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NALS Board of Directors Meeting


                        Thursday, October 20 , 2022 • Casablanca Resort and Casino in Mesquite, Nevada.
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                                                               NEVADA TRAVERSE
        NALS Board of Directors meeting was held October 20, 2022 at   Editor Trent Keenan reported that every issue of the Nevada
        the Casablanca Resort and Casino in Mesquite, Nevada.  Traverse has been indexed and the searchable file is available on
                                                               the members only portion of the NALS website. The next issue of
        CALL TO ORDER                                          the Nevada Traverse will be published before the end of the year.
        President Robert Carrington called the meeting to order at 11:45
        AM.                                                    Special congratulations to Frank Wittie on receiving the NSPS
                                                               Journalism Award for Best Editorial. President Robert Carrington
        ROLL CALL                                              presented a plaque to Frank.
        Robert Carrington, President
        Nancy Almanzan, Vice President                         LEGISLATIVE
        Todd Enke, Treasurer                                   Legislative Committee Chair Robert Carrington reported that the
        Nick Ariotti, Secretary (via Zoom)                     NALS maintains a subscription to Legiscan which allows us to
        Crissy Willson, Executive Director                     track legislation that may affect the profession.
        Michael Detwiler, Director (via Zoom)
        Trent Keenan, Director                                 Crissy reported that NSPS had indicated a few years ago that
        Jake Johnson, Director (via Zoom)                      they would be able to provide tracking service for each state. The
        Frank Wittie, Director                                 service has not been offered that we know of but it would be a
                                                               benefit to get a list of keywords from the NSPS Lobbyist so that
        Guests: Heather Keenan, Young Surveyors Network        we are tracking a comprehensive list. Trent will be golfing in the
        Absent: Justin Moore, Immediate Past President         NSPS PAC golf tournament with JB Byrd and will ask if a keyword
                                                               list can be provided.
        PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
        President Robert Carrington led the Board in the Pledge of   MEMBERSHIP
        Allegiance.                                            Report included in agenda.

        PRESIDENT’S REPORT                                     We reached our goal for membership and will have a net gain in
        President Robert Carrington thanked everyone for being present   membership during the 2022 year.  Special thanks to the Chapter
        either in-person or by Zoom.  Robert reported on the activities of   Officers who helped reach out to the last few members on the
        the last quarter including planning and preparation for the NALS   unpaid dues list.
        fall event.  To accommodate schedules, some agenda items were
        rearranged.                                            NDOT ADHOC COMMITTEE
                                                               The effort to provide NALS members with access to search NDOT
        ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY                                    records has waned since the retirement of Margaret Nutt who
        Report included in agenda.                             was spearheading the project on NDOT side. Nancy will reach out
                                                               to Kristina Swallow to determine if we can move forward with the
        Advanced Technology Chair Michael Detwiler provided a report   access.
        regarding unlicensed practice and the recent lawsuit filed by My
        Site Plan.  My Site Plan was fined for unlicensed practice by the   NOMINATING COMMITTEE
        California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and   Executive Director Crissy Willson reported that no write-in
        Geologists and in response they filed a lawsuit. Michael noted that   nominations were received. Congratulations to the 2023 Officers:
        a similar company in North Carolina also filed a lawsuit against the   Nancy Almanzan, President
        Board of Registration and the same attorney was used for both   Nick Ariotti, Vice President
        cases.                                                         Todd Enke, Secretary
                                                                       Frank Wittie, Treasurer
        The Board discussed the fact that some state’s registration    Robert Carrington, Immediate Past President
        boards have the authority to fine unlicensed practice while others
        do not.  Trent to ask that this be added to the WestFed matrix to   TREASURER’S REPORT
        determine which western states have the authority.     Report included in agenda.

        BOARD OF REGISTRATION LIAISON                          Executive Director Crissy Willson recommended an additional CD
        Report included in agenda.                             be opened to continue to build a reserve.

        Board of Registration Liaison Jake Johnson reported that the   MOVED by Trent Keenan and SECONDED to invest $30,000 in a
        updated NRS books are available on the Board’s website.  The   short term First Republic CD. MOTION CARRIED.
        Board is also looking at providing honor cords for graduating
        students that have passed the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS)   MOVED by Trent Keenan and SECONDED to accept the Treasurer’s
        exam.                                                  report. MOTION CARRIED.


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