10 Easy Steps to Setting up a Lunch & Learn

10 Easy Steps to setting up a Lunch & Learn:

1. When: Choose day, end of week, Wednesday or Thursday works well, lunchtime. 1 hour (date may depend on guest speaker availability).

1. Where:
2. book a free room if possible to accommodate expected numbers.
3. allow for usage of laptop and projector.

1. What to learn, Why: Advertise purpose of L&L to members see examples below.

1. Who:
2. email local members (acquire list from PIPSC if necessary).
3. book speakers via your branch President- have him/her contact National Executive members or other interested parties. Confirm who will provide laptop/projector.

1. How/Food:
2. book pizza or other lunch @ $10+ish/person, including pop, juice, dessert etc.
3. place order at least one day before with the restaurant to ensure order time. Confirm.
4. For us, vegetarian was not too popular! Know your crowd, or ask ahead of time.
5. Arrange for food to arrive 10 minutes before meeting starts, so speakers can spend more time talking.
6. Pay for it and seek reimbursement or else ask for advance from branch treasurer.

1. Setup room at least 15 minutes before speakers arrive. Introduce and thank speakers, members for attending- important to garner spirit! Tidy up room when done.

1. Optional ideas depending on time, $, energy!
2. We had tiny bag of suckers, candy, chocolate, rockets and a tag with the “Better Together Campaign” website for members to take away with them. Remind them of the event and lead them to the site.
3. Swag giveaway (ask guest speakers if they have any freebees).

1. Send thank you email to members for attending day following at latest, with any follow-up/parking lot information from the talk and or weblinks discussed, to touch base and so they have your name on their radar, should they want to get more involved or have issues they want to discuss with you personally.

1. Retain and Scan receipts and attendance, email to your local branch treasurer for quick reimbursement who will seek funds from PIPSC office if necessary.

1. Record on Central NOC-ROC activity Centre: attendance, cost and overall reception by members.

1ST Email sent to members:

Note: BCC’d to 19 people working @ 25 St. Clair, from a list provided by PIPSC

Toronto CS Sub-Group Lunch & Learn INFORMATION SESSION!

When: Thursday February 27, 2014.

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Where: 2nd floor, room 2A

25. St. Clair Ave East, Toronto, Ontario.

What: A superb pizza+ lunch will be provided, so, bring your appetites, ideas and questions…

Hear up-to-date news from a Barganing Officer about the new round of bargaining and what is going to be a challenging few years ahead of us . Meet other members of the National CS Executive too who will be in town on that day (hopefully you all received a message about an evening social on the same day @ The Frog & the Firkin @ Yonge and Sheppard @ 5:00-7:30)

Please join us!

PLEASE RSVP by 3:00PM, Wed Feb 26, to ensure we have the numbers to hold this meeting, I will confirm it is happening by COB on Wednesday or for further details please contact:

Name Surname Email:

Phone: 1-416-123-4567

If you can’t make it that day, call me to chat or drop into these links to keep yourself informed: “Better Together” campaign

CS Group – within PIPS

CS Group Website:

PIPSC – CS Facebook Page

PIPSC Steward

Toronto CS Sub-Group Executive
Telephone: 1-416-123-4567

2nd email sent to members.

Thank you to the ones who have RSVP’d. To those how have not… Just areminder, it will be a very casual setting where we have great pizzaandlisten to and interact with two important people who are on the CSteam

to negotiate the our next contract which expires in December 2014.

Speakers will be:

DeniseDoherty-Delormethe the National Negotiator for the CS Group (a PIPSC staff member) &

RobertTellierthe National Bargaining officer for the CS Group.

A similar Lunch and Learn will be happening concurrently at 4900 YongeSt, to spark passion about contract negotiations.

Rob Scott, on the CS Bargaining Proposal committee & Stan Buday,National President of the CS Group will be in full-action there.

As you’re aware, outsourcing CS jobs has been identified as a largeconcern by Stan Buday, in a letter Gary Corbet (then President ofPIPSC). Read it here:

The time ahead is so important. Collectively we need to careintenselyabout our future employment here, we have to be passionate enough tospeak out about our ideas and what we think of the plans to outsource.

