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                     NEWS FROM NATIONAL
                       March 18, 1996

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             1996 CIPS NATIONAL ELECTION UPDATE

The following members have been elected to the CIPS National Board of
Directors by acclamation:

Vice President:     Ken Chapman, I.S.P.      Calgary

Directors-At-Large: Vi Sadler, I.S.P.        Toronto
                    Richard Thompson, I.S.P. Edmonton

Regional Directors -
Pacific:           Tony Smith               Victoria
Alberta:           Mark St Quintin, I.S.P.  Calgary
Southwestern Ont.  John Porr, I.S.P.        Grand Valley

Elections will be held for the following positions:

Atlantic Director
Toronto Director

Members in these regions only will be sent an election ballot.

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                   A CIPS TORONTO EVENT -
            THE SIXTH ANNUAL CANADIAN MIS PANEL:
 CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

When:  Wednesday, April 24, 1996
Where: Roy Thompson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, downtown Toronto

                      REGISTER TODAY!
Under the sweeping ceilings of Toronto's distinguished Roy Thompson
Hall, seven business leaders will discuss the future of their industries
with Electronic Commerce, at this year's Canadian MIS Panel.

Moderated by Christina Pochmursky, co-host & producer of CBC's
Business World, our panelists were selected on the basis of their
demonstrated leadership and vision in their respective industries.

*  Ray Darke, Snr VP, Cash & Treasury Mgmt. Services, Scotia Bank
*  Jim Gardner, Director IT, Canadian National Railways
*  Chuck Hounsell, Assistant VP Distribution Development, Canada Trust
*  Brent Ririe, Director MIS, Nu Skin International Inc.
*  John Rollock, Industry Executive, Government Industry Group, IBM
*  Paul Rosenberg, Manager of Operations, The Body Shop
*  David Williams, Executive Vice President, Loblaw Companies Ltd.

Following their provocative discussion, you will enjoy a buffet luncheon
and vendor exhibition featuring our sponsors:

Bell Sygma, Changepoint Technology Corporation,  Compaq, Computing
Canada/Technology in Government, Daedalian, DMR, GE Capital, Hitachi
Data Systems, IBM, LGS, Netron, QSYS Consultants, Rogers Network
Services, Sybase, Tandem and Telesat/DirecPC.

Registration fees for CIPS members are only $130 before March 31,
so REGISTER NOW!  Groups of three or more:  $120 each.

To register, email CIPS Toronto at cips@idirect.com
or call 905-882-0018 and leave your phone and fax number.

DON'T  MISS  THIS  EXCITING  OPPORTUNITY
TO  HEAR  FROM  BUSINESS VISIONARIES
AND  TO  NETWORK  WITH  YOUR  PEERS!

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                      HAVE YOU HEARD?

* CIPS Eastern Ontario now has a website. Check it out at
http://NovaTech.on.ca/cips/kingston.html

*the CIPS National Membership System now holds the email addresses of
1609 members

* The Potential Member database, begun  in June 1995, has 680 names in it

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                         MEMBERSHIP STATS as of March 15, 1996

Regular Members         5454
Student Members          428
SIG Only                 181
Associate Member           1
Unknown                   96
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Total Active Members    6160

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           GOOD-BYE TO THE CIPS NATIONAL GOPHER

The CIPS National  gopher space on the University of New Brunswick
gopher site will no longer be used by the National Office to as a
communications medium.

To halt the previous  triplication of effort and resources, CIPS National
will be concentrating its information-posting efforts towards the National
FTP site and the National website.

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                 MANAGING THE INFORMATION
        TRANSFORMATION EFFECTIVELY IN WESTERN CANADA

From February 2 - 7, 1997 CIPS will host the first annual "Managing the
Information Transformation Effectively" course at Dunsmuir Lodge in
Victoria, B.C.

The week-long program will be similar in focus and content to the program
presented during the summer at the University of Western Ontario.
Participants will enhance their understanding of information technology's
role in the 1990's, improve their skills in defining, sponsoring, leading
and implementing major IT initiatives and increase their motivation and
confidence to accept roles leading to business success. This preeminent
executive program should not be missed by any IT professional.

Blaize Horner Reich, CMC, I.S.P. is the Course Director for this inaugural
program. Blaize is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business
Administration at Simon Fraser University.  The program faculty will
further consist of Dr. Peter Newson and Dr. Sid Huff, both from the
University of Western Ontario.

Registration is limited and for more information, or to register, contact
the CIPS National Office

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                      UPCOMING EVENTS

EVENT: "Technology  Today" Technology Day on Cape Breton

PURPOSE: A day long celebration paying tribute to the success of
technology and innovation on Cape Breton Island.

WHEN: March 28

WHERE: Nova Scotia Community College AVT Campus

PARTNERS: University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Community
College - AVT Campus, Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation, Cape Breton
Technology  Community

CONTACT: Cape Breton County Economic Development Authority,
phone (902) 562-2201, fax (902) 562-2866

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EVENT: The Canadian National Internet Show

WHEN: March 28-31

WHERE: Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre

CONTACT: The CNIS, 401 Richmond St. West, Suite 399,  Toronto, fax
(416) 593-1805, WWW http://www.cdnnetshow.ca/show, email:
netshow@netcom.ca

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EVENT: etaCOM '96

FOCUS: Emerging Technologies and Applications in Communications

WHEN: May 7-10

WHERE: Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon

PRODUCED BY: the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Computer Communications, the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer
Architecture, the ACM Special Interest Group on Communications and the
ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia

CONTACT: phone 1-800-349-0434,  fax 1-800-349-0433,
http://www.peek.com/~etacom

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