Vancouver CRA Branch Executive Meeting
Date: March 13, 2025
Location: Browns Social House, A1 - 9666 King George Blvd, Surrey
Attendees: Mauro Defeudis, President
Lauren Kunimoto, Secretary
Gurpreet Khera, Treasurer
Mike Chow, Member-at-Large
Greg Day, Member-at-Large
Tajinder Dubb, Member-at-Large
Amanda Hong, Member-at-Large
Colin McBride, Member-at-Large
Ingrid Tan, Member-at-Large
Absent: Thomas Kirkpatrick, Vice President
- Mauro Defeudis called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
- Branch Executive Meeting Minutes October 16, 2024
Emailed Branch executives October 16, 2024 meeting minutes. Reviewed minutes. Approved minutes. Moved by Gurpreet Khera. Seconded by Colin McBride. Carried.
- Planning AGM
Date: May 8, 2025
Venue: Lee Garden Seafood at 6401 Kingsway, Burnaby. Amanda Hong will make arrangements with the venue.
Budget: 100 members but could accommodate up to 120 members.
Guest speakers: Morgan Cranny, Simon Chiu. Lauren Kunimoto will contact speakers.
Poster: Lauren Kunimoto will draft poster.
Drinks – wine on table and one (1) drink ticket per member. Colin McBride will get wine.
Attendees: Lauren Kunimoto will keep track of attendees.
Door Prizes: Approved 50 giftcards x $10 = $500 Tim Horton’s and London Drugs and/or Save-On Foods. Lauren Kunimoto will get gift cards.
Discussed commitment fee to minimize no-shows. $10 charge e-trsf to Mauro Defeudis, Tajinder Dubb or Ingrid Tan.
- Branch Bank
Signatures to be updated to include Mauro Defeudis.
- Correction of Elected Positions
We can interpret that no elections are required at our next May 2025 AGM. The timing of our sitting elected positions were not in accordance with our bylaws, but non- life threatening, and in part due to Covid. The term expiry of Vancouver CRA Branch executive positions should be corrected as follows:
Term Expires
President: Mauro Defeudis 2027
Vice-President: Tom Kirkpatrick 2027
Treasurer: Gurpreet Khera 2026
Secretary: Lauren Kunimoto 2026
Member-at-Large: Greg Day 2027
Member-at-Large: Tajinder Dubb 2027
Member-at-Large: Mike Chow 2026
Member-at-Large: Amanda Hong 2027
Member-at-Large: Colin McBride 2027
Member-at-Large: Ingrid Tan 2026
Lauren Kunimoto will inform PIPSC of the above correction of elected positions.
- Resolutions and Updating Branch Bylaws
There is a branch model on the website which we could emulate to update the branch bylaws to model – under review and discussion.
- Regional Council
June 13 – 14, 2025 at Tigh-Na-Ma-Ra Resort, Parksville
Delegates will be selected.
- Roundtable
Ingrid Tan – improvement of communication and transparency from PIPSC executives ie. BC/Yukon Region to the members including explanations of issues discussed rather than just indicating a generic attendance of a meeting and informing candidates the status of their application. This would be helpful when members of a particular group could be dealing with similar issues of members of a different group. Lauren Kunimoto will address this at the next BC/Yukon Regional executive meeting on April 8, 2025.
- Mauro Defeudis adjourned the meeting at 7:48 pm.