Vancouver Branch Executive Meeting (No.42) Minutes
Wednesday September 13, 2017
Location: Whitespot Restaurant, 1616 West Georgia, Vancouver, B.C.
Present
Karen Hall (fall 2018) President
Behzad Mehrabadi (fall 2017) Secretary
Tim Powers (fall 2018) – Treasurer
Daryl Wong (fall 2017) Member-at-Large
Kathy Kerr (fall 2018) - Member-at-Large
Geoff Kendell (fall 2018) Member-at-Large
Absent
Daniel Thibault (fall 2017) Vice-President
Terry Peters (fall 2018) Member-at-Large
Jean Laberge (fall 2017) Member-at-Large
Sid Ansari (fall 2017)-Member-at-Large
Ted Molyneux (fall 2018) Member-at-Large
1.0 Meeting called to order at 5:20 pm by K. Hall.
2.0 Approval of Agenda: M/S J. Kendell/K. Kerr - carried.
3.0 Approval of Draft minutes
- Approval of draft minutes No. 41, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Executive meeting: M/S J. Kendell/K. Kerr - carried.
4.0 Business arising from previous Executive meeting
- Items are carried as per agenda.
5.0 Treasurer's Report
- T. Powers provided a report about the branch finances.
6.0 Mobilization and Engagement Events
- K. Hall provides a report about the events from the last meeting to the current one which includes Steward Appreciation, Labour day and Pride day. The issue of tent and how to be used in case of T. Powers’ absence was discussed.
- The upcoming events are discussed which includes lunch and learn in November, Gathering about the Phoenix on Oct. 18th and Stewart council meeting on Oct. 20th and 21st.
- K. Hall will talk to CAPE and PSAC about having a movie night in November or December.
7.0 PIPSC AGM
- PIPSC AGM will be on November 17th and 18th.
- K. Kerr, S. Ansari, T. Peters and T. Molyneux are going as part of Executives. J. Laberge and J. Kendell will go as part of other groups.
8.0 Vancouver Branch AGM
- The AGM will be on Thursday December 7th at Holliday Inn.
- S. Ansari will report to the next meeting.
- Debbie will be invited to AGM as guest speaker.
- T. Powers will investigate to invite a person from Labor movement as the guest speaker to talk about housing or other related issues to our members in Greater Vancouver and report to next meeting.
9.0 NEXT MEETING
- Wednesday November 8, 2017, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
- Location will be determined and Executive will be informed.
10.0 Adjournment @ 7:50 pm. M/S K. Kerr/K. Hall