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The Board tentatively scheduled a NALS Virtual Membership Appreciation A bulk order of BEaSURVEYOR.com carabiners is being ordered by mul-
Happy Hour for December 13 . tiple states in order to keep the cost down. NALS will purchase 2000.
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BEaSURVEYOR.com is being revamped by NCEES and will serve as a hub
Action Item: Trent to determine possibility and cost of hosting a virtual for outreach.
whiskey tasting.
NEVADA YOUNG SURVEYORS NETWORK (NV YSN)
NALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION NV YSN Coordinator Heather Keenan reported that the third annual YSN
Reports in agenda Campout had the largest turnout to date.
The NALS Education Foundation (NALS EF) Scholarship Golf Tournament WESTERN FEDERATION OF PROFESSONAL SURVEYORS (WFPS) DIREC-
has sold out. Special thank you to Lahontan Chapter for allowing NALS EF TOR
to host in place of their usual Chapter tournament.
WFPS Director Trent Keenan reported that WFPS participated in an amicus
This year the NALS EF provided $12,000 in scholarships to land surveying regarding a California lawsuit involving MySitePlan.com that was cited for
students. In addition, NALS EF sponsored students to attend the annual unlicensed practice by the California Board of Registration. The amicus is
conference. available by email admin@WFPS.org

The annual scholarship auction raised almost $20,000 in net profit and the CHAPTER REPORTS
golf tournament will raise an estimated $7000. The Lahontan Chapter held a social in June at the Reno Aces game. Their
next meeting will be held in September.
Chapters have the option of providing their local scholarships through the
Education Foundation by developing criteria and providing a volunteer to The Southern Nevada Chapter will hold their Agency Meeting on Sep-
review scholarship applications. Deadline to request a local scholarship be tember 14 , Golf Tournament on October 21 , Past President’s Night on
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added to the NALS EF application is October 20 . November 9 , and annual holiday party on December 1 .
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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 50 ANNIVERSARY PROJECT – GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF NEVADA
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Report included in agenda. Robert Carrington and Michael Detwiler reported on the progress of the
Geographic Center of Nevada project. As originally envisioned by Carl
Legislative Committee Chair Robert Carrington and Jon Wooten have been C.deBaca, NALS will reset the Geographic Center of Nevada as part of the
working on the draft language to address the 2022 Datum. The draft 50 Anniversary Celebration. Carl’s original thought was to have this serve
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language will be provided to the Board for review and approval. A list of as a student capstone or YSN project, unfortunately, we were unable to
stakeholder will need to be developed and stakeholder meeting will be held obtain participation but the project is moving forward nonetheless. Robert
prior to finding a sponsor for the bill. will file a record of survey and a monument will be installed on Nevada Day.
Robert is still looking for volunteers to serve on the Legislative Committee. Crissy to handle marketing and press releases for the project.
If interested, please email the NALS Executive Office.
CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM
MEMBERSHIP Called “Laying Out Las Vegas: A Survey of Surveying in Clark County,” Clark
Report included in agenda. County Museum featured and exhibit with tools and maps. The Board
discussed possibility of scanning the documents for archival purposes.
NALS membership continues to increase. NALS currently has 273 paid
members as compared to 255 in 2022. MEETING SCHEDULE
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held October 19 in Las Vegas.
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Report included in agenda. A poll will be sent out to determine a date for a strategic planning meeting.
The Board of Directors amended the proposed Slate of Candidates as fol- MEETING ADJOURNED
lows: The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5 PM.
President – Todd Enke
Vice President – Nick Ariotti
Secretary – Frank Wittie
Treasurer – Michael Detwiler
Immediate Past President – Nancy Almanzan
MOVED by Robert Carrington and SECONDED to approve the slate of can-
didates, as amended. MOTION CARRIED.
NSPS DIRECTOR
NSPS Director Nancy Almanzan reported the fall NSPS meetings will be
held at the end of September in Cleveland. Nancy, Todd, and Trent will be
in attendance on behalf of NALS. Heather will be attending on behalf of the
Young Surveyors Network.
OUTREACH
Outreach Committee Chair Trent Keenan reported on the various outreach
activities over the last quarter and upcoming including the Nevada CTE
Conference and Construction Career Days. Trent is researching the pos-
sibility of participating in SkillsUSA.

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