ATTENTION: PIPSC Members
Audit, Commerce, and Purchasing
AV Sub-Group
You are invited to a Lunch and Learn
The AV Group Vice-President Peter Gabriel and the AV Group Prairies/NWT Regional Representative Darlene McKay will be in town on November 30 and will be conducting an information session on important issues affecting the Public Service, particularly as they relate to how to calculate your retro-pay and to provide information on the AV Group New collective agreement.
Speaker : Gill Michelin
Gill is a Psychogeriatric Resource Consultant with the Geriatric Psychiatry Community Services
Topics to include:
The PIPSC DND NCR Ottawa/Gatineau (all PIPSC members who work in the Ottawa/Gatineau area, excluding CFB Petawawa) are invited to attend our 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM). This will take place at on Tuesday 16 January, in the Royal Salon, of the Casino Lac Leamy. The event starts at 18:00 and will last about 2 hours. A buffet dinner will be served. This event promises to be fun and interesting. There will be a very good guest speaker. There is no charge.
The Senate of Canada is investigating abandoning the Phoenix pay system and moving to its own payroll system. PIPSC is very concerned that the Senate's proposal would bypass public-sector solutions in favour of yet another private company performing the work.
If we have learned anything from the Phoenix disaster it is that over-reliance on the private sector to manage and implement projects that should be in the public sector has led to failures and cost overruns. It goes without saying that this could also mean job losses for the very front-line public employees trying to make the (IBM-implemented) Phoenix system work.
PIPSC will continue to demand that the government find a solution to the failings of the Phoenix pay system and engage our own government IT community in that solution. The Institute will be closely monitoring the situation at the Senate as it unfolds.
Thursday 23 Nov 2017 @ 4:30 pm
Location: Canada Centre for Inland Waters, South Seminar Room
867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington ON
1) Round-table introductions
2) Approval of Agenda
3) Adoption of the Minutes of the 2016 AGM
4) Financial Report
5) President’s Report
6) Review of Sub-group Bylaws
7) Election, 2 positions (Frank and Shirley Anne terms ending)
Saint-Hyacinthe RE Sub-Group
Date: November 22nd 2017, 12:00 to 13:30
Location: Resto Le White Rabbit, 2965 Rue Picard, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 1H2
Agenda
1. Approval of the agenda
2. Approval of the minutes from the last AGM (November 23rd 2016)
3. Review of the year’s activities
4. Annual financial report
5. Update on negotiations
6. Election of officers
7. Varia
8. Adjournment
To: Edmonton SP Subgroup Members
Date: Wednesday, November 15th, 2017
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Boreal Boardroom, Second Floor, Eastgate Offices 9250 49st, Edmonton, AB.
To: SP 401 Burrard Street Subgroup Members
Date: Tuesday November 14, 2017
Time: Noon to 1pm
Location: 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC. 2nd floor boardrooms C and D.
There will be an information sharing session to introduce members to the new subgroup executive, and inform members about available PIPSC resources (what can PIPSC do for you?).