1977 - Metric Measurements

    The Association met with Deputy Premier Dr. Hugh Horner during the Association year. Briefs were presented to Dr. Horner dealing with the degree program for land surveyors, the expansion of the coordinate system throughout the province and the preservation of monuments and the township system.

Mr. Deyholos told the membership that he believed that “as the Association is attempting to firmly establish the degree program concept for entrance into the Association, we should be reviewing the inclusion of all land measurement disciplines.”

During the Annual General Meeting itself, the membership approved changing imperial measurements described in good practice resolutions to metric measurements.

In addition, the Association adopted the current logo of the Association. The logo represents precision, responsibility, professionalism and respectability. The outer square represents the essence of the provincial survey system as manifested by a large segment of the Alberta landscape. The internal subdivisions of the outer square, delineated by the thin crossed lines, and the figures therein symbolize the diversity of the various activities and directions associated with Alberta Land Surveyors. The interior circle represents the eyepiece of a theodolite; the lines cutting across it signify the crosshairs visible therein.

ALS News, the magazine of the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association, started publishing in a magazine format in 1977; previously it had mimeographed pages stapled together. The first issue in this format was just 20 pages and somewhat questionable but the next issue grew to 40 pages and quickly improved.

While the membership approved employing a full-time Secretary-Treasurer, the anticipated response did not materialized and the selection committee went fishing for candidates from within and without the province. By the 1977 Annual General Meeting, a full-time Secretary-Treasurer still had not been hired but a “full-time stenographic staff member” was engaged.

 

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