Election Toolkit for the 2024 Election to the IT Group Executive

This is your voter’s kit for the election of the IT Group Executive. Voting will take place by electronic means only. You will find enclosed in the email your personal ballot key. No paper mail-in ballots will be provided.

You will be receiving by email your electronic ballot key starting on May 20, 2024.

If you have a change of email address, please send an email to membership@pipsc.ca at the PIPSC National Office.

Please read all materials carefully to ensure that your vote gets counted.

There will be a virtual All Candidates Meeting on May 23, 2024, from 7:30 to 10:00 pm ET. Simultaneous translation will be provided.

To join the Zoom session, click on the link:

https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/62124822123?pwd=b3hvS1lXdjBsdXFSdnVQRVZRcU5QZz09
 
Meeting ID: 621 2482 2123
Passcode: 430842

This year, we will be electing:  

• a Vice-President for a 3-year term
• 6 Member-at-Large positions for 3-year terms.

The candidate with the highest number of votes for the Vice-President position will be considered elected. The 6 candidates for the Member-at-Large positions with the highest number of votes will be considered elected to the IT Executive Committee.

Candidates are encouraged to have significant previous union experience and a good working knowledge of the IT Collective Agreement and PIPSC.

Elected officials will be required to:

• assume Officer portfolios;
• attend Sub-group Annual General Meetings (AGM), in their region;
• attend the IT Group and PIPSC AGMs, as well as the Sub-group President’s Meeting; and
• meet approximately every 2 weeks, in person or via Zoom. Meeting may take place on weekdays, weekends, and evenings.

These are volunteer positions requiring a commitment to perform duties both at times during and outside of your normal public service work hours.

Voter Eligibility

Members in good standing with PIPSC in the IT Group are eligible to vote.

Election Activities

Problems have arisen in the past which have caused embarrassment to candidates, some examples of which should be avoided:

• Use of any Institute membership list for campaign purposes. Contact information contained on the PIPSC Web Site is provided for the sole purpose of allowing members to contact their Institute representatives for employment-related problems or questions. This information may not be used in unsolicited bulk e-mailings.
• Use of a logo sufficiently similar to the CS Group or the Institute logo as to imply support.

Please read all materials carefully to ensure that your vote gets counted.

Resumes Submitted by Candidates

All candidates were invited to submit résumés, of 500 words or less, stating their experience/objectives. The résumés of candidates for the positions you are eligible to vote for can be viewed on the PIPSC Web site when you go to submit your electronic vote.

NOTE: The resumes submitted have been reproduced without corrections to a maximum of the first 200 English words. The translated versions were produced by PIPSC translators.

This Election Procedures will be done in accordance with the IT Group Constitution and By-Laws, Article 4.3, by clicking on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BTDYYtx4cOYMocGB5Y1AoD6EAsnYW-Yx/edit.

Deadline for submitting on-line voting: June 7, 2024m at 4:30 pm (Ottawa time)

If you don't receive your ballot by Wednesday, May 22, 2024, please contact Elizabeth Morin at itelections@pipsc.ca.

Robert B. Scott

IT Elections Committee Chair