It’s important LAPP receives feedback from active, deferred, and retiree members in order to continue evolving and growing the site and secure section while also adding new features and improvements.
During this year's Summer Survey and Go Green Contest (held August 1 – September 30, 2024), we offered a chance to win an Apple Watch (Series 9 Aluminum) to members who took the short survey about the website and secure area (Your Pension Profile).
As part of our Go Green initiative to help the planet, reduce unnecessary Plan costs, and improve member support, this year we also offered TWO chances to win an iPad Air to members who had either already switched from print to electronic communications as their preference (within Your Pension Profile) or switched during the contest.
For future surveys and contest opportunities, watch the homepage news feed or visit the LAPP Newsroom.
Albert “Dick” Pirie won the Apple iPad Air. Dick and Dianne, as he and his “pension partner for life” prefer to be known, are enjoying their post-careers snowbirding — and the fruits of hard-earned monthly retirement income — down in Arizona. Albert retired from the Calgary Board of Education in 2007, where he was a 14.5-year member of LAPP.
There was lucky timing with the win as his current iPad was close to finishing its years of service. Albert’s name was drawn from the submissions providing feedback about the new report, The Pensions Canadians Want: Perceptions of Retirement (2016–2022) — which can always be found on the research webpage at lapp.ca/advocacy. He agreed with the findings and ranked having a retirement income that keeps pace with inflation as one of his top priorities. For that reason, he was also interested to learn about the one-time 100% Cost-of-Living (COLA) enhancement highlighted in the 2023 Winter Newsletter.
Hazelyn Domingo was the winner of the Aluminum Apple Watch. An employee with LAPP’s largest employer (Alberta Health Services) for over ten years, Hazelyn’s name was drawn after correctly identifying Ben E. Fit (as the full name of LAPP’s mascot) and providing feedback on how to improve both the website and Your Pension Profile — the member-only secure site accessed through the top right-hand corner ‘Login’ button.
Hazelyn answered being very satisfied with instant access to her length of service, salary, and pension contributions, as well as the calculators and tools, but that the log-in process and search function were her main choices for improvement.
Our thanks to all those who participated! You can also watch the homepage news feed or visit the LAPP Newsroom for future survey and contest opportunities