AOLS In Sight 
Issue 17
August 20, 2021
In This Issue
November 2021 Professional Exam Notice and Registration Form


Dear Articling Students,
 
Please find attached the November 2021 Professional Exam Notice and the Registration form. All the exams will be held and invigilated ONLINE.

PLAN CHECK EXAMS:        Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021
 
WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL EXAM:    Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021
 
The Professional Written Exam will be done through an online remote proctoring system which will be provided by distributors Prolydian and Examity.  

Further information regarding how to access the exam will be delivered to you prior to the exam.
 
PROFESSIONAL ORAL EXAM:   Friday, Nov. 19, 2021
 
 
Lena Kassabian
Office Manager, Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
Local:  416-491-9020 ~ ext. 250 Toll Free:  800-268-0718
Fax:  416-491-2576 ~ Web:  www.aols.org
Email:  lena@aols.org


Reminder:  Strategic Planning Membership Survey
From:  Brian Maloney, Executive Director



As a reminder, Council will be meeting on September 8th to update our Strategic Plan, which guides our activities over the next year. Attached is a short survey (6 questions) that will assist Council in their deliberations. Please take a few minutes and complete it. Thanks.


Brian Maloney, O.L.S.
Executive Director
Association of Ontario Land Surveyors

Reminder to Vote on By-Law 2021-01


If you are an active licensed or registered member of the AOLS you should have received an invitation to vote on this By-Law from ElectionBuddy.  If you have not received the invitation to vote, please check your Spam or Junk folders.

The Sender email would have be from invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com - please ensure that mail.electionbuddy.com is listed as a safe domain in your email settings so that you can continue to receive voting notifications from ElectionBuddy.

If you did not receive the email invitation to vote, please contact Penny Anderson at panderson@aols.org.

Please note that this vote will be active until Thursday, September 2, 2021. Please take a couple of minutes and exercise your right to vote.

Ancient Babylonian Tablet Might be Solution to Surveying Problems



Attached is an interesting article about the discovery of a pair of old Babylonian tablets from circa 1900 BCE that might actually be a proto Pythagoras used by surveyors to divide land.



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