CIPS is pleased to announce that the referendum on the constitution and bylaw changes was passed by the membership. 

We required 33% of the members to vote and our participation rate was 36%. Of the 36% that voted, 93% voted in favour of the motion to approve the Constitution and Bylaw changes.  We now move to implementation which can take 6-9 months to fully implement.  Some of the tasks that need to be completed include:  filing the new constitution with Industry Canada and obtaining their approval, signing the Provincial agreements, negotiating a new financial model with the Provincial Societies and making sure that any remaining members at large are firmly associated with a Provincial Society.

The winners of the prize draws for participants are as follows:

Six winners of the $50 Future Shop gift cards:

·         Adele McDonald, Alberta Section

·         Lemuel Murphy

·         Aaron Sandler, Ottawa Section

·         Kelly D’Eath, Alberta Section

·         Suresh Chanmugam, Toronto Section

·         Mark Olson, Alberta Section

Flip video camcorder:

Walter Ridgewell, Alberta Section.

Telepresence meeting:

Dalton Fluke