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Union of
Taxation Employees
Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
Pacific Region Local 20027
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Listed below are the 2006 Minutes of the Executive Council Meetings.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie, Janet Graham,
P. Gill, Grant Inglis, Sharon Hargrove, Flo Hawker,
Marco Michelacci, Tim Rose, John
Prasad
Regrets:
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Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order.
2.
Motion to adopt previous Minutes as amended.
M/S/C
3.
Business Arising from Old Minutes: Gill advised
He has sent a corrected letter and schedule to the
designated members.
4.
Business Arising from previous Minutes: The
Locals business number should be set-up by January 1,
2007 .
5.
Business Arising from previous Minutes:
Regarding a bargaining demand sent to National Office by
a Local member, Communicatons will respond to National
Office.
6.
Union of Taxation Employees Health and Safety
Conference in Montreal February 23 – 26, 2007. Grant
submitted Roseanne McCoy’s name.
7.
A discussion was held on the Health and Safety
Conference. An estimation was done on how much it would
cost to send two observers to the Conference.
8.
A motion was put forward to accept Robert Hume,
Roseanne McCoy, and Peter Barnes as delegates to the
Conference. M/S/C
9.
A motion was put forward to send two observers to
the Health and Safefy Conference. M/S/C
10.
Poster for Representative Drive: Gill asked if
the members of the Executive approved the poster.
Executive advised poster is excellent.
11.
Dues belonging to members – NCS (?) collectors
coming to CRA want their dues from their Local. The
collectors will have to contact their former Union’s
national office, and then the PSAC.
12.
Directors Reports: Gill sent out a template for
the reports which are to be in by January 3, 2007.
13.
Email and phone numbers on the National site need
to be updated. Gill and Tim will update these.
14.
Grievance Committee: A discussion was held on
the Committtee, and the number of grievances handled
during the year.
15.
Grant gave a Bylaw Committee update.
16.
Any grievances send to Robert. He will ensure
they are in correct format.
17.
Calendars are available from the UTE and PSAC.
AND FREE
18.
Meeting adjourned.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie, Janet Graham,
P. Gill, Grant Inglis, Sharon
Hargrove
Regrets:
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Flo Hawker, Marco Michelacci, Tim Rose,
John Prasad
Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order at 5:42P.M.
2.
Motion to adopt Minutes from previous Meeting.
M/S/C
3.
Business Arising: Designate letters have been
completed by Gill, waiting for envelopes and hoping to
have out on Monday.
4.
PSAC National Health and Safety Conference:
Robert has been selected.
New Business:
5.
Finance & Administration UMC: This meeting will
take place December 7th at 333 Dunsmuir. Any
items for the meeting must be submitted to Janet by
December 5, 2006.
6.
Workforce Adjustment: Janet discussed a
workforce adjustment situation at Human Resources.
7.
Financials: It was moved and seconded that a
Business Number be opened for the local effective
January 1, 2007. Sharon Hargrove went over the proposed
budget with the executive and answered any questions.
There was discussion on several items and some changes
made.
Meeting adjourned at
7:30pm. Next meeting will be December 20th at 1166 West
Pender.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Hargrove , Janet
Graham, P. Gill, Flo Hawker, Sharon Cowie, Tim Rose,
John
Prasad
Regrets:
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Marco Michelacci, Grant Inglis
Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order.
2.
Motion to adopt Minutes from previous Meeting.
M/S/C
3.
Business arising from previous minutes: Letters
to the designates to collect the money are in the
process. Gill will send the letters out October 27,
2006.
4.
Business arising from previous minutes: National
UTE Employee Assistance Conference. As Chair of the
Local’s EAP Committee, Florence will be attending. A
motion was put forward and seconded to have Tim Rose
attend the Conference. M/S/C
5.
New Business: The committee for the Client
Service Survey is going to meet to discuss terms and
conditions of the survey. Shellagh Ballance, our
Local’s rep, is very involved.
