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                     Highlights of the National Board Meeting
                             January 20 and 21, 1996
                                Toronto, Ontario


1)    New Vice President

Dorothy Josephson, I.S.P. resigned, with much regret, as Vice President
due to unforseen family circumstances. As a result of her resignation
the National By-Laws required an election to be held by  the National
Board for a new Vice President

The CIPS National Board elected George Boyton of Montreal as the new
Vice President. George will  assume the position of the President at the
AGM in May.

2)    Changes to the Code of Ethics

The National Board approved changes to the CIPS Code of Ethics and
Standard of Conduct. The suggested changes will update and
strengthen the Code of Ethics to reflect a changing industry. The
changes will be distributed to all CIPS members prior to the Annual
General Meeting which is scheduled for mid May Vancouver.

3)    CIPS Ontario

An agreement was signed between CIPS Ontario and CIPS National to
facilitate the joint management of the I.S.P. designation. The signing of
this agreement will allow CIPS Ontario to continue with its efforts to
obtain provincial recognition of the I.S.P.

At the same time, the Board ratified a motion to provide funding to CIPS
Ontario. The funding agreement is identical to the one previously signed
by CIPS Alberta and will transfer the full I.S.P. fee to CIPS Ontario for
a period of one year.

David Batchelor, I.S.P., Vice President of CIPS Ontario will represent
CIPS Ontario on the Certification Council.


4)    Telecast Symposium

The Education Committee presented a proposal to the Board that outlined
the details for a revised Telecast Symposium concept. The proposal was
unanimously ratified by the Board. A strategic partnership with
Memorial University will result in lower product costs which will allow
more sections, particularly the smaller sections, to participate. The
Telecast Symposium is scheduled for the fall of 1996 and will originate
from the Viking Section.




5)    Managing the Information Transformation Effectively (M.I.T.E.)

In addition to the Telecast Symposium, the Board also ratified a motion
that will allow the Education Committee to plan a second  M.I.T.E.
program in western Canada. This week long educational seminar will be
held in February 1997 at Dunsmuir Lodge in Victoria, B.C.  The Program
Director will be Blaize Horner Reich, I.S.P.  from the Faculty of Business
at Simon Fraser University. The content of the cases, lectures, and
discussions will be similar to the program at the University of Western
Ontario and will reflect common concerns among IS professionals
world-wide.

6)    Rider Travel

The National Board extended the contract with Rider Travel to provide
members with low cost travel. The agreement will end November 1996 at
which time a full review of services and benefits derived from Rider
Travel will take place.

7)    National Membership Campaign

The Marketing Committee was given the go-ahead on the CIPS National
Membership Campaign. The Membership Campaign strategy is to focus
on both the individual member and the Sections.  The themes for the
campaign are "Membership starts with Me" and " Our Future is our
Membership".  The campaign will provide assistance and
stimulation to the Sections to assist them to acquire new members. A
number of prizes have been allocated to stimulate the campaign.
Information will be distributed to the Sections via their Regional
Directors and the National Office.  The campaign will run from February
1, 1996 to April 30, 1996.  More information will be available on the CIPS
homepage by February 1st.


9)    New Appointments

Gary Hadford, I.S.P. and Clare Cremer, I.S.P. were ratified by the
National Board respectively  as Co-Chair of the Certification Council and
Member of the Certification Council.

10)   Government Liaison Position

For the past few years, the primary investment in liaison with the
Federal Government has been a result of volunteer efforts.  It was felt,
however,that CIPS was missing significant opportunities to garner
Federal Government support for a variety of CIPS initiatives such as
certification, accreditation and the advancement of the Information
Technology profession within Canada. The National Board therefore
ratified a motion that will authorize the President to contract for a paid
Government Liaison position. The contract will be from February 1, 1996
to June 30, 1996 at which time a full review will take place.  Some of the
objectives of the position include: establishing a formal relationship
with identified government contacts; to identify government programs
and initiatives of importance to CIPS; to identify opportunities to elicit
specific government support for CIPS initiatives and to provide senior
government officials with an in depth understanding of the CIPS
national organization, programs and contributions.

11)   Paid President

Typically, those individuals with the qualities and experience necessary
to guide and direct the CIPS National Board are actively employed as
senior IT professionals.  Time has shown, that these individuals  no
longer have the support infrastructure in place to permit them to invest
the required time towards CIPS.

The National Executive was therefore directed by the Board to prepare
a formal proposal that will review a paid President position.  A Committee
will be struck to prepare the proposal and the document will be sent to
Board members prior to the May 1996 Board meetings.


12)   Software Human Resources Council Industry Roundtable

A Roundtable discussion, organized by the Software Human Resource
Council (SHRC),  will take place in Toronto on March 28 - 30, 1996.
According to SHRC, there is a divergence of opinions, misinformation and
disjointed efforts relating to occupational standards in the software
sector and various informal standards are beginning to emerge. SHRC
has invited all stakeholders to address the following objectives:

o     addressing the issue of occupational standards;
o     researching the sector on what occupational standards are, the
status of software related occupational standards internationally, and
the benefits occupational standards could bring to the Canadian
industry;
o     determine the extent to which the industry is willing to proceed
with the development of occupational standards and support their
implementation; and developing recommendations and a strategic plan.

CIPS has been asked to be an active participate in these discussions. If
you are interested in participating, contact Ken Chapman, I.S.P.,
Director Professional Development at (403) 231-7411 or
chapmank@cuug.ab.ca