First, I
have to relate a little story which will provide some additional context to the purpose of this item.
Back in October 2014, during the visit of Dr. Stig Bernander who came to the province to conduct field work along the Lower Churchill River, I woke up one morning to find the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland (APEGN) in pursuit of the Professor. The email read that APEGN was trying to contact Dr. Bernander so that the association could cite him for having used “P. Eng.” – the designation which is for the proprietary use of APEGN.
Back in October 2014, during the visit of Dr. Stig Bernander who came to the province to conduct field work along the Lower Churchill River, I woke up one morning to find the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland (APEGN) in pursuit of the Professor. The email read that APEGN was trying to contact Dr. Bernander so that the association could cite him for having used “P. Eng.” – the designation which is for the proprietary use of APEGN.
Evidently, APEGN
had received a complaint from one of its members - following an advertisement I
had posted in the Telegram. The advertisement was placed for the sole purpose of inviting the public
to the Bernander Lecture scheduled for presentation at the LSPU Hall. The complaining engineer noted that Bernander had not
registered with APEGN and was therefore unqualified to use the engineering
designation.
Admittedly,
I thought the email peculiar. After all, the octogenarian
Professor had come here, pro bono, in response to an important public matter, the North Spur. I
thought it rather ungracious – to say the least – that he should
be tracked down so that a fee could be collected.