6.
The date for the Local’s Annual General Meeting
is set for February 1st, 2007 at the Holiday
Inn in Metrotown (same as last year). The menu has been
chosen and those vegetarian members who will be in
attendance at the AGM are asked to advise us in advance
so we can order a special dinner for them. An action
plan for the AGM is in place for the Executive.
7.
There has been some response to the posters for
members interested in becoming shop stewards for the
Local. No decisions have been made. Members are
encouraged to become involved.
8.
Disciplinary Action: A discussion was held about
the procedures.
9.
Sharon Cowie advised the Union’s filing cabinet
is now close to her. A general housekeeping of the
cabinet needs to be done.
10.
Executive Members are advised again to manage
their email accounts as returned emails cause more work
for Mr. Gill and National Office. Anyone whose email
box is inactive will have their box closed.
11.
Sharon
Hargrove will book Annies for future Executive
Meetings. The next meeting will be November 16, 2006.
Members are invited to attend.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:P.M.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Hargrove , Janet
Graham, P. Gill, Flo Hawker, Grant Inglis, Marco
Michelacci, John
Prasad
Regrets:
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Sharon Cowie, Tim Rose
Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order.
2.
Motion to adopt Minutes from previous Meeting
with corrections. M/S/C
3.
Business arising: Janet will be doing the new
Union information presentation for new human resources
staff.
4.
New business: Sharon Hargrove resigned as Chair
of the Social Committee. John Prasad will take over.
5.
Discussion of the Local’s finances pertaining to
financial statements prepared by Sharon Hargrove.
Motion to increase each TB to $18K. M/S/C
6.
Collection of funds from the designates: Letters
must go out by Thursday of next week. During the strike
each designate signed a letter acknowledging that they
would pay a percentage of their wages towards the
Hardship Fund to assist those employees out on strike.
7.
The first national Union of Taxation Employees
Employee Assistance Program Conference will take place
in November in Ottawa. Flo will be attending.
Provision will be made for an additional person to
attend.
8.
Client Service Survey: Questions have to be
formatted and the Local has been asked for its input.
Shelagh Ballance’s name was put forward to be the
Local’s representative.
9.
Gill and Janet gave a report on the September
Presidents Conference. Gill’s substantial report will
be attached to the Minutes.
10.
Volunteer was requested for the Political Action
Committee to reflect National’s committees. Flo
volunteered and is now the Chairperson of the Local’s
Political Action Committee.
11.
Discussion of Presidents Conference followed.
Meeting adjourned. Next
meeting will be October 19, 2006 at the Joyeux Café.
Members of the Local are welcome to attend.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie, Janet Graham,
P. Gill, Tim Rose, Grant Inglis, Marco Michelacci, John
Prasad
Regrets:
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Flo Hawker
Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order at 5:25P.M.
2.
Motion to adopt Minutes from previous Meeting
with corrections. M/S/C
3.
Business Arising: Tim has created a sample
poster for the Social Committee and handed out copies to
the executive. He will email Sharon H. and John
electronic copies so that they may make any changes they
deem necessary. Robert asked if the committee had a
mandate and what that might be and suggested the
possibility of the union co-chair the TSO’s Social
Committee. Tim showed the finished Shop Steward poster,
which will be printed and posted shortly.
4.
PSAC National Health and Safety Conference:
Anyone can put their names forward as the PSAC selects
who will be delegates. When sending in your application
be sure to confirm with them that they have received it.
5.
Central City Update: Flo and Robert are the on
site representatives.
6.
Grievance Committee Update: All areas seem to be
having an influx of activity at this time.
7.
Funding Request form CSD at Central City: Motion
on the floor – Robert moves to fund Client Services
Division $250.00 for a social function. It was seconded
by Janet. Discussion that followed: Sharon H feels
that this event is not open to everyone that if we do
fund this event we should also be funding an event for
the rest of the members in the TSO. Grant thinks this
is a good start but we definitely need to come up with a
plan for the future as to how this will be implemented.
