A Big Thank You to All Who Joined Us at AGM 2024 in London

February 28 - March 1

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who joined and participated in the 132nd Annual General Meeting of the AOLS (AGM 2024). It was an honor to have you with us for this event.

It was a moment of pride and inspiration to celebrate the achievements and contributions of our award recipients, new members, and veteran members. Whether it’s recognizing outstanding accomplishments, welcoming fresh perspectives, or honoring those who have been with us for years, these celebrations foster a sense of community and motivate us to strive for excellence.

We would like to thank our sponsors, exhibitors, speakers, moderators, and volunteers for their invaluable support and dedication to make this event a success. We also appreciate the feedback and suggestions we received from you throughout the event.

We are always looking for ways to improve our events, and we would love to hear from you about your experience and satisfaction with AGM 2024. We have prepared a short survey that will be sent to your email address in the next couple of days. Please look out for it in your mailbox and take a few minutes to complete it. Your input will help us plan and deliver better events in the future.

Once again, thank you for being part of AGM 2024. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We look forward to seeing you again at our next event.

Land Surveying: A Girl's Dream Can Come True by Tracy Rouse

March 8, International Women's Day

Some little girls in my time probably dreamed of being a teacher, an actress or a singer, but not little old me. I had my sights on something better. Something that matched my love of building things, working with numbers, being outside and solving puzzles.

When I think back on my childhood and how I went from there to here, now owning my own surveying company, I recall a time where our neighbour decided to put up a rail fence around their yard. It looked lovely, but my mom was furious. Why was she so furious? It may have had something to do with the fact that our neighbour had mistakenly taken over a significant chunk of our property, including a large number of our trees. Needless to say, my mom called in the local land surveyor to officially mark-up our property lines and claim our trees back.

That was my earliest exposure to land surveying, but it stuck with me, watching him do his magic, setting stakes on our boundary, and solving my mom’s problem. Read More...