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                     NEWS FROM NATIONAL
                       April 17, 1996

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                  ELECTION BALLOT DEADLINE

Reminder to all CIPS Atlantic and CIPS Toronto members casting votes
for their Regional Director - your election ballot must be returned to the
National Office by April 29.

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          MENTYS - THE INTERNET COMPUTER INSTITUTE

Since last fall, News from National has provided readers with regular
updates on the newly introduced Software Human Resource Council
initiative called Mentys. Mentys is an Internet based training service
intended specifically for the IT professional. The Mentys service will see
its official launch in July 1996 with the introduction of 15 IT related
courses plus 8 additional courses before the end of December. The duration
of a course can vary from 4 to 12 hours depending on the complexity of the
topic. As part of their launch promotion, CIPS and Mentys are negotiating
a special offer for CIPS members. The expectation is that the offer will
available by the end of May. Watch this space for more details!

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           COMPUTER SCIENCE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL

The CIPS sponsored Computer Science Accreditation Council, co-chaired
by David Hughes, I.S.P. and Pierre Robillard, will meet on April 26th in
Vancouver. The meeting runs concurrently with the annual meeting of the
Deans of Computer Science Departments which provides an opportunity to
introduce the Deans to the members of the Accreditation Council.

With two new schools applying for accreditation and four schools up for
re-accreditation, the Council has been extremely busy over the last couple
of months. Furthermore, a number of members will finish their term of
membership this year and the Council are looking for suitable
replacements, in particular,  from industry. If you are interested in
assuming a role on the Council, please contact David Hughes at
dhughes@sierrasys.com.

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         UNIFORUM INTERNATIONAL OPEN SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION

CIPS recently has ventured into a relationship with UniForum International
that will allow CIPS members to take advantage of all their publication
benefits at a fraction of the cost of their full membership. This special
CIPS/UniForum offer includes a one-year 12 issue subscription to
UniForum Monthly magazine. This factual, case-study filled magazine
features articles that provide accurate, detailed information on how to
implement open systems solutions throughout the organization. In addition,
subscribers will also receive 18 issues of UniNews via e-mail. UniNews is a
fact-filled newsletter with information about late breaking events in the
open systems world. Moreover, subscribers will have a special password
access into the online 1996 Open Systems Products Directory over the
UniForum WWW Home Page.

But there is more... As a subscriber, one is entitled to a $50 discount to
attend Comdex Canada/UniForum Showcase and Conference in Toronto
from July 10-12, 1996. This discount is in addition to the $50 discount
already available to CIPS members who did not use the subscription offer.

The subscription offer is available to CIPS members for $37US. For more
information contact Gina van Dalen at the CIPS National Office at (416)
593-4040 or gina@cips.ca

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                      HAVE YOU HEARD?

* the following sections use electronic mailing lists to facilitate
communication between their members: Calgary, Edmonton, Fredericton,
Golden Horseshoe, Grand Valley, Kingston, Ottawa, Saskatchewan
Sections (for Saskatoon and Regina), Toronto and Vancouver. For more
information on these mailing lists, for subscription information or for
information on how to start a new list, contact Michele Sura at the CIPS
National Office, michele@cips.ca

* Computing Japan, the only English language magazine devoted to the
Japanese computer industry will soon be available to CIPS members at a
discounted subscription rate. Watch for details in the June/July National
mailing.

* if you have not yet received the full seminar brochure for the Managing
the Information Transformation Effectively program and you would like
one, please contact Gina van Dalen, Professional Development
Coordinator, by phone (416) 593-4040 or by email, gina@cips.ca. MITE, a
five day executive program focusing on IT management issues, is
sponsored by CIPS and the University of Western Ontario School of
Business Administration. MITE will be held June 2-7 at the University of
Western Ontario. This course will contribute 40 credits towards your I.S.P.
re-certification. The number of registrations to course is limited and it is
therefore advisable to register as soon as possible.

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PRIME MINISTER'S AWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN
SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS

The Prime Minister's Awards honour elementary and secondary school
teachers who have had a major, proven impact on student interest and
performance in science, technology and mathematics.

The deadline for nominations is June 14, 1996.  For more information
please call 1-800-268-6608 or send an email to pmawards@ic.gc.ca

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     MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS SUMMARY as of April 17, 1996

Regular members        5444
Associate member          1
Student members         447
Unknowns                129
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Total                   6021

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       I.S.P. HOLDERS BY SECTION as of April 17, 1996

Algoma             9 of 39 members
At-Large           48 of 83 members
Bluenose           71 of 212 members
Calgary            274 of 704 members
Eastern Ontario    22 of 46 members
Edmonton           319 of 937 members
Fredericton        32 of 99 members
Golden Horseshoe   15 of 44 members
Grand Valley       19 of 43 members
International      10 of 29 members
Kamloops           13 of 74 members
Kawartha           5 of 38 members
Klondike           2 of 9 members
London             25 of 76 members
Montreal           72 of 481 members
North Bay          0 of 26 members
Okanagan           14 of 42 members
Omineca            6 of 16 members
Ottawa             145 of 455 members
Queen City         167 of 274 members
Red Deer           11 of 48 members
Saskatoon          31 of 85 members
Toronto            202 of 954 members
USA                18 of 32 members
Vancouver          187 of 605 members
Victoria           75 of 167 members
Viking             12 of 33 members
Winnipeg           45 of 230 members

Total              1849 of 5881 active members

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                      UPCOMING EVENTS

EVENT: ITS '96 - Third International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring
Systems

SPONSORED BY: AFCET, CSCSI, Universite de Montreal, UQAM in
cooperation with ACM, SIGART,  SIGCUE (pending), IEEE-Computer
(pending)

WHERE: Montreal

WHEN: June 12-14, 1996

WEBSITE: www.iro.umontreal.ca/labs/its/its96.html

EMAIL: its96@iro.umontreal.ca

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EVENT: Canadian Telecommunications Superconference

PRESENTED BY: The Canadian Institute in cooperation with CBTA and
ITAC

WHERE: Hilton Hotel, 145 Richmond Street West, Toronto

WHEN: June 18-19, 1996

CONTACT: The Canadian Institute, (416) 927-7936 tel

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EVENT: Softworld '96

WHERE: Halifax, Nova Scotia

WHEN: September 15-18, 1996

CONTACT: 1-800-565-3035

WEBSITE: www.softworld96.com/softworld

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            THE CIPS NATIONAL OFFICE EMAIL LIST

Mary Jean Kucerak - Executive Director, mj@cips.ca
Gina van Dalen -Coordinator, Professional Development, gina@cips.ca
Dawn Barham - Membership Coordinator, dawn@cips.ca
Alex St. Croix - Communications Coordinator, astc@cips.ca
Michele Sura - Coordinator, Internet Services, michele@cips.ca

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