Marco also agrees everyone should have an opportunity
but seconds the comment that this is a good start and we
need to promote the union. The vote was taken and it
was approved. Sharon H and Gill abstained.
8.
Workforce Adjustment: Regarding the recent email
sent out to all staff regarding Workforce Adjustment –
the union was not advised in advance. Just a note to
advise that the job swap portion they talk about must be
done at the same level and the staff member must not
require any training.
9.
President’s Conference: The conference is
September 21st with a date of Sept 20th
to fly to Ottawa. Robert moves that we fund one
executive member as an observer to the President’s
Conference. This was seconded by Sharon H. There was a
vote and it passed. Gill is first choice and if he is
not able to attend John will.
10.
HRDC Staff: the staff will be moving to 1166 W.
Pender at the end of October. Janet proposed that we do
the orientation sessions at their location at Library
Square in late September or early October.
11.
UMC Meetings: Janet needs any work related
agenda items by August 28th.
12.
Financials: Sharon H moves that we transfer
$5000.00 from the chequing account into the T-Bill that
comes due in September. Seconded by Tim and carried.
Meeting adjourned at
7:25pm. Next meeting will be September 21st at Joyeaux
Café.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie, Janet Graham,
P. Gill, Tim Rose, Flo Hawker, Grant Inglis, Marco
Michelacci, John
Prasad
Regrets:
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Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order at 5:30P.M.
2.
Motion to adopt Minutes from previous Meeting
with corrections. M/S/C
3.
Employee Assistance Program Update: Flo gave the
Executive an update on the EAP program. The current EAP
Regional Coordinator had forwarded a report on the
deliverance of the EAP program in the Pacific Region.
Flo advised the report was supporting the idea of
Referral Agents as Customs has. The Union of Taxation
Employees has historically not supported the Referral
Agents as we have an excellent EAP Program in
Vancouver. A copy of the report has been forwarded to
the Union’s National EAP Committee.
4.
Grievance Committee Update: Robert gave a short
report on grievances filed.
5.
Shop Stewards: Robert, Janet, and Tim met to
discuss a final draft of the Shop Steward
questionnaire. Tim and Robert will take care of the
posters and questionnaires.
6.
Bylaws: Need to be cleaned-up. There will be a
Bylaws report (on changes) for the September Executive
Meeting.
7.
Workforce Adjustment and the mailroom staff: Any
members requiring information can contact the
Executive.
8.
Annual General Meeting: Tim and Gill will take
charge of organizing the AGM.
9.
Social Events: Sharon H. suggested a poster with
“UTE Social Alert” requesting members forward ideas for
social events/recognition that the members would like to
see. Possible draft poster for next meeting.
10.
CSD Update: CSD remaining at 1166 West Pender
will be folded into Collections. Any staffing actions
will be done through competitions.
Meeting adjourned. Next meeting will be July 20th
at Joyeaux Café.
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie, Janet Graham,
P. Gill, Tim Rose, Flo Hawker, Grant Inglis, Marco
Michelacci, John
Prasad
Regrets:
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Sharon Hargrove
Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order at 5:20P.M.
2.
Motion to adopt Minutes from previous Meeting
with corrections. M/S/C
3.
Business arising: The Local has a new Union
information presentation for new staff. A first
presentation was given to the Aboriginal students. Gill
will put the presentation on disk so that it is
available to other Executive members.
4.
Grievance Committee Update: Those Executive
members who took the grievance course will be training
those Executive members who did not attend.
5.
Gill has received the new employees folders from
our National UTE office. Gill is pro-active in
finding-out when new employees are coming into our work
areas.
6.
New business: Research is being done on
alternative methods of holding our Executive meeting,
and of new locations due to our move.
7.
