News from GITPA (June 2021)

GREETINGS FROM THE NEW GITPA EXCO

At the beginning of the new term, we wish to take this opportunity to thank members and friends of GITPA for your support and participation.  Members are more than welcome to contact us to express your views and convey ideas on matters relating to the Analyst/Programmer Grade.

The new ExCo will continue to prepare a variety of recreational activities for you.  Further updates will be announced in upcoming GITPA news, the GITPA Blog on Knowledge & Information Collaborative Platform (KICP) and our website: gitpa.org.hk.  Stay tuned!

MEETING WITH OGCIO GRADE MANAGEMENT

The meeting between GITPA and OGCIO Grade Management was held on 5 May 2021.  We discussed several topics which our members most concerned about, as highlighted below –

• We noticed some colleagues had resigned recently and showed our concerns. According to information collected by Grade Management, the majority of the reasons for the resignation given were personal reasons.
• In response to our enquiry whether more APIIs would be recruited to fill the vacancies left by those who had resigned in recent months, Grade Management assured that sufficient number of eligible candidates had been selected for appointment and waiting list in the APII recruitment exercise conducted this year to fill the vacancies. It was expected that the vacancies, including those arising from recent resignation cases, would be filled and new APIIs would start to report duty later this year. 
• Concerning colleagues who leave the service, we requested Grade Management to issue posting order earlier as possible before officers started their leave.
• We suggested Grade Management to inform all colleagues upon the commencement of the annual deployment planning exercise so that colleagues could take the opportunity to discuss their deployment plans with line management. Grade Management has sent the email for the exercise 2021/22 to all APIs and APIIs on 21 June 2021.

The full minutes had been uploaded to the OGCIO portal (link to download) and we encourage you to provide any feedback and suggestion to us for our next meeting with Grade Management.

GITPA Ex-Co 2021-22

News from GITPA (May 2021)

2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2021 GITPA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 12 May 2021 (Wednesday).  In the meeting, the ExCo gave an account of GITPA’s work as well as the financial position in the past year.  The motion to waive the membership renewal fee for our existing annual members (2020) for the year 2021 has been passed, and the new ExCo 2021-22 has been duly elected.  We would like to thank all members for your support and participation to make this AGM successful!  Let’s meet our new ExCo for 2021-22.

Left to Right: (back) Davy CHAN, Angus TAM, Richard WONG, Oscar U, Daniel MOK, Holman TAI, Eva LEE, Agnes LO,
Janice TANG(resigned on 2021-06-28), Mars YU, Alfred TO, Theo CHU, Winston LEUNG, Ted WONG (front) Kelvin KWOK, Julian YUEN, Nicole WONG, PC WAI (not in photo) Arran LAI

For detail list of ExCo 2021-22 committee and supporting members, please visit: https://gitpa.org.hk/gitpa-executive-committee-2021-22/

Based on the works and experiences gained over the past year and drawing reference to the issues that members are most concerned about, our new ExCo will continue to embrace views from members and represent members to liaise with management on Grade matters and to organise activities for members, serving as the bridge of communication and for connecting colleagues.

In order for us to serve you better and continuously improve our services to you, we need new inputs and new ideas from you.  Please feel free to let us have your views on various issues.  We also look forward to seeing you in our upcoming activities and events!

GITPA Ex-Co 2021-22

News from GITPA (April 2021)

GITPA Newsletter 2020/21

GITPA Newsletter 2020/21 has been published!  In this issue, you can know more about GITPA’s work from the summary of activities for last year.  The five featured interviews covered in the Newsletter provided a glimpse of what OGCIO did in 2020 for the fight against COVID-19, including the struggles and obstacles colleagues faced and how they overcame them.  The stories showcased a recollection of what we have been through, which our readers can resonate with and get inspired.

You can access the Newsletter via the following URL on KICP:

https://dp2.ogcio.ccgo.hksarg/kmapp/kicp/download?module=blog&file_id=1230&fname=newsletter202105.pdf

Enjoy reading!

GITPALEAKS

In view of the large group of APIIs recruited in 2020 batch, two online GITPALeaks sessions were held and the second one was completed on 30 April 2021.  They were interactive sessions in which colleagues could participate through polling platform to express their feeling and raise questions.  We had very good sharing on posting arrangement, prospect and welfare, etc.  Thanks to our AP Grade new joiners again for their enthusiastic support and participation, and we look forward to meeting you all again in our future activities!

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (March 2021)

GITPA Annual General Meeting

The GITPA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on 12 May 2021 (Wednesday) at Conference Room 1509 (15/F, Wanchai Tower).  Apart from electing the next Ex-Co for year 2021-22, a motion will be proposed to waive the membership renewal fee for the existing annual members for 2021.

In view of the current pandemic situation, there will be no annual dinner this year.  Meanwhile, a prize presentation to the winner of the 40^th Anniversary Logo Competition will be held right after the AGM.

