December 8, 2024 - 9 am to 5 pm ET
Michèle Demers Conference Centre, PIPSC
Present: Stan Buday, Pierre Touchette, Patricia Williamson, Rob Scott, Gord Bulmer, Denis Caissy, Jordan Loverock, Karim Chaggani, Yvonne Snaddon, Tamara Critch, Deb Butler, Robert Seguin, Lucille Shears
Regrets: Stéphane Aubry
Agenda/Ordre du jour
- Welcome / Bienvenue
- Adoption of Agenda / Adoption de l'ordre du jour
Moved by: Jordan Loverock Seconded by: Deb Butler
CARRIED - Approval of Minutes of Last meeting / Approbation du procès-verbal de la dernière réunion
16 October 2023 / 18 août 2023
Moved by: Stan Buday Seconded by: Patricia Williams
CARRIED - Business Arising from the minutes/Action Items Affaires découlant du procès-verbal/Points d'action
a) Nil - Standing Items / Points permanents
a) Bargaining Update / Mise à jour sur les négociations (Rob & JP)
i) Discussion moved to later in the meeting
b) Strategic Planning Update & Review / Mise à jour et examen de la planification stratégique (Stan)
c) Visibility / visibilité (Pierre)
Motion: Earmark up to $10 000 for display stands that will be available to each subgroup that requests them
Moved by: Deb Butler Seconded by: Karim Chaggani
CARRIED
Motion: Increase promotional items line item to up to $65 000
Moved by: Pierre Touchette Seconded by: Deb Butler
CARRIED
d) Return to Office / Retour au bureau (All)
i) ACTION: Stan Buday will work with Sean O'Reilly and PIPSC to put out messaging regarding return to the office
6. New Business / Nouvelles affaires
a. New Secretary (Stan)
a) Jordan Loverock has taken over as Secretary temporarily
b) ACTION: Jordan Loverock will reach out to Tony Goddard to learn more about the role
b. Formalize Meeting Schedule / Formaliser le calendrier des réunions (Stan)
i. February 3
ii. April 5
iii. May 13 (tentatively) Strategic planning
iv. June 14
v. August 23-24 Strategic planning
Potential Locations
Kingston Delta
Isaiah Tubbs
Lac Leamy
Auberge des Gallant Restaurant and Spa
c. Christmas Dinner / Dîner de Noël (Stan)
i. A reminder to be prompt with responses and a suggestion to include future events in the meeting invitation
ii. A suggestion to have it the night before the Executive meeting going forward
iii. There will be a motion in the future to cover rooms for NCR members should they so choose
d. IT Bargaining Team Distribution List / Liste de distribution de l'équipe de négociation TI (Stan)
e. New Comms Officer (Stan)
i. Tamara Critch has taken over as Comms Officer temporarily
ii. ACTION: Tamara will request appropriate accesses from Tony Goddard
f. Elections Committee (Stan)
i. Stan Buday, Rob Scott, Denis Caissy will comprise the Election Committee
ii. ACTION: Include in notice of elections that if you are elected to the IT National Executive that you may be required to be a member of the IT Group bargaining team
g. IT National Executive Handbook (All)
i. ACTION: Every Executive member with a portfolio should complete a handbook for their role by the next Executive meeting and a general Executive member handbook should be created as well
h. Contracting Out (Yvonne)
i. ACTION: Yvonne requests that all Executive members send her an email with their comments regarding how we move forward
ii. ACTION: Look into press release regarding contracting out numbers
iii. ACTION: Renew membership on the COAT since some members have stepped down
iv. ACTION: Yvonne will set up a meeting to discuss this topic further with Dean, Lucille, Stan, and Gord
v. ACTION: Denis requests a special recognition of some sort for the COAT
i. NCR Sub-Groups (Gord)
i. ACTION: Lucille will contact Linda to set-up a half-day subgroup discussion meeting (potentially February 2) with Pierre, Patricia, Gord, and Stan
7. Reports/Activities d’executive
(Please file in the Executive Reports sub-directory / A déposer dans le sous-répertoire des rapports exécutifs )
a) President /Président (Stan)
b) Vice-President/Vice-président (Pierre)
c) Treasurer/Trésorier (Deb)
i) ACTION: Stan will put together a business case for adding an additional day to the IT AGM
d) Steering Committee & Secretary/Comité directeur et Secrétaire (Tony)
e) Bargaining / Négociations (Rob/JP)
Motion: Move to a closed session
Moved by: Rob Scott Seconded by: Lucille Shears
CARRIED
A discussion took place regarding the latest tentative agreement news
Motion: End closed session
Moved by: Patricia Williams Seconded by: Rob Scott
CARRIED
f) NOC/ROC- Mobilization / CNO/ROC- Mobilisation (Gordon)
i) ACTION: Setup a meeting the afternoon of February 2 for NOC/ROC discussions between Stan, Pierre, Gord, and Lucille
g) Communications (Tony)
h) Subgroup Officer/Agent de sous groupe (Lucille)
i) ACTION: Lucille requests Executive members send her their ideas for the Subgroup Presidents Meeting
ii) ACTION: Pierre to send a list of promotional items to the Executive for them to decide what to order for the Subgroup Presidents Meeting
i) Steward Officer / Agent de délégués syndicaux (Tamara)
i) ACTION: Tamara will verify years of steward service with PIPSC staff for accuracy to ensure no service pins are missed
ii) ACTION: Tamara will ask the National Steward Officer to give a half hour update on the new steward framework at the next Executive meeting
j