Communications: Janet and Robert advised the
Executive members that if there is an issue to take
higher (i.e. our Regional Vice President) that the items
be cleared through them.
8.
A motion was put forward to donate $500 to the
Steve Charlton Golf Tournament. M/S/C
9.
OHS Training: Three attended the training held
at Central City. New person will be joining the OHS
Committee at Beatty St.. Veronique D’Anglemont from the
counter will also be joining. We now have 2 UTE
members at W. Pender who are involved with OHS. Peter
Barnes has been the OHS UTE co-chair for some time.
10.
Terms of Reference for UMC (Union/Management
Committee): The Terms of Reference for the conduct of
the meetings has been approved by management and by our
National UTE President Betty Bannon.
11.
Shop Stewards Poster: Drafts done by Tim, Gill,
and Marco.
Meeting adjourned. Next
meeting will be July 20th at Joyeaux Café.
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Attending: Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie,
John Prasad, Grant Inglis, P. Gill, Sharon Hargrove,
Regrets: Flo
Hawker, Janet Graham, Tim Rose
Absent:
Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order at 5:23pm.
2.
Minutes from last meeting – Moved to adopt previous
minutes. M/S/C.
3.
Business Arising from Previous Meeting: a) Gill
advised that the lanyards have been received and the cost
was $2.00 each. The payment has been deducted from the
monthly dues paid to the local. b) Robert thanked everyone
that participated at the plant gate, it was a success.
4.
New Business: WFA in Finance and Administration –
Sharon C read her notes from the town hall meeting for F&A
employees and advised the executive what it happening
5.
Aboriginal summer student sessions - Robert asked for
volunteers to go to these sessions to talk about the union
to the Aboriginal students hired for the summer. The first
session will be June 8th. It was suggested that
everyone should take a turn and it could be done in pairs.
We will put together speakers notes and everyone is asked to
send their ideas to Sharon C by Thursday, May 25th
and she will compile them.
6.
Local Officer’s Seminar on June 10th –
Robert advised that this session is being put on for the
Surrey, Burnaby-Fraser and our locals and it is suggested
that everyone attend. Grant and John are unable to attend.
Grant moved and Marco seconded that should there be costs
incurred for the Local Officers training on June 10th,
our local will cover it’s share of the cost within our
budget. This motion was carried.
7.
Grievance Committee Update – Robert advised that the
committee would be meeting soon as two of the members have
been on vacation. The next step is to develop the Shop
Stewards course.
8.
Financials – Sharon H gave everyone copies of the
financials for the current year up to and including April
30, 2006.
9.
Social functions – Sharon H will be putting a call
out to members for ideas and volunteers to organize an
event. Sharon will try to have this put in Payday Tax Cuts
and failing this a poster will be done and posted on the
boards. Sharon will send a copy to the Executive for
approval.
10.
Information sessions for new hires – Gill advised
that he received half of the new hire folders from
headquarters and is awaiting the balance. The executive
gave some suggestions for articles that should be added to
these folders and Gill will take care of that.
11.
Meeting adjourned at 7:20pm.
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Attending:
- Tim
Rose, Janet Graham, Robert Hume, Elizabeth Parsons, Flo
Hawker, Sharon Cowie, Marc Piaumier, P.
Gill
Regrets:
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Grant Inglis, Sharon Hargrove, John Prasad
Absent:
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Richard Hyatt
1.
Motion made to adopt July 7 Minutes with
corrections. M/S/C
2.
Business arising from Minutes re the No.6 item.
Wording should reflect that it is the dates of our
Executive Meetings that are not governed by the ByLaws.
Item will be amended and adopted as amended. M/S/C
3.
Problem with Counter staff on main floor.
Employer wants to do a survey of how many clients coming
in per day. Counter staff is dealing with this issue
themselves.
4.
Discussion re AGM – further discussion to follow.
5.
PIPSC Strike – They have a tentative contract.
Rather than marriage leave they have five personal days.
