IT Montérégie Subgroup- Executive meeting Minutes- April 16, 2025

Minutes of the IT Montérégie Subgroup Executive meeting (1 of 4)

(Translated from French)

Date: April 16 at 6 p.m.

Location: Palais Thai, 254 Bd Saint-Luc, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J2W 1C3

Participants:

Jean-François Héroux, Vice President (acting president)

Nathalie Tremblay, Secretary

Edith Bérubé, Director  

Pierre Ouellette, Director

Erick D’Amours, Director (regrets)

Regrets:

Giovanni Giolti, President

Frédérick Émond, Treasurer

Quorum: minimum 5 (7 people were present) Guests: N/A

Update

1. Call to order at 6:10 p.m.
   1. Jean-François Héroux : The Vice President welcomed the members of the Executive and thanked them for attending the meeting.

2. Approval of the agenda
   1. Edith moved and Nathalie seconded the adoption.

3. Review and approval of the minutes of 2024-10-09
   1. Done.

4. Action Items:
   1. Update on the IT Subgroups presidents’ meeting:
      1. 1. A look back at the IT Group AGM on April 10, 2024
         2. Training with Navigar, impact? No news from members, people don’t have the time

1. 1. 1. 3. There will be PODCASTs on IT people broadcast publicly to promote IT (by Denis Caissey)

1. 1. 1. 4. Bargaining
            1. We’re keeping a close eye on the PA group, which begins negotiations in June (to be continued).
            2. Our negotiations begin in November.
            3. Our 5 priorities are:
               1. RTO, Salary, Telework, AI, Career advancement

1. 2. Events for the subgroup, are we going to organize something?
      1. L&L on:
         1. Navigar,
         2. Bargaining survey results
         3. Onboarding of new members

1. 3. New Business
      1. Some highlights from the 2024 AGM:
         1. The name “chapitre” has been replaced by “section” in French.
         2. Dues increase to $17.50 per month as of January 1, 2025
         3. New PIPSC President from January 1, 2025: Sean O’Reilly
         4. New Quebec Regional Director as of January 1, 2025: Benoit Pelletier

5. Subgroup update (administration)
   1. Number of Rand members: those who pay but are not registered (ask Anne Renaud)
   2. Number of members
   3. Executive Board

6. 2025 AGM Planning:
   1. Date: preferred June 11, or 10, 12
   2. Location: To be determined, but Paolo Gattuso targeted
   3. Guest: Pierre Touchette or a Montreal ERO
   4. # of people: 40 if possible

7. Update on Finance with Frédéric:
   1. Financial statements for 2024-2025, amount available is $3206.01.

8. Miscellaneous:
   1. Access to the bulletin board
   2. JF takes care of union/management meetings
   3. Who looks after the Agency and SSC?
   4. For PIPSC: new positions and hiring processes

9. Round Table:
   1. What’s happening regarding the language levels?
   2. Bilingualism not respected

10. Next meeting:

1. End of August 2025 (proposed August 25)

11. Adjournment: 7:10 p.m.

1. Moved by Jean-François and seconded by Edith.

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