Information bulletin No 22 - January 28, 2010

Corporate News

Head to Quebec City for the February 2010 GGT meeting ITIL processes at Société GRICS Survey on standardizing Société GRICS communications

Results of the 2009 Société GRICS' satisfaction survey

Sales, marketing and communications - News update

Updates on Our Products and Services

Carrefour éducation celebrates its 10th anniversary! LUMIX-GPI is now available Testing of Edu-group version 2.50

Training

Upcoming training dates

Events and Activities

Winter 2010 special event Winter 2010 conferences  


Corporate News


Head to Quebec City for the February 2010 GGT Meeting

Mark your calendar for the firs GGT (Groupe des gestionnaires en technologies) meeting of 2010, which will be held at the Château Bonne Entente in Sainte-Foy on February 18.

When you book your hotel room by January 29, mention that you will be attending the meeting organized by Société GRICS (Tel.: 1 800 463-4390).  The meeting's agenda and registration form are now available on line.

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ITIL processes at Société GRICS

  • Improvements to the change request follow-up procedure: 

A new procedure will be implemented as of January.  All requests will now be looked at immediately and requestors will quickly receive an e-mail reply confirming whether or not their change request has been accepted.

All accepted requests will be grouped on a list and their items prioritized.  In the event of a negative reply, the requestor will be offered the possibility of having custom developments performed.

This new way of doing things will make it possible to quickly clarify the request process and offer a basic list for new developments aimed at improving applications.  Read the January 5, 2010 news release.

  • Survey on standardizing Société GRICS communications: 

In September we announced the launch of a pilot project for standardizing communications from Société GRICS applications.  With this in mind, the Société developed templates that should make it possible to simplify and clarify all messages.  This project affects two products: PAIE and GRH, and GPI.

At the beginning of January, all IT department managers were invited to complete the template satisfaction survey and share their comments with us in order to complete the process.  The survey findings were very positive and template use will be extended to all products.

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Results of the 2009 Société GRICS satisfaction survey

Every second year, Société GRICS conducts a large consultation of its members in order to measure their level of satisfaction towards our organization.

Last spring, the survey was sent to all school boards' general directors and 51 surveys were completed and returned to us.  Survey results and comments have been analysed and action plans have been consequently developed and carried out.

We wish to thank all respondents for the time spent in completing the survey.

The survey results are available and we invite you to consult them.  For more details on this subject, do not hesitate to contact your representative at the following number : 514 251-3730 or via e-mail at info@grics.qc.ca

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Sales, marketing and communications -  News update

From February to August 2010, Nathalie Pelletier, representative, will be on leave of absence.  During this period, Brigitte St-Louis will take over Nathalie Pelletier's territories (Estrie, Montérégie and Canadian provinces other than Quebec) while continuing to work her own territories.

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Updates on Our Products and Services


Carrefour éducation celebrates its 10th anniversary!

Since its launch in 1999, there has been a steady increase in the number of visits  to Carrefour éducation.  There are now more than 300,000 online visits each year and more than 7,000 subscribers to its monthly newsletter.  We invite you to watch the promotional video for Carrefour éducation's 10th anniversary, which provides a quick look at the evolution of this educational resource over the years.

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LUMIX-GPI is now available

LUMIX-GPI is a powerful tool that makes it easier to track student success.  LUMIX-GPI aggregates certain data from GPI to enable mining and analysing statistics relating to major areas of performance of a school board or schools.  Delivered with examples of scorecards, LUMIX-GPI offers users the ability to see at a glance the performance of its institutions.  For more information, please read the news release or contact the representative for your region.

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Testing of Edu-group version 2.50

Beginning at the end of this month, a number of educational institutions will test the latest release of Edu-group.  One of its new features is access in Web mode to portal files in order to improve content management.  This version, in its final form, should be available to all users in spring 2010.

The Edu-group portal users' committee is scheduled to meet on May 13, 2010.

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Training


Upcoming training dates:

Visit http://formation.grics.qc.ca to find out the latest training dates and register online. You may also contact us at any time to arrange on-site training at your workplace.

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Events and Activities


Winter 2010 special event

Winter 2010

GGT (Groupe de gestionnaires en technologies) February 18, 2010, Château Bonne Entente, Sainte-Foy Meeting's agenda and registration form


Winter 2010 conferences

Have a look at the list of conferences in which Société GRICS will be taking part this winter.

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