6.
Per diem for grievance course should be here by
tomorrow.
7.
Plantgate – Letter from Betty – Flo will get a
copy and give it to Tim Rose for photocopying.
8.
Update on Bulletin Boards. Union Executive list
has to be updated before it is posted. The list does
not reflect that Robert Hume is the 1st Vice
President of the Local.
9.
Agenda drop meeting agenda items on Flo’s desk
three days prior to our next meeting. Agendas will be
sent to the Executive members.
10.
Marc brought-up the number of grievances. Janet
referred him to Robert who is in charge of grievances.
11.
Discussion re acting PM02’s being given to term
employees on 13th floor and not offered to
indeterminate employees on other floors.
12.
Presidents’ Conference: Observers to Presidents’
Conference. Discussion held on the monies available to
send an observer to the Presidents’ Conference in
September.
13.
Motion to send one observer to the Presidents’
Conference in September. Marc, Elizabeth, and Tim
expressed an interest in going. A vote was held. Tim
Rose will be going as an observer. Elizabeth will be
the alternate.
14.
Motion to destroy ballots. M/S/C
15.
The Local received a letter from Betty Bannon
advising member Margaret Sloan’s grandson will be
receiving a Scholarship from the Union. Margaret was
very active in the Local.
16.
Tim Rose advised he is now on the Local’s EAP
Committee. The invitation to come on to the
Union/Management Committee was extended by Flo Hawker.
Tim advised that Flo had spoken very well on EAP at the
recent Triennial Conference in Saint John. Tim said
Flo’s speech was well-received by the convention floor.
Tim advised that due to her speech he had decided to
become a part of the Committee.
17.
Next meeting will be held August 18th,
2005 at 5:15P.M.
18.
Meeting was adjourned.
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Attending: Robert Hume, Sharon Cowie,
Janet Graham, John Prasad, Grant Inglis, P. Gill, Sharon
Hargrove, Tim Rose
Regrets: Flo Hawker
Absent: Elizabeth
Parsons
1.
Meeting called to order at 5:20pm.
2.
Minutes from last meeting – Moved to adopt previous
minutes. M/S/C
3.
Business Arising from Previous Meeting: Promotional
items. Gill suggested we look at the cost of pens with our
logo as this is an item all staff would use regularly.
Janet commented that they have lanyards available and she
will check into the price. Gill and Sharon H. will count
the number of promotional items that they have in stock and
advise the executive.
4.
New Business: Regional Presidents Meeting – March 7th
and 8th - held in Langley for all Regional
Presidents. The Regional Action Plan that was created 2.5
years ago was discussed. The items for Vancouver were
communication, which we have made great improvements on,
increasing attendance at our AGM, which we need to work on,
and walkabouts by the executive that haven’t been done in
the last couple of months but will start again soon. Janet
needs input from us as to what we would like to see in our
local Action Plan, members are more than welcome to submit
ideas and Janet needs these emailed to her by March 27,
2006. We now have a new local in Kelowna (as they have
separated from Penticton), which now gives us a total of 7
locals in the region. Pamela is creating the Regional
Action Plan and will advise us soon. Gill will request a
computerized copy from Pamela of the member survey results.
Marco suggested that we might want to put a survey/comment
area on our web site for members to express their views.
This is being looked into by Gill.
5.
Janet discussed the upcoming course “Developing
Membership Activism Course” to be held in Edmonton April
21-23, 2006. National office is paying for 10 seats for the
local. These courses are being held across the country for
all locals. The air expenses will be sent to the local and
the hotel (Crowne Plaza) will be paid directly. Sharon will
book the flights.
6.
Robert discussed the suggested regulation changes put
forth by the newly formed Grievance Committee. A motion was
made to adopt the changes. M/S/C.
7.
Tim had an appointment so arrived at 6:15pm.
8.