All GITPA members are cordially invited to attend the AGM as your participation is instrumental to the success of GITPA.  If you cannot attend the meeting, please kindly send us your proxy form.  Details will be sent out soon through email.

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (February 2021)

Annual GITPA membership renewal exercise

Recognising that our work and activities have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 epidemic situation, the Executive Committee will move a motion to waive the membership renewal fee for our existing annual members for 2021 at next annual general meeting (“AGM”).

For existing annual members, if the motion is passed at the AGM, the annual membership fee for the period between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 shall be waived.  If the motion is not passed, the annual membership fee of HK$25 shall be collected from members after the AGM.  Members who wish to upgrade to Life Membership are required to approach their site representative and pay HK$600 as per usual practice.

Colleagues who would like to join GITPA are required to pay a total amount HK$ 45 (for New Membership) / HK$25 (for Renewing Membership) / HK$620 (for first joined as Life Member).  Interested colleagues can email to membersecretary@gitpa.org.hk or contact your Site Representative for assistance.

Invitation for Contribution to GITPA Newsletter 2020-21

The next issue of the Annual GITPA Newsletter is currently open for submission of articles.  From now till 15^th March 2021, feel free to share with us your stories by emailing to GITPA/OGCIO/HKSARG with title “Article Submission for GITPA Newsletter”.  For further enquiries please feel free to contact our editor Ms. PC WAI at 2582 2052 or email to GITPA.

AP Grade Interesting statistics

The GITPA ExCo 2020‐21 had gathered information from past posting orders, statements of establishment and strength etc. and derived some interesting statistics exclusively for our members’ leisure reading.  The statistics has been forwarded to site representatives for distribution to our members.  For members who haven’t received a copy yet, please contact your Site Representative for assistance.

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (January 2021)

Annual GITPA membership renewal exercise

Recognising that our work and activities have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 epidemic situation, the Executive Committee will move a motion to waive the membership renewal fee for our existing annual members for 2021 at next annual general meeting (“AGM”). 

For existing annual members, if the motion is passed at the AGM, the annual membership fee for the period between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 shall be waived.  If the motion is not passed, the annual membership fee of HK$25 shall be collected from members after the AGM.  Members who wish to upgrade to Life Membership are required to approach their site representative and pay HK$600 as per usual practice.

Colleagues who would like to join GITPA are required to pay a total amount HK$ 45 (for New Membership) / HK$25 (for Renewing Membership) / HK$620 (for first joined as Life Member).  Interested colleagues can email to membersecretary@gitpa.org.hk or contact your Site Representative for assistance.

Invitation for Contribution to GITPA Newsletter 2020-21

The next issue of the Annual GITPA Newsletter is currently open for submission of articles.  From now till 15^th March 2021, feel free to share with us your stories by emailing to GITPA/OGCIO/HKSARG with title “Article Submission for GITPA Newsletter”.  For further enquiries please feel free to contact our editor Ms. PC WAI at 2582 2052 or email to GITPA.

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (December 2020)

Invitation for Contribution to GITPA Newsletter 2020-21

For the next issue of the Annual GITPA Newsletter, we would like to make a collective recollection of our deeds and thoughts during the fight against COVID-19 in the past year.  We now invite our members and friends to join this big project!

You can share with us about the projects you’ve involved in your work related to fighting against the virus, or you can share your own story on how the epidemic has impacted your daily life.  You can write in either English or Chinese, article’s length is flexible from 1-2 sentences to a 500 words essay, and you can opt for staying anonymous when publishing.

From now till 15^th March 2021, please email your article* to GITPA/OGCIO/HKSARG with title “Article Submission for GITPA Newsletter”.  For further enquiries please feel free to contact our editor Ms. PC WAI at 2582 2052 or email to GITPA/OGCIO/HKSARG.  We look forward to hearing from you! 

*Note:

– If you want to stay anonymous for publishing please state clearly in your email, otherwise by default we will put your name and post along with the submitted article.

– Though GITPA ExCo reserves the right to edit or reject articles due to editorial reasons, we strive for incorporating as many diversified views as possible.

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (November 2020)

Coming Activities

To help colleagues maintain work-life balance, we have been planning a variety of recreational activities for our members.  We will continue to observe the local development of COVID-19, and will launch activities when deemed appropriate and in accordance with the latest Government’s measures against the disease.  Stay tuned to our further announcement!

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (October 2020)

Autumn has finally arrived!  As we enjoy this gorgeous season, please remember to keep practicing hand hygiene and maintaining social distancing according to the Government’s latest guideline.  Stay safe and healthy!

Feedback for GITPA Newsletter 2019/20

We are glad to receive positive feedback for our published GITPA Newsletter 2019/20.  Thank you very much for your kind advice and all your comments are much appreciated!

Meeting with OGcio grade management

Despite of the epidemic, GITPA continues to liaise with AP Grade Management on grade matters.  As we are now arranging the upcoming meeting, please feel free to voice out your concerns or send us topics that you would like us to bring up for discussion and we will try our best to accommodate.

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21