Ontario Medical Physicists AGM Minutes - May 18, 2023

1. Roll Call

Also in attendance:

• Vance Coulas, PIPSC negotiator
• Jennifer Carr, PIPSC President

2. Introduction of executive members
3. Approval of the 2023 Agenda
   • Anthony introduced the agenda
   • Anthony motion to approve, seconded by Brian Keller
   • Motion carried by membership (i.e., no opposition votes)

4. Approval of the 2022 Minutes
   • Anthony presented the website address of the previous meeting minutes, which has been sent to the members for review via the meeting invite email
   • Motion to approve, seconded by Bryan Schaly
   • Motion carried by membership (i.e., no opposition votes)
   • Business arising from the minutes: No

5. Report of the President - Anthony Kim
   • Baochang Liu left Niagara Health for Hamilton, and Josef Dubicki was appointed as the new Niagara rep
   • Byron Wilson left The Ottawa Hospital for US and Sara Gholampourkashi was appointed as the new TOH rep
   • There were no elections last year and as per our bylaws years divisible by 3 have no elections
   • The whole board is up for 2023 elections because:
     • Sara and Josef were appointed not elected in 2022
     • Everyone else’s 3-year term is up
     • We need 1-3 volunteer to form an “Elections Committee” – Not from the executives – Please contact Anthony to sign up
     • Executive composition was reviewed to state eligibility based on the centers
   • Bill 124 review
     • Struck down last year and appealed by the government
     • ONA went into arbitration. The increases on their wages based on retroactive pay and inflation was reviewed
     • PIPSC should update us on bargaining strategy
   • Bargaining 2023
     • Previous contract expired Jun 30, 2022
     • Notice was submitted to the employer by Vance on June 16, 2022 to initiate the bargaining process
     • Julie Poon was assigned by PIPSC as new researcher to arrange the member survey
     • The bargaining team was set up to be the existing PIPSC executive members
     • Member survey was sent out in January 2023, with results compiled and discussed by the executives in April 2023
     • Next steps are to research comparator salaries in other regions and set bargaining dates
   • Membership numbers were increased from 116 in 2022 to 120 in 2023
   • At the end Anthony encouraged members to sign up for PIPSC communications by signing up at the link shown in the presentation

6. Annual Financial Report - Paule Charland
   • Paule reviewed the budget
   • Anthony motion to approve
   • Motion carried by membership (i.e., no opposition votes)

7. Upcoming bargaining update – Jennifer Carr & Vance Coulas
   • Jennifer Carr and Vance Coulas outlined the upcoming bargaining rounds for the Bill 124 reopener and main contract negotiations.

8. Q & A
   • A Q&A was conducted with the members, the executive, and PIPSC negotiator.

9. Round table
   • Final round table prior to adjournment.

10. Adjournment
    • Meeting Adjourned: 3:07 PM