MINUTES - PIPSC North Central Vancouver Island Branch Executive Committee Meeting, July 20, 2017
Cockoo Trattoria, Coombs
Present:
Carl Cahoon (Spring 2019) President
Tamas Lipcsey (Spring 2019) Treasurer
Jennifer Mollins (Spring 2018) Secretary
Charles Fort (Spring 2018) Retired-MAL
Jean Van Der Mark (Spring 2018) Retired-MAL
Bill Woolverton (Spring 2018) Retired-MAL
Regrets:
Nick Leone (Spring 2018) Vice-President
James Shephard (Spring 2018) MAL
- CC called meeting to order with quorum at 6pm
- Approve Agenda (M/S JM/CC)
- Congratulations to TL as new treasurer, review mandate (bylaws, budget, meet at least 3x/yr)
- Approve Minutes from March 15, 2017 (M/S JVM, BW)
5. Business arising from AGM on May 5
- Regional and national efforts/plans – Better Together continuing
- Bylaw proposal - to PIPSC Bylaw Ctte on June 26, CC to follow up
- Debrief status of Branch-sponsored 2015 nat’l AGM resolution from R MacDonald – Will be redone and submitted to PIPSC AGM by BC/YK Region
- Zoom – no interest in using Zoom.
- Attendance / response – Same as other years, 35.
- Election – up to 11 members – will consider appointing 3 MAL, if candidates are made apparent
- Location – VIU location and services are excellent
- questions on methodology/ results of members' survey results – PIPSC BC/YK survey was underway and discussed;
- one/two expressing dissatisfaction on how some of their concerns were handled – Rob McDonald addressed these concerns in the meeting, no followup required
- one on funding structure for different departments within PIPSC – as consultations becomes larger part of PIPSC, the regional aspects remain core to the structure of the union’
- Managerial Mentorship & Leadership training & PD opportunities provided through PIPSC – Rob McDonald spoke about how training is being revised at PIPSC, expect new training program this year.
6 Business arising from previous Executive meeting
- Debrief on BC/YK Engagement Workshop May 5/6 – CC attended. Better Together regeneration, surveyed participants and rolling up responses now. More to come.
- Debrief on Regional Council meeting June 2-3 outcomes / who attended? (CC) – CC and BW attended. CC is now award committee chair, vice chair of council and on the training committee. Discussed joining the BC Federation of Labour.
- Does PIPSC have position on divestment from fossil fuels in pension fund? (BW) – Pension funds are run by a corporation that the union has input into, but no influence. Robert McDonald to provide contact info to this corporation for Bill. Item complete.
- Phoenix update (all) – Phoenix problems have continued for so long that it has the danger of becoming a new normal for members. Still enduring errors in pay, lagging acting pay (months behind). PIPSC started new court case against employer regarding phoenix. Other merging projects are stalling, such as Canada.ca and shared services, identified risk of contracting out to solve these problems instead of relying on the professional public service.
- Attracting members to become active
- MOTION: Buy rally toolkit with reusable visibility items of 50 pinnies, up to $600. (M/S JM/JVD)
- Debrief on
- March for Science on April 22 in Victoria (BW) – attended. Little PIPSC presence.
- March 26 Campbell River bowling event (JV) – families participated, good event.
- International Labour Day, May 1, Cumberland (HM) Deb Hughes, Steve Schutt, JS, and JV attended with Branch sponsored tickets. Cost $140
- Other engagement ideas? Movie. Consider movie/AGM combination
- Annual calendar for branch (JM) – reviewed
- Email portal / document sharing (CC) – pipsc.ncvi@gmail.com – will use
- Upcoming training courses/meetings
- Steward council is October 20-21,2017 in Vancouver – CC, TS and JM plan to attend
- PIPSC AGM, November 17-18, 2017 in Ottawa - TL with JVM alternate for branch. CC & JM attending through groups. CS resolution to participate in triannual CLC meeting discussed – expensive, but take advantage of membership to influence CLC. No NCVI branch resolutions.
- Steward basic training November 23-25, 2017 in Vancouver
- Advanced steward training April 11 – 14, 2018 in Victoria
- Steward basic training in May 2018 TBC
- BC/YK regional council in June 2 2018 in Whistler
7. Treasurer's Report
a. Budget for 2018 – will develop next meeting
b. Budget and spending for 2017 – report accepted including Bike to Work May 29 to June 4 (DFO PBS request for $150) and AGM
8. New Business
a. WFA at DFO – Was in effect and subsequently cancelled. JM to check was WFA committee set up?
b. AV, SP, CS contract signed – and more contracts signed.
c. CS contract for retirees – for information, contact treasurer of CS group
9. Next executive meeting: October 4, location tbc
10. Meeting adjourned at 8:20pm by CC