David Thompson Awards Deadline for submission March 8, 2010 The David Thompson National Geomatics Awards Program is open to all commissioned surveyors who are members of a Canadian surveying association, submitting projects that have been completed within the last three years. For more information on categories, eligibility, nomination and award criteria, visit the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors website. 2008 David Thompson Awards Winners: “Innovation in Geomatics” category - W.D. McIntosh Land Surveying Ltd. (Bill McIntosh, BCLS) for the: Support of the 2007 Vanderhoof Flood Emergency Response Project. “Contribution to Society” category - McElhanney Associates (John Blair, ALS (Ret.), BCLS, CLS) for the: Land Management and Land Registration in the Tsunami Recovery Program in Aceh, Indonesia. A surveying career awareness web site to encourage teens to explore a career in land surveying has been developed by the associations through CCLS and was recently launched at www.setyourboundaries.ca   We are always looking for additional interesting photographs and short video clips to show the wide variety of experiences a that makes surveying such a great profession. Please contact Ria van der Veen for more information, or to submit a photo or video clip. The third annual David Thompson National Geomatics Awards will be presented at the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors annual meeting in Canmore, AB at their Gala Dinner on May 29, 2009. Any member of a Canadian surveyors association is eligible. Submission form and criteria for three award categories can be found at www.acls-aatc.ca We welcome Kent Campbell as the new CCLS Director for the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. CCLS hosted the 2008 annual National Surveyors' Association Forum on September 6, 7, and 8, 2008 in Winnipeg, MB, immediately following the Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors annual meeting. Reports of the proceedings are on the CCLS 2008 AGM Reports page. The meeting format was expanded to include a working session on the Future of the Profession initiative. The session, designed to create specific models, plans, and/or strategies endorsed by the CCLS Directors and other Association representatives, will move the Future Initiative forward in a direction endorsed by the Associations. Most Associations arranged for both their CCLS Director and their President to participate in the session. The meeting concluded with the CCLS Annual Directors' and Members' Meetings We welcome Jacques Patenaude as the new CCLS Director for the Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec and Colin Atkinson as the new CCLS Director for the Association of Prince Edward Island Land Surveyors. We welcome Richard Wey as the new CCLS Director for the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors and Dave McWilliam as the new CCLS Director for the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association. The CCLS Professional Liability Insurance Committee has produced a new brochure, Apples & Oranges (pdf) outlining features to look for in a professional liability insurance program designed for land surveyors. The PLIP Brochure (pdf) was also updated recently.