Chapter Executive Minutes June 2019

Wednesday June 12, 2019

12:00pm-1:30pm

Attendance: Melissa, Ori, Chris, Mike, Adam, Katy

Minutes will be taken by Chris Clausen

2. Motion to approve the agenda:

Mike moved, Adam seconded, vote carried.

3. Approve minutes

31 Motion to Approve Minutes for May 8th

Katy moved, Adam seconded, vote carried.

 

– Katy offered to post the minutes.

 

4. Labour Relations Officer (Montgomery):

– Discussed labour relations issues

 

5. Association Executive (Karras/Chan):

 

• Executive and Table Officer Meeting on Monday
• Raise that calendaring could be improved
• Melissa ran a PEA financials webinar for association exec and UVic local reps
  • Only Uvic has flexible work scheduling so other chapters could not attend on the fly

 

6. Current Business or otherwise to be assigned:

 

• Strategic planning retreat: poll on Slack to select dates
  • July 3^rd or 4^th or 23^rd
  • Need to decide on agenda

• • • Communication: hire a work study student?
    • Membership Onboarding

• Motion: “To strike a Work Study committee that will consist of Ori and Sheryl.”

• • • Moved by Chris; Seconded by Mike. Carried

 

• $100 Donation – to support UVic Engineering who just had part of their race car stolen

 

7. Reports

71 Treasurer (Clausen)

• $11628.06 Coast Capital
• $3077 FAST
• Digitizing Record Keeping
• Applied for work study employee

 

 

72 Chapter Committees

721 Local Representatives (Mike/Connor):

Monday, June 3^rd.

• Mike reports that the meeting was well attended.
• 4 new local reps.
• Let reps know to contact Sam where needed
• Discussed local rep training
• Motion to make Mike Cave the second LRO for Clearihue
  • Melissa moved, Mike seconded, vote carried
• Discussed how to get an appropriate rep for Cornett

 

722 Seminars (Ficke):

• Katy is planning a JEQ seminar
• Katy also suggests a seminar to cover the changes to vacation policy
  • Suggests a calculator

 

723 Appointments (Doyle):

• Still 4 vacancies to fill
• Need to send an email in September
• Continue recruitment at Pond Party

 

724 Website (Katy/van Hoek):

• Katy fixed some links and added local reps

 

73 Joint Committees

731 Association/University Committee (Karras/Ficke

• NTR

732 Benefits Committee (Doyle/Granot):

• Extended health care has no rate change
• Dental care is increasing
• Largest PEA expenses are drugs related to
  • Immune system
  • Cancer drugs
  • Genitourinary/Sex Hormones
• Decrease in LTD

733 Job Evaluation Appeals Committee (Connor/Granot):

• No meeting

734 Employment Equity Advisory Group – in abeyance 

735 Educational Equity Advisory Group – in abeyance

736 Campus Planning Committee (Karras):  next meeting:

• NTR

737 Central ProD (Seager/Blake):  next deadline 31 May 2019

• NTR

738 Safety Committee (Granot/Bowles):

• Ori was elected as Co-Chair of the Safety Committee
• Ori wants to put safety reports online

739 Parking Committee (Granot):

• NTR

 

8. Business Arising:

Pond Party is on July 17^th

• Chris will see if Vincent and Coleen can volunteer again

 

LTD

• 91% funded
• Full plan review in 2020

 

Bargaining Debrief

• Look at establishing the bargaining team further out from bargaining.

 

9. Adjournment.