1992 - A New Era       At the 83rd Annual General Meeting, President Gordon Haggerty told the membership that 1992 had been a full and exciting year. For the first time in its history, the Association had hired an Executive Director (Brenwyn Cooley) from outside the Association. Bob Baker had served as Secretary-Treasurer and Registrar of the Association over the past year and Jerry Rasmuson was announced as the new Registrar for the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association. Mr. Haggerty also indicated that, in addition to hiring, managing, reorganizing and the usual general items requiring the attention of a Council, Council also proceeded to address the issue of where land surveyors and the Association are headed. With the assistance of a consulting group, Council embarked on a strategic planning process: this resulted in two special workshops and several strategic planning meetings held throughout the province. As a result of the new hirings, the membership approved new by-laws to reflect the changing duties of the Registrar, Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Director. In addition, Council brought forward changes to the by-laws to allow the membership to drive the budgeting process and give each Council full control of its budget for the full year. Previously, the Association's year end had been November 30 but the election of Council took place in April. There were two changes to the Manual of Good Practice. The first one dealt with sub-contracting technical labour and Council approval of corporate names while the second one dealt with advertising guidelines including the minimum height of signs. A recommended schedule of professional fees was proposed at the 1992 Annual General Meeting but ruled out of order by the Chair. Meanwhile, the membership debated and approved in principle a regulation to recognize Registered Survey Technologists under the Act. Back - 1991 - Eliminate Redundancy and Provide Consistency Forward - 1993 - The Implementation Stage