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                            NEWS FROM NATIONAL
                             JANUARY 17, 1996

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                   CIPS SALUTES TWO OUTSTANDING MEMBERS

The CIPS National Board of Directors and the CIPS National Office recognizes two
long-time CIPS members and salutes them for the numerous and crucial contributions
they have made to CIPS.

CIPS extends its warmest congratulations to Kelly Gotlieb, our founding father, on
becoming a recipient of the Order of Canada recently.

CIPS also recognizes the numerous contributions of Bill Hutchison, a 30-plus-year
CIPS member and the winner of the 1995 CIPS Professional Achievement Award.

The National Board will be honouring these two gentlemen on Saturday, January 20 in
Toronto.

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                     CIPS NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
                      "Our Future is Our Membership"
                          February 1 - April 30

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS - for Top Recruiter in five categories - President, Gold, Silver,
Bronze and Member

SECTION AWARD - President - total new members recruited by regular members over
the full campaign.

Our Future is Our Membership and you can contribute to a strong, vital future for CIPS
by participating in the CIPS NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN - and win one of
the many excellent prizes (computer hardware and software) available.

Details on prizes, rules and regulation, tracking and tabulating will be available prior to
February 1.

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                              HAVE YOU HEARD?

* CIPS Winnipeg is holding an "I.S.P. Rally for Information Systems Professionals" on
January 24 in order to gauge the level of support for the commencement of a provincial
registration project for Manitoba. Richard Thompson, I.S.P., Chair of the Provincial
Registration Committee and a Director-At-Large on the CIPS National Board of
Directors, will be discussing why the I.S.P. is important to both individuals and
corporations. As well, a gentleman from the CMA will address why a professional
designation is so crucial in his industry today.

* On a negative note, between July 1, 1995 and January 11, 1996, seventy-six I.S.P.
holders dropped their CIPS membership.

* The nomination deadline for the 1996 CIPS Achievement Awards is February 23,
1996. Contact Michele at the CIPS National Office for nomination forms, (416) 593-
4040 or download the nomination form from the CIPS National FTP site at ftp://cips.ca/awards

* ICCP is now providing a series of separate study materials for the ICCP examinations.
(The successful completion of the three ICCP examination plus 5 years of professional
experience is one of the categories people can apply under in order to obtain their
I.S.P. designation) There are six ICCP textbooks available for $29.00 US plus $2.50 for
shipping and handling within North America. To order these manuals contact ICCP
directly by phone (708) 299-4227, by fax (708) 299-4280 or on the WWW,
http://poe.acc.virginia.edu/~afs/iccp.html.

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                 I.S.P. HOLDER STATS as of January 2, 1996

ALGOMA                      8 of 41 members
AT-LARGE                    46 of 77 members
BLUENOSE                    75 of 207 members
CALGARY                     279 of 714 members
EASTERN ONTARIO             23 of 56 members
EDMONTON                    313 of 930 members
FREDERICTON                 31 of 74 members
GOLDEN HORSESHOE            14 of 42 members
GRAND VALLEY                19 of 45 members
INTERNATIONAL               14 of 36 members
KAMLOOPS                    13 of 70 members
KAWARTHA                    5 of 33 members
KLONDIKE                    2 of 12 members
LONDON                      23 of 66 members
MONTREAL                    71 of 503 members
NORTH BAY                   0 of 32 members
OKANAGAN                    13 of 41 members
OMINECA                     7 of 17 members
OTTAWA                      143 of 441 members
QUEEN CITY                  173 of 281 members
RED DEER                    11 of 45 members
SASKATOON                   30 of 80 members
TORONTO                     197 of 948 members
USA                         16 of 27 members
VANCOUVER                   194 of 615 members
VICTORIA                    81 of 189 members
VIKING                      12 of 25 members
WINNIPEG                    44 of 242 members

TOTAL                       1858 of 5890 active, regular and students members

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                            UPCOMING IT EVENTS
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EVENT: Innovations in Connectivity Exposition

WHAT: Aims to bring the latest concepts for interactive electronics technology to North
Carolina.

WHEN: March 3-5, 1996

WHERE: University of North Carolina in Wilmington

CONTACT: on the WWW, http://www.wilmington.net/dpsee/ice96.html or call (910)
395-3195.
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EVENT: intermedia WORLD - World Market for Leaders in the Interactive Digital
Industries

CANADIAN BONUS: The U.S. Commercial Service is encouraging Canadian
multimedia executives to participate in the Canadian Business Visitors' Mission to
intermedia WORLD by offering free, pre-registered admission to the exhibition and
reduced rates for the seminars and conferences.

PAST SHOWS: in 1995 intermedia attracted more than 25,000 visitors, including 2165
international visitors, as well as 3000 exhibitors

WHEN: March 5-7, 1996

WHERE: San Francisco - Moscone Convention Center

CONTACT: Viktoria Palfi, at the Consulate General of the United States of America in
Toronto at (416) 595-5412, ext. 229

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EVENT: NetCon Caravan '96

WHAT: NetCon Caravan is a travelling road show focusing on computer networking.
The Caravan contains the highlights from NetCon'95 held in Toronto.

WHEN: NetCon will be in five cities in April

April 10  Montreal       Palais des Congres de Montreal
April 11  Ottawa         Ottawa Congress Centre
April 16  Calgary        Calgary Convention Centre
April 18  Vancouver      Hotel Vancouver
April 30  Toronto        Metro Toronto Convention Centre

CONTACT: Lois Densmore, On-Site Show Manager, ldensmore@plesman.com

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EVENT: Modern Regression and Classification

COURSE FOCUS: Statistical methods for modelling and prediction, with a wide range
of applications

WHO: sponsored in part by The Information Technology Research Centre (ITRC)

INSTRUCTORS: Professor Trevor Hastie of Stanford University and Professor Robert
Tibshirani of the University of Toronto

WHEN: June 6-7, 1996

WHERE: University of Toronto

CONTACT: email Professor R. Tibshirani, tibs@utstat.toronto.edu or on the WWW,
http://utstat.toronto.edu/~tibs/mrc.html
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                ANY AND ALL VOICES ARE COMPLETELY WELCOME!
If you have an idea for an article or news brief, or would like your CIPS Section events
and gatherings to receive some publicity contact the CIPS National Office! Phone (416)
593-4040, Fax (416) 593-5184, Email, info@cips.ca

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