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NALS Board of Directors Meeting

Thursday, April 18 , 2024 • GCW, Inc. offices • Las Vegas, Nevada.
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MINUTES Action Item: Michael Detwiler to write a technology article for the
CALL TO ORDER next Nevada Traverse.
President Todd Enke called the meeting to order at 9:50 am.
ADVANCED EDUCATION
ROLL CALL Advanced Education Committee Chair Trent Keenan reported
Todd Enke, President Dr. Sims provided an update regarding the new four year degree
Nick Ariotti, Vice President program act College of Southern Nevada (CSN). The program is
Frank Wittie, Secretary on track to open in the fall. Solicitation for professors should be
Michael Detwiler, Treasurer (via Zoom) released soon. An advisory board will likely be put in place when
Nancy Almanzan, Immediate Past President the program opens.
Adam Boroski, Director
Erik Denman, Director TRAVERSE
Jason Higgins Director The next edition will be completed at the end of May. Please sub-
Crissy Willson, Executive Director mit reports and/or articles by May 5 .
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Absent: Brett Clarke, Director BPELS/PAL COUNCIL LIAISON
Report included in the agenda.
Guests: Trent Keenan, Past President, Traverse Editor, WFPS Direc-
tor; Heather Keenan, Young Surveyors Network; Greg Phillips, Past BPELS Liaison Jake Johnson reported that BPELS discussed the
President, WFPS Director (via Zoom) 2022 Datum and impacts to NRS 327. Jake reported that NALS
is drafting potential language and will engage other stakeholders
PRESIDENT’S REPORT including NDOT.
President Todd Enke reported that he attended the Lahontan Chap- CONFERENCE
ter meeting where he presented a Presidential Citation to Patty Report included in the agenda.
Mamola for her many years of service as Executive Director of the
Nevada Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Conference Chair Nancy Almanzan and Conference Manager Crissy
Willson reported on the Western Regional Survey Conference.
VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT The attendance at the conference surpassed expectations. There
Report included in agenda. were over 850 attendees including 134 full-paid attendees from
Nevada. We are still waiting on final bills but anticipate we will be
Vice President Nick Ariotti reported attending the Conference and able to reconcile by June.
the last SNALS Chapter meeting.
The next Conference will be a CLSA/NALS Conference to be held
TREASURER’S REPORT March 29 – April 1, 2025 at the Silver Legacy in Reno, Nevada.
Financial statements included in the agenda.
OUTREACH
MOVED by Nancy Almanzan and SECONDED to accept the finan- Report distributed at the meeting.
cial statements as included in the agenda. MOTION CARRIED.
Outreach Committee Chair Trent Keenan reported that between
RIGHT OF ENTRY DOOR HANGERS the Lahontan and SNALS Chapters, 19 outreach events have been
Executive Director Crissy Willson provided a draft Right of Entry completed in the first quarter. The BEaSURVEYOR.com carabiners
door hanger. The Board discussed and after review of NRS sug- have arrived and are available for outreach activities. Additional
gested that the anticipated date of entry be added to the door supplies are available through NALS, NSPS, and NCEES. If you will
hanger near business card. Crissy suggested that in addition to be participating in an outreach event, please contact Trent or the
notifying homeowners of possible work in their area, the door NALS Office for supplies and to have your outreach event added to
hangers could include a QR code with information on how the the NALS master list.
profession serves the public and careers in land surveying.
Trent reported that an Outreach 101 resource document is nearly
Action Item: Crissy Willson to revise the door hangers and provide complete. The document will contain links to information for each
a new draft to the Board. grade level or outreach type.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY President Todd Enke reported that Jerry Juarez will be stepping
Report included in the agenda. down as TrigStar Coordinator. Contingent on Jerry’s written res-
ignation, Todd has appointed Heather Keenan to serve as TrigStar
Advanced Technology Committee Chair Michael Detwiler reported Coordinator.
on the technology that was displayed at the Conference. As tech- MOVED by Nick Ariotti and SECONDED to ratify the appointment
nology advances, workflow is shifting to more hours in the office of Heather Keenan as Trig Star Coordinator. MOTION CARRIED.
analyzing and extracting data.
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