Do not let your voice be unheard… Collectively we can be strong, tovoice our concerns about the current government developments, budgetandproposals.

Having said that… actively listening to the latest updates from Deniseand Robert, being informed and determined and sharing them with yourcolleagues is critical too too!

And well LUNCH! It will be fabulous, I promise! (& let me know ifyouhave any allergies).

Come out, please RSVP to me that you will be attending tomorrow! By3:00 ( I NEED to know numbers to order Pizzaiolo)!We’ve got 8 coming out so far and would really like all 19 toattend! I would love to meet you, many names/people I do not know and forthosewho do know me… it will be good to see meet up with you again! Since

I’m BCC’g ask your neighbour beside you if they’re going, it’spossible I have an inaccurate listing of CS employees at 25 St. Clair.

Feel free to forward this to your CS colleagues who work close enoughtoattend too.

A 3rd emailsent individually to members who did not respond, I did “wear down the resistance” as one person said soo…. It worked! ;o)

Toronto CS Sub-Group Lunch & Learn INFORMATION SESSION!

When: Thursday February 27, 2014. 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Where: 2nd floor, room 2A 25. St. Clair Ave East, Toronto, Ontario.

What: A superb pizza+ lunch will be provided, so, bring your appetites, ideas and questions…

Hear up-to-date news from a Barganing Officer about the new round of bargaining and what is going to be a challenging few years ahead of us . Meet other members of the National CS Executive too who will be in town on that day (hopefully you all received a message about an evening social on the same day @ The Frog & the Firkin @ Yonge and Sheppard @ 5:00-7:30)

Please join us!

PLEASE RSVP by 3:00PM, Wed Feb 26, to ensure we have the numbers to hold this meeting, I will confirm it is happening by COB on Wednesday or for further details please contact me.

If you can’t make it that day, call me to chat or drop into these links to keep yourself informed: “Better Together” campaign

CS Group – within PIPS

CS Group Website:

PIPSC – CS Facebook Page

Reminder sent to members.

Thank you to the ones who have RSVP’d. To those how have not… Just a reminder, it will be a very casual setting where we have great pizza and listen to and interact with two important people who are on the CS team

to negotiate the our next contract which expires in December 2014.

Speakers will be:

DeniseDoherty-Delorme the the National Negotiator for the CS Group (a PIPSC staff member) &

Robert Tellierthe National Bargaining officer for the CS Group.

A similar Lunch and Learn will be happening concurrently at 4900 Yonge St, to spark passion about contract negotiations.

Rob Scott, on the CS Bargaining Proposal committee & Stan Buday, National President of the CS Group will be in full-action there.

As you’re aware, outsourcing CS jobs has been identified as a large concern by Stan Buday, in a letter Gary Corbet (then President of PIPSC). Read it here:

The time ahead is so important. Collectively we need to care intensely about our future employment here, we have to be passionate enough to speak out about our ideas and what we think of the plans to outsource.

Do not let your voice be unheard… Collectively we can be strong, to voice our concerns about the current government developments, budget and proposals.

Having said that… actively listening to the latest updates from Denise and Robert, being informed and determined and sharing them with your colleagues is critical too too!

And well LUNCH! It will be fabulous, I promise! (& let me know if you have any allergies).

Come out, please RSVP to me that you will be attending tomorrow! By 3:00 ( I NEED to know numbers to order Pizzaiolo)! We’ve got 8 coming out so far and would really like all 19 to attend! I would love to meet you, many names/people I do not know and for those who do know me… it will be good to see meet up with you again! Since

I’m BCC’g ask your neighbour beside you if they’re going, it’s possible I have an inaccurate listing of CS employees at 25 St. Clair.

Feel free to forward this to your CS colleagues who work close enough to attend too.

Attendance Sheet:

Lunch and Learn – Hosted by and for the members of - Toronto CS-Subgroup

When: Thursday February 27, 2014, 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Where: 2nd floor, room 2A. 25. St. Clair Ave East, Toronto, Ontario.

What: A superb pizza+ lunch will be provided, so, bring your appetites, ideas and questions…

1. Robert Tellier, National Bargaining Officer

1. Denise Doherty- Delorme, National Negotiator for the CS group