The letter to the Shop Stewards was read by Robert
and noted that the stewards would receive a personal copy
and a generic copy would be posted to all the boards. The
executive was asked for comments and all agreed to send out
the letters.
9.
The grievance committee recommended that some bylaw
changes be made and asked the Bylaw Committee (Grant, Flo
and Marco) to look into this matter. All bylaws need to be
looked at but especially 7, 10 and 11.
10.
Sharon H went over the financials and asked that they
be posted on the boards every quarter.
11.
Business cards need to be ordered for Tim, Gill and
Marco.
12.
Tim attended the PSAC OHS Conference, March 11th
and 12th. This was an exceptional learning
experience with a great amount of information regarding the
clean air policy and violence in the workplace.
13.
Meeting adjourned.
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Annual General
Meeting
Union of Taxation Employees, PSAC
Local 20027, Vancouver Taxation Services
Office
February 9, 2006
Guests:
Union of
Taxation Employees National President Betty Bannon, UTE
Pacific Regional Vice President Pamela Abbott, Alternate
RVP Pacific Region and Surrey Taxation Centre President
Johann Ackermann, Sigrud Hagglund, Treasurer Surrey
Local, Hilde Sellmeyer President Burnaby/Fraser Tax
Services Office Local
Local Executive:
Janet
Graham, Robert Hume, Richard Hyatt, Grant Inglis,
Florence Hawker, P. Gill, Sharon Cowie, Sharon Hargrove,
Tim Rose, John Prasad
Absent:
Elizabeth Parsons
1)
Agenda – Move to adopt agenda as presented.
M/S/C
2)
Move to amend agenda to correct number of
Directors elected for 1 year to 3. M/S/C
3)
Adoption of Minutes from previous Annual General
Meeting. M/S/C
4)
Adoption of Reports. Moved to adopt as a
package. M/S/C
5)
Elections:
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1st Vice
President of Local - Robert Hume nominated by Mary
MacMillan, seconded by Flo Hawker. Robert Hume elected
by acclamation.
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First Secretary – Flo
Hawker nominated by Don Sawatzky, seconded by Maureen
Blaine-White. Flo Hawker elected by acclamation.
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Treasurer: Sharon
Hargrove nominated by Bill Corden, seconded by Sharon
Ducklow; Navaz Juma nominated by Noor Bhaloo, seconded
by Margaret Sloan; Mark Smith nominated by P. Gill and
seconded by Ingrid Martens. Betty asked each of the
nominees if they accepted. Navaz Juma declined. The
doors were tiled and ballots were passed out and a vote
held. Sharon Hargrove was elected as Treasurer.
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1 two year term for
Director: Tim Rose nominated by Sharon Hargrove,
seconded by Mary Hannah; John Prasad nominated by Steven
Fung, seconded by James Roque. Betty asked each of the
nominees if they accepted. The doors were tiled and a
ballot was held. Tim Rose was elected.
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Nominations were held
for the four 1 year terms as Director: Richard Hyatt
nominated by Margaret Sloan, seconded by Sharon
Hargrove; Marco Michelacci nominated by Margaret Sloan,
seconded by Vazir Mawji; John Prasad nominated by Navaz
Juma, seconded by Grant Inglis; Todd Owen nominated by
Don Sawatzky, seconded by Mary MacMillan; Raj Kandola
nominated by Richard Hyatt, seconded by Craig Langston;
P. Gill nominated by Tim Rose, seconded by Sharon
Hargrove; Mark Smith nominated by P. Gill, seconded by
J. Fernandes. Betty asked each of the nominees if they
accepted. Doors were tiled and a vote was held.
Results of first ballot: Elected Richard Hyatt, Marco
Michelacci, John Prasad, P. Gill. A motion was put
forward to destroy the ballots. M/S/C
6)
A five minute break was taken.
