PEA UVic Chapter Executive Meeting Minutes
Wednesday October 11, 2017 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Career Services Boardroom
Present: Sheryl Karras, Melissa Doyle, Kristen Ficke, Chris Clausen, Dave Sanderson, Katy Chan, Mike Cave, Ori Granot, Sam Montgomery
Absent: none
- Appointment of minute taker: Melissa Doyle
- Motion to approve the agenda: OR/DS and carried
- Approve minutes
31 Motion to Approve Minutes for August 2017 OG, deferred (minutes not ready)
32 Motion to Approve Minutes for September 2017 (DS): OG/KC and carried
- Labour Relations Officer (Montgomery):
- BCFED meeting update re: post-secondary committee positions (information); the only labour groups from UVic at the meeting were CUPE and PEA. No action items required.
- Oct 24th meeting with Sheryl, Sam and Faculty Association: intellectual property, childcare centre
- Paid sick leave grievance – no resolution after 2 days of mediation. Looking at fall 2018 for earliest arbitration date possible; arbitration would likely 5-10 days in length due to complexity. Kristen actioned to follow up with Sam re: hardship grant discussion.
- Additional information discussed re: other grievances, hearings and member concerns.
Katy Chan & Mike Cave left at 1:00 pm.
- Association Executive (Ficke/Clausen):
- information and discussion about update on Supreme Court of BC declining the BCNU appeal regarding 2016 BC Labour Relations Board decision that raiding of PEA Health Sciences Chapter psychologists was inappropriate (PEA was also awarded costs, i.e BCNU has to pay a portion of our legal fees)
- association approved a proposal from GLP for GLP to partially fund costs for additional PEA administration support for their chapter executive
- discussion on chapter servicing equity – how to ensure each chapter’s unique needs are being met, while balancing/distinguishing needs vs wants; how to ensure each chapter has access to the servicing perks that other chapters receive (e.g. membership survey info by chapter)
- grants & donation program: association approved committee’s recommendation for a 2-year trial period of a revised G&D policy (see Policy 6.6)
- association approved a motion endorsing staff to move forward with exploring additional off-the-desk organizing opportunities
- Next meetings: Nov 6-7 Strategic Planning in Victoria; Dec 4 regular exec meeting in Victoria
- Current Business or otherwise to be assigned:
61 Elections Committee (information): Chris Purse, Chair, Adam Gaudes, Rachel Goldsworthy, Sue Butler
62 Planning for AGM 9 November (action required) – circulate reports by 30 October
- Acclamation of Sheryl, Kristen and Chris.
- MSC (OG/DS) to re-appoint Mike Cave to chapter executive director at large
63 November chapter meeting – 1 November
64 Update from Scholarship Endowment Report (information):
- Reports
71 Treasurer (Sanderson): FAST $2193.07; CC projected at $11,499.75
- Gift cards needed for seminars
- Coffee cards for the exec – figure out how many we have, and ensure that each exec has one
72 Chapter Committees
721 Local Representatives (Cave/Connor): NTR – Oct 25th local rep meeting
722 Seminars (Karras): 13 October RTW and Sick Leave Accommodations DSBC116 12:00-1:30; 8 November Pensions Seminar CLEA303 12:00-12:50
723 Appointments (Doyle): MD: to update website with new rep contact info, and update PEA main office through Toshie/Tammy.
MSC (DS/OG) to confirm the following PEA members as new local reps: Ana Danut- Medical Science Building; Kim Curry- Cunningham; Martin Hoffman- ONC TEF; Matt Uganecz- ONC MTC; Emma Carter – rest of TEF and the Saunders Annex; Rachel Goldsworthy – BEC; Brian Tucker – continuing with Sedgewick; switching from Cunningham to MacLaurin
724 Website (Clausen/van Hoek): NTR
73 Joint Committees
731 Association/University Committee (Karras/Sanderson): 28 September special meeting re: LOU #6. Discussion centred around market adjustments, attrition and what is (or isn’t) being captured by current job evaluation process (e.g. “consequence of error” factor).
732 Benefits Committee (Doyle/Granot): NTR
733 Job Evaluation Appeals Committee (Connor/Granot): NTR
734 Employment Equity Advisory Group – in abeyance
735 Educational Equity Advisory Group – in abeyance
736 Campus Planning Committee (Karras): 26 October postponed to November
737 Central ProD (Seager/Blake): 30 September Pro-D: 20 applications, 19 approved $26,632.75
738 Safety Committee (Granot): Deanne Buchanan stepped down from Safety Committee; MD actioned to re-review applicants from 2016 committee callout.
739 Parking Committee (Granot): NTR
- Business Arising: NTR
- Adjournment @ 1:35pm.
