico. The programs. MOTION CARRIED.
NSPS Foundation has a new Chairman and Heather Keenan was
awarded the Tom Foote Scholarship. PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
The Board discussed potential publishing opportunities using
OUTREACH articles from Paul Pace and Carl CdeBaca.
Outreach Committee Chair Trent Keenan reported that the last
edition of the Nevada Traversed included several outreach articles Action Item: Trent to discuss with Carl and Paul and determine
that were developed from he roundtable discussions held at the how NALS can participate.
Conference.
NEXT MEETING
Trent has developed a poster that shows the different paths to The next meeting will be held in conjunction with the Fall Seminar
licensure. The poster was developed with the ability to brand it & Golf Tournament.
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with each state associations logo for use during outreach events. October 20 – NALS Board Meeting
October 21 – NALS Seminar
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The Board discussed hosting an outreach event that could October 22 – NALS Education Foundation Golf Tournament
include boy scouts, girl scouts, 4-H, FFA, etc. Events will be held
September 10 and September 24 . CSN is a potential location in ADJOURNMENT
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the south and Bowers Mansion potential location in the north. President Robert Carrington adjourned the meeting at
approximately 2 PM.
Action Item: Crissy and Trent to work on an outline for the event.
Todd Enke to help reach out to the scouts once a plan is in place.

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