7)
Treasurer Sharon Hargrove gave her financial
report. The Local made money over the past year. The
auditor of the books (Warren Campbell) has examined the
books and records. Treasurer moved we accept her
report. Scott Owen seconded. Motion carried.
8)
Treasurer presented budget for 2006. Treasurer
moved the budget be adopted. Tim Rose seconded. Motion
carried.
9)
By-Law Amendments:
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Grant moved to accept
amendments to By-Law’s 13, and 19 and ‘general
housekeeping amendments’ seconded by P. Gill. Motion
carried.
·
Grant moved to accept
the amendment as to when the Local’s Executive meetings
are held. Seconded by S. Cowie. Motion carried.
·
Grant moved to have a
new Section 4. Seconded by S. Cowie. Motion Carried.
10) Betty Bannon spoke about the
Union of Taxation Triennial Convention of 2005. Betty
spoke about the re-election of the officers (herself
included at the Triennial). She also spoke about the
death of Sister Diana Gee the day convention started.
She spoke of upcoming Nation Occupational Safety and
Health Conferences, National Equal Opportunity
Conferences, and the first in a very long, long time of
a National Employee Assistance Conference. Betty
advised that National Executive has reviewed what worked
for our strike and what did not work. Betty spoke on
several other issues and said that our campaign against
the closure of counters is not over.
While the meeting broke for dinner, draws were held for
door prizes. Although our Regional Vice President was
scheduled to speak consideration was given to the late
hour of the meeting, and the Annual General Meeting was
adjourned
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Attending:
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Robert Hume, Richard Hyatt, Janet Graham,
Sharon Hargrove, Tim Rose, Flo Hawker, Grant Inglis, P.
Gill
Regrets:
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Sharon Cowie, John Prasad
Absent:
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Elizabeth Parsons
1.
Minutes from last Executive Meeting to be adopted as
amended. M/S/C
2.
Business Arising from Previous Meeting: Letters to recover
strike pay will be issued will now be issued in February.
3.
Business Arising from Previous Meeting: Pamela was going to
check-out the prices for items for proposed promotion items
for our AGM. Tim will find out the prices and advise the
Executive members.
4.
Business Arising from Previous Meeting: Review of the
offices up for election at the Annual General Meeting.
5.
Business Arising from Previous Meeting: Tim will be the
Occupational Health & Safety UTE rep on the joint
Union/Management Committee. P. Gill will be the alternate.
6.
New
Business: OHS Course for PSAC members. Robert said any
Local member of our Local’s OHS Committee attends the PSAC
Course should be reimbursed to the full amount of the UTE
Per Diem. The PSAC reimburses for only $25 per day. Motion
made to top-up the Per Diem for this course. M/S/C
7.
Transmission of Grievances – Human Resources is not meeting
their responsibility in the transmission of grievances. The
Local is going to develop a system of managing the
grievances so that the required dates are met.
8.
Annual General Meeting Items:
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Gill with the assistance of his wife put together the
reports. Still need Tim’s report and Gill’s report and the
financial statements. Sharon will work on the financials
over the weekend. Warren (our auditor) said there is a
difference he wants her to find.
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Discussion about the buffet at the Annual General Meeting
and the selling of tickets ($5) for the buffet. Note:
There will be an assortment of foods for the vegetarians.
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No ticket = no buffet. We have to know how many meals the
hotel will have to prepare so in order to not have wastage
we are selling tickets.
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Review of Agenda so far.
9.
Public Service Alliance Convention: Bob Campbell has
requested we provide him with the names of the observers the
Local is sending to the Convention, and their jacket sizes.
10.
The
Executive discussed sending observers to the PSAC
Convention. A motion was put forward that the Local finance
four observers for the Convention. M/S/C. The names of
those who expressed an interest in attending convention as
observers were put in a hat, an a draw was held. Those who
will be attending are Janet Graham, Florence Hawker, Richard
Hyatt, and Tim Rose. There may be room for an additional
observer.
11.
Meeting was adjourned.
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