1987 - RPRs and a Lively Debate

    One of the most contentious issues at the Annual General Meeting in 1987 was the introduction of the Real Property Report to replace the Building Locations Certificate. After a lively debate, the membership approved the guidelines for the Real Property Report and it came into effect on September 1, 1987.

The membership approved a continuing education guideline. The guideline was different from the recommendation presented a year earlier in that it was not mandatory and there were no continuing education points.

In 1987, the Director of Surveys announced a significant change in the procedure involving the registration of plans. Alberta Land Titles would no longer be checking plans prior to registration and the responsibility for that would be turned over to the profession. A number of meetings amongst the Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Land Titles, the ALSA Systems and Procedures Group and the ALSA Council were held to discuss ways to ensure a high professional standard. These discussions eventually led to the establishment of a Professional Audit Branch within the Association. The PAB was the forerunner to the Systematic Practice Review Program. Council also submitted a brief to the Alberta Attorney General outlining the need for a land surveyor in the Land Titles Office.

Council held its first strategic planning session in a number of years and continued to hold similar sessions each year for a number of years thereafter. They served Council well with all of the changes taking place within the profession and eventually led to successive Councils focusing on the big broad objectives of the Association and not duplicating committee work.

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