{"id":3117,"date":"2020-03-11T18:56:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T01:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/PEA\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2020-03-11T18:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T01:56:11","slug":"chapter-executive-minutes-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/PEA\/2020\/03\/11\/chapter-executive-minutes-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Executive minutes &#8211; February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PEA UVic Chapter Executive Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday February 12, 2020<\/p>\n<p>12:00pm-1:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Career Services Boardroom<\/p>\n<p>Attendance: Sheryl Karras, Kristen Ficke, Adam Gaudes, Cliff Haman, Telka Duxbury, Ori Granot, Mike Cave, Melissa Doyle, and Katy Chan<\/p>\n<p>Minutes will be taken by: Sam Montgomery<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Motion to approve the agenda:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Moved, Seconded. Approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Approve minutes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>31 8 January 2020 (posted on slack)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moved. Seconded. Approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Labour Relations Officer (Montgomery):<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; LSS Tentative Agreement and FMA Bargaining<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; PEA working with BC Fed to lobby government on a wage redress campaign<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Campus Solidarity Meeting<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Union Jurisdictional Solidarity (ie. Anti-raiding)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Need for more transparency from the University on Board Appointments<\/p>\n<p>-University votes on appointments Feb. 25<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; March 2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Going forward as a more strategic approaches<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fair Employment Week (October 2020)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Recruitment and Retention Campaign<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Met with Gayle Gorril on Jan. 13<sup>th<\/sup> and requested meeting with the Provost<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Job Evaluation Committee received 23 JEQ applications in 2019; anticipate even more in 2020<\/p>\n<p>-10 were for technical positions on campus<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Katy and I are preparing a seminar and workshop on Job Evaluation in March\/April<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Member survey results speak to morale issues In University Systems and beyond<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Action Item: Ask local reps to collect member stories relating to challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bullying, Harassment, and Discrimination Cases discussed<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Over 9 ongoing cases and many member inquiries<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Action Item: Schedule a seminar in April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Action Item: Follow up with EQHR about the PEA sitting on the Equity and Human Rights University Committees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concerns over paid sick leave and medical accommodation policies<\/li>\n<li>Members with recurring illnesses running out of paid leave<\/li>\n<li>Members having their LTD claims denied<\/li>\n<li>Members having their accommodation requests denied (ie. Working from home as a medical accommodation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Action Item: Raise these concerns at AU and ask for data on sick days\/ medical leaves by department<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Association Executive (Karras\/Chan\/Haman): 20 January 2020<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; PEA Budget and strategic plan approved<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Financials looking strong<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Positive momentum with Executive over climate goals<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Governance committee will meet and discuss the issues<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Current Business or otherwise to be assigned:\n<ul>\n<li>Engaging members on specific issues that face the UVic community \u2013 Divestment? (<strong>Tabled to March Meeting<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Request for sponsorship ( for information for budget planning for 2020) (<strong>Tabled to March Meeting)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>UVic Recruitment and Retention Campaign \u2013 discussion<\/li>\n<li>Note \u2013 26 UVic members applied to PEA Education Conference \u2013 we have 21 spaces allocated to our chapter (1\/50 members)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Motion: First come, first serve but put Ori first on the wait list<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Moved, seconded. Approved.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>TC 10K Cliff would like offer the following\n<ul>\n<li>MOTION: I move that the UVic chapter make available $250.00 in funds to offset 50% of the entry fee for up to 10 of our interested members. (<strong>Tabled to March Meeting)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>7 Reports<\/p>\n<p>71 Treasurer (Duxbury): 2020 draft budget<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will submit chapter grant application next week<\/li>\n<li>Cannot afford to feed members at every planned event<\/li>\n<li>Changed some of the expense categories to reflect practices<\/li>\n<li><strong>Action Item: Confirm the dates of the fiscal year and follow up in Slack with modifications<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>72 Chapter Committees<\/p>\n<p>721 Local Representatives (Chan\/Connor):<\/p>\n<p>722 Seminars (Cave): \u00a0 KLCA \u2013 19 Feb DTB A102 12:00 \u2013 1:00<\/p>\n<p>723 Appointments (Doyle):<\/p>\n<p>724 Website (Chan\/van Hoek):<\/p>\n<p>73 Joint Committees<\/p>\n<p>731 Association\/University Committee (Karras\/Ficke):<\/p>\n<p>732 Benefits Committee (Doyle\/Granot):<\/p>\n<p>733 Job Evaluation Appeals Committee (Chan\/Granot):<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">734 Employment Equity Advisory Group \u2013 in abeyance\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">735 Educational Equity Advisory Group \u2013 in abeyance<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>736 Campus Planning Committee (Karras):<\/p>\n<p>737 Central ProD (Blake\/Pender): January 31<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 76 applications approved for $111,597.35<\/p>\n<p>738 Safety Committee (Granot\/Bowles):<\/p>\n<p>739 Parking Committee (Granot):<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>Business Arising:<\/li>\n<li>Adjournment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Notes:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/essa\/get-involved\/divest-uvic\/\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/essa\/get-involved\/divest-uvic\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uvicfacultyfordivestment.wordpress.com\/\">https:\/\/uvicfacultyfordivestment.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jpdallmann\/2018\/12\/31\/impact-investing-just-a-trend-or-the-best-strategy-to-help-save-our-world\/#4c5bcb2475d1\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jpdallmann\/2018\/12\/31\/impact-investing-just-a-trend-or-the-best-strategy-to-help-save-our-world\/#4c5bcb2475d1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEA UVic Chapter Executive Meeting Wednesday February 12, 2020 12:00pm-1:30pm Career Services Boardroom Attendance: Sheryl Karras, Kristen Ficke, Adam Gaudes, Cliff Haman, Telka Duxbury, Ori Granot, Mike Cave, Melissa Doyle, and Katy Chan Minutes will be taken by: Sam Montgomery Motion to approve the agenda: Moved, Seconded. 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