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Montreal-Metro CS Sub-Group - Minutes of the 2018 AGA

Montreal-Metro CS Sub-Group

Annual General Meeting May 8th, 2018

Peroni Restaurant 1155 Metcalfe street

Montreal, QC

Minutes

Were present:

Denis Hudon
Dragosh Lainescu
François Pilon
Francois Hurtubise
Hugo Landry
Hui Yee Ho
Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc
Jenny Chong
Philippe Marazzani
Julien Rossignol
Renaud Guiard
Laurent Martin
Vicky Painchaud
Pierre Gauthier
Augustina Lainescu
Karim Hallal
Bruno Lafleur
Christian Leclerc

Guests: Robert Tellier, Pierre Touchette

The Meeting President, Hugo Landry, opens the meeting. He explains how to get free parking and says that the meeting will begin after all the orders are in. Hugo Landry proposes Philippe Marazzani as the Assembly Secretary. He is seconded by Laurent Martin.

1— Adoption of the Order of Business

  • The President reads the Order of Business.
  • The President asks if any amendments are required.
    • No amendment is proposed to the Order of Business.
  • Hugo Landry proposes the adoption of the Order of Business
  • He is seconded by Vicky Painchaud.
  • The President asks if someone demands a vote.
  • The Order of Business is adopted unanimously.

2— Greetings

  • The President introduces the members of the current executive to the members.
  • The President introduces our guests, Robert Tellier and Pierre Touchetrte.

3— Reading and approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the previous year

  • The Presidents is giving the members a few minutes to read the Minutes of the 2017 General Assembly.
  • The President asks if any amendments are required to the Minutes.
    • Hugo Landry has an amendment. The Minutes should be modified to show he was not the Assembly President but only Acting President of Montreal-Metro CS Sub-Group. The Assembly President was actually Denis Hudon.
  • Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc proposes the adoption of the 2017 Minutes, as amended.
  • He is seconded by François Hurtubise.
  • The President asks if someone demands a vote.
  • The order of business is adopted unanimously.

4— Business arising from the previous Minutes

No follow-up is required for business arising from the 2017 Minutes.

5— President’s Report

Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc, Montreal-Metro CS Sub-Group President, greets the attendance and reminds everyone that this is your CS Sub-Group. Not too long ago, a collective agreement was signed, but we will return to collective bargaining soon for the next collective agreement. Miguel informs the Assembly about Renaud Guiard who has been very active this past year, first, within our Sub-Group as the treasurer, second, at the Ville-Marie Branch as the President, but also within the Regional Executive. Philippe Marazzani has worked as Secretary of our Sub-Group and the Ville-Marie Branch as well. Hugo Landry has been very active, locally in consultations but also representing the Quebec Region at the PIPSC Comity of Informatics Services and Projects. Miguel talks about the outstanding work of Vicky Painchaud, who has been a member of the Sub-Group until May 2017, and who has been named Steward of the Year. Vicky adds that Miguel also has been named Steward of the Year in the past. Miguel says he attended FTQ “train the trainer” training to train our Quebec Region PIPSC stewards.

6— Annual Financial Statement

Denis Hudon introduces the Treasurer, Renaud Guiard, who presents the Financial Statement of the Sub-Group. He talks about last year and upcoming expenses. The biggest expenses are the AGM and the mobilisation activities.

  • Renaud asks if there are any suggestions for activities or promotional objects.
    • Hugo Landry asks the member to keep their suggestions until Varia.
    • Miguel proposes that $500 is added to the amount for promotional objects.
      • He is seconded by François Hurtubise.
      • The proposition is adopted unanimously.
  • Renaud Guiard propose the adoption of the financial statement and the 2018-2019 budget.
  • He is seconded by Hugo Landry.
  • The President asks if someone demands a vote.
  • The financial report and the budget are adopted unanimously.

7— Elections

The Meeting President introduces Robert Tellier who is named Election President. There are 5 positions up for election, 1 for Vice-President

and 4 positions for Members-at-Large.

  • Vice-President:
    • Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc proposes Denis Hudon.
    • He accepts.
    • There are no other candidates.
    • Denis Hudon is elected by acclamation.
  • Members-at-Large:
    • Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc proposes Hugo Landry
    • He accepts.
    • Hugo Landry proposes Dragosh Lainescu
    • He accepts.
    • As they are no other candidates, Hugo Landry and Dragosh Lainescu are de facto elected by acclamation to the positions of Members-at-Large.

8— Varia

  • Pierre Gauthier: he proposes a resolution in order to organise an event to mark the end of our collective agreement.
    • Miguel thinks this is a great idea and seconds. Robert Tellier says that Pierre Touchette is taking notes as this idea might be brought up to the national.
    • Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc proposes an amendment as to bring this up right away to the national CS AGM next June, in the name of our Sub-Group.
    • Philippe Marazzani seconds.
    • The resolution is adopted unanimously.
  • Vicky Painchaud: she proposes a resolution asking the National Executive to find high visibility promotional objects displaying a message that the CS Community wants to keep its gains for the next round of collective bargaining.
    • She is seconded by Miguel Daraîche-Leblanc
    • The resolution is adopted unanimously.
    • Vicky Painchaud and Dragosh Lainescu are proposing some examples of promotional objects. Vicky, a very eye-catching cover for a chair back panel displaying a message saying we want to keep our working conditions. Dragosh proposes a laptop case. Pierre Touchette is asking that a photo is sent to him to have a better idea of the type of case.

9— Close of Meeting

  • There being no other business, the President asks if someone would declare the meeting closed.
  • Hugo Landry proposes the close of the meeting
  • He is seconded by Philippe Marazzani.
  • The President asks if someone demands a vote.
  • The meeting is closed unanimously.
  • Close of meeting.

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Hugo Landry, Meeting President

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Philippe Marazzani, Secretary

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