UVic PEA Chapter Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012, 11:30 am -1:30 pm
Arbutus-Queenswood Room, Cadboro Commons Building
Minutes
Draft minutes prepared by Leslie Kenny. For approval at the 2013 AGM.
Present: 131 members (a list of attendees is available at the PEA Association office)
1. Motion to approve agenda – (m) Daphne Andrews (s) Cliff Haman. Carried
2. Motion to approve minutes of November 9, 2011 AGM. (m) Jill Tate (s). Carried.
https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/PEA/2011/11/09/agm-minutes-2011/
3. Chapter Annual Reports:
3.1 Chair 2012 (Foxgord)
Motion to accept the Chair’s report – (m) Jill Tate (s) Susan Corner. Carried.
3.2 Treasurer 2012 (Connor)
Motion to accept the Treasurers report – (m) Doug Thompson (s) Kirsten Fiske. Carried.
Discussion: A member asked if there were any plans to organize a PEA event for the 50th Anniversary celebration. None have been planned, though there is still time to do something in spring 2013.
3.3 Association Executive 2012 (Dempsey)
Motion to accept the Association Executive Report – (m) Susan Corner (s) Daphne Andrews
3.4 LRO 2012 (Moroz)
Motion to accept the LRO report – (m) Duncan Hogg (s) My Lipton. Carried
3.5. Committee Reports:
3.5.1 Elections Committee 2012 (Koning)
There were four vacancies to be filled. Susan Dempsey was elected Vice-President and Vincent Connor elected Treasurer, both by acclamation. The remaining positions were assigned by a resolution of the executive to Emma Carter and Melissa Doyle.
Motion to accept the report – (m) Leslie Kenny (s) Daphne Andrews
3.5.2 AU 2012 (Foxgord)
Motion to accept – (m) Jill Tate (s) Mark Thoma.
3.5.3 Local Reps 2012 (Karras)
Motion to accept – (m) Daphne Andrews (s) Duncan Hogg.
3.5.4 Seminars Committee report (Karras)
In lieu of a report, Sheryl Karras noted that the committee has been dormant for the last year and invited members to consider bringing their creative ideas for seminars forward to help get it started again.
4. Approval of amendments to Chapter by-laws to enable online voting.
The amendments were suggested by a member through the Strategic Planning Survey. The purpose is to revise several articles of the chapter constitution to allow for the option of conducting electronic balloting rather than paper only. This is subject to a secure online voting system being developed by the Association. Changes to the constitution require a 2/3- majority of votes cast by the membership. Motion to approve the amendments as submitted in the written submission – (m) Daphne Andrews (s) Jill Tate. Carried.
5. Election of the 2012/13 Elections Committee (5 members)
Five members volunteered to sit on the Elections Committee: Daphne Andrews, Carmen Koning, Cliff Haman, Melanie Groves, and David Wang.
6. Other Business
Jill Tate passed along appreciation expressed by CUPE staff toward those PEA members who showed their support on the CUPE picket lines. This support meant a great deal to the CUPE staff. It helped CUPE to leverage their bargaining position and contributed to good will on campus.
7. Motion to Adjourn: Cliff Haman
