Agenda Item

Discussion

Follow-up

Call To Order

Matt Dufault, AFS Sub-Group President, called the meeting to order at 18:06.

Rollcall of executive members

All executive members were present:

• Matthieu Dufault, President
• Nitin Chowdhary, Vice President
• Burgess Antroliwalla, Treasurer
• Patrono Rodrigues
• Sumit Katyal
• Allison Thompson
• Zita Parry

Welcoming Remarks

Sean Gillis, Ontario rep and Doug Mason, AFS President were present as well as previous executive members Amanda Volpe and Bryan Adderley.

Matt thanked the special guests as well as all volunteers and stewards

Adoption of Agenda

Motion to approve the Agenda:

Moved by: Patrono Rodrigues

Seconded by: Nitin Chowdhary

Vote passed

Carried.

Adoption of the Rules of Procedure

We used Stergis, standard code

Motion to approve:

Moved by: Sumit Katyal

Seconded by: Burgess Antroliawalla

Vote passed

Carried.

Short recess was held for members and guests to get their dinner

Business arising from minutes

A member asked about financials, Burgess Antroliwalla will discuss these later on.

Nominations and Elections

President

Nitin Chowdhary, nominated by Burgess Antroliwalla, accepts nomination.

Matthieu Dufault, nominated by Anne Peterman, declines nomination.

Nitin Chowdhary is the new president by acclimation.

Treasurer

Burgess Antroliwalla, nominated by Nitin Chowdhary, accepts nomination.

Burgess Antroliwalla remains treasurer by acclimation.

Vice President

Matthieu Dufault, nominated by Patrono Rodrigues, accepts nomination.

Matthieu Dufault is the new vice president by acclimation.

Secretary

Allison Thompson, nominated by Patrono Rodrigues, accepts nomination.

Allison Thompson is the new secretary by acclimation.

Members at Large

Patrono Rodrigues, nominated by Raj Darji, accepts nomination.

Sumit Katyal, nominated by Nitin Chowdhary, accepts nomination.

Mahinda Piyasiri, nominated by Sumit Katyal, accepts nomination.

Lee, nominated by Patrono Rodrigues, declines nomination.

Piritpal Khurana, nominated by Patrono Rodrigues, accepts nomination.

Phara Sok, nominated by Sumit Katyal, accepts nomination.

Rajit, nominated by Patrono Rodrigues, declines nomination

Raj Darji, nominated by Patrono Rodrigues, accepts nomination

Christian Lebel, nominated by Gina, declines nomination

By acclimation, the new members at large are:

• Patrono Rodrigues
• Sumit Katyal
• Mahinda Piyasiri
• Pritpal Khurana
• Phara Sok
• Raj Darji

Report of Officers

Matthieu Dufault talked about challenges with remote work. It has been difficult to get member engagement and attendance for events has been low.

Treasurer’s report

Burgess Antroliwalla reviewed the 2019, 2020, and 2021 financials and answered questions from members.

Motion to approve the 2021 financial statements:

Moved by: Allison Thompson

Seconded by: Sumit Katyal

Vote passed.

Motion to approve the 2023 proposed budget:

Moved by: Patrono Rodrigues

Seconded by: Nitin Chowdhary

Vote passed                                        

Carried.

Guest speakers

Guest speakers were Doug Mason and Sean Gillis.

The guest speakers spoke on the following topics:

• bargaining preparation;
• the new PSHCP effective July 1, 2023;
• a new AU-01 to AU-04 general competition; and,
• communication hub.

President’s Closing Remark

Matthieu Dufault gave closing remarks and welcomed the new executive.

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting

Moved by:  Allison Thompson

Seconded by: Alex

Carried.