Burnaby-Fraser Union of Taxation Employees Local 20007

President
Hilde Sellmeyer
1st Vice-President
Terry Ruyter
2nd Vice-President
David Grant
Treasurer
Kathleen Bech
Secretary
Jody Krentz
Director
Wendy Webber
Director
Ed Painter

Executive Meeting Minutes

DATE: March 23, 2006

Name	Position	Present	Absent
Hilde Sellmeyer	President	X
Terry Ruyter	1^st VP		X
David Grant	2^nd VP	X
Charles Paquette	Treasurer	X
Jody Krentz	Secretary	X
Ed Painter	Director	X
Wendy Webber	Director	X

Ed Krivicich	OHS Rep, K Geo Bldg		X
Ken Martens	OHS Rep, K Geo Bldg		X

Meeting called to order at 5:40 pm.

Minutes from previous meeting: - adopted January, 2006 minutes MSC.

Treasurer’s report: Jan and Feb deposits and expenses provided.

Committee reports:

EAP: Wendy Webber will sit on committee as a union rep.

EO: Wendy Webber will sit on committee as a union rep.

Grievance: Several issues continue. Reps who attending training will share their info packages.

Staffing: Problems with the recent PM02 indeterminate appointments.

Membership: Charles has taken over and is the process of updating.

OSH: Issues at Surrey Tax Centre re: white powder. No reports at this time.

Compassion: Terry was not present for comment.

Old Business:

Hilde is to follow up on ATIP from January meeting.

New Business:

Request from Parveen Deepak for funds to aid in her involvement with the Triennial Conference. MSC to contribute $500.00 towards Parveen’s costs. Parveen committed to keep the executive informed on all women’s issues and to report to the executive on a regular basis.

PSAC course – Talking Union Basics scheduled for April 22, 2006, Facing Management scheduled for May 27-28, 2006.

EO Conference scheduled for May 26-28^th in Victoria. Discussion re: Wendy Webber and Jody Krentz attending. Wendy agreed, Jody will get back to the executive after clearing schedule.

Charles will be returning to Surrey Tax Centre, leaving the position of treasurer open.

AGM bill needs to be cleared.

Term employees were discussed. We need to stay aware term employees and their rights.

Discussed referral agents for EAP, they cannot also be union reps.

Numerous staffing issues have come up as a result of the recent PM02 indeterminate appointments. Ed Painter has discussed w/manager and will work with the members and managers to resolve.

Discussed the President’s Conference and the items submitted by the locals.

The executive is looking for ideas of things to be placed on the website. We’d like to hear what the members want.

Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.

Next meeting: April 20, 2006