MINUTES
PIPSC AV subgroup - North Central Vancouver Island Branch Executive Committee Meeting: March 6, 2019. 9am
Present:
- Bernie Taekema (Spring 2019) President
- Jennifer Mollins (Spring 2019) Treasurer
- Quorum
- Review and approve agenda (m/s BT, JM)
- Review and approve last meeting minutes (September) (m/s BT, JM)
- Treasurer's Report
- Financials for 2018 and budget for 2020 - accepted as information
- Approve expenditures for AGM (m/s JM, BT)
- Old business
- Purchase of visibility items for AV subgroup for rallies - complete
- Publishing proceeds on the PIPSC website - complete http://www.pipsc.ca/groups/av/subgroups/av-north-central-vancouver-island
- New stewards - continue recruiting
- Phoenix - still affecting many staff. Continue to support and monitor.
- EWSP session - June 28 - well attended, joint with SP subgroup and the branch.
- Fix Phoenix rally in Nanaimo – August 23 - well attended, joint with PSAC, BCGEU, media coverage
- Sept -Joint meeting with branch and subgroups in September - inaugural. Good to share information and coordinate efforts
- Oct 3 lunch and learn with Rob MacDonald - well attended
- Oct 18 lunch and learn with Peter Gabriel - well attended
- Oct 19 BC/YK stewards caucus - made new connections
- Nov 11 - Pension info session - session went well
- AGM
- Elections for president, vice-president and secretary
- Elections committee - who? needed?
- Invitations went out
- Monica/Jennifer coordinating the food
- Giveaways
- Action items for updating on:
- Bargaining update to include
- If PIPSC surveyed membership on sick leave
- If PIPSC collaborating with CAPE and PSAC on bargaining
- Bargaining update to include
- Ask Angela Cowie to give national and Victoria AV subgroup update
- Elections for president, vice-president and secretary
- Jennifer sent a subgroup update to Angela Cowie / AV group (Sept 10)
- Roundtable
- WOW session coming up, raising issues to management
- Concern about wearing union clothing
- Funding for international labour day (May 1 - Wednesday), Public Service Week, and labour day (September)
- All building union coffee break
- AV meeting in Ottawa
- Next executive meeting: after AGM