1991 - Eliminate Redundancy and Provide Consistency       The 1991 Annual General Meeting was the last one for Ken Allred after serving 14 years as Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer. In his final report, Mr. Allred reported that there were no seminars in 1990 although the Survey Law in Canada Seminar Series was held throughout Canada from November 1989 to January 1991. Mr. Allred also took time to mention that the Association was instrumental in the publication of Vision of An Ordered Land written by the late Dr. J.G. MacGregor, a recently deceased honorary member. In the matter of public relations, Mr. Allred indicated that the Association had developed two sets of display boards, with five different themes, which were used extensively in home and garden shows, career days and trade fairs across the province. Finally, Mr. Allred reported that a public relations study was in its final stages and would presumably be the subject of future discussion and more advanced public relations strategies. He noted that virtually every telephone inquiry received by the ALSA office related to Real Property Reports. President Syd Loeppky told the membership it had been his goal to advance the stature of the professional land surveyor. Earlier in the year, the University of Calgary had announced the establishment of a cadastral chair and Dr. Alec McEwen had been appointed to this position. This was the accumulation of many years of lobbying and the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association along with British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba had pledged $50 per member. Mr. Loeppky also announced that Council began the term under a new committee structure designed to eliminate redundancy, provide for consistency and allow committees to be chaired by non-council members. In his address, Mr. Loeppky also indicated the need for a central repository for Real Property Reports to be controlled by land surveyors. He also urged ASSMT members and land surveyors alike to support the initiative of a Registered Survey Technologist designation. The only recommendation at the 1991 Annual General Meeting was an amendment to the Manual of Good Practice to indicate that a surveyor shall file a plan within two years of the establishment of any monument – this plan to be called an “establishment of monuments” plan. Back - 1990 - A Cadastral Professor Forward - 1992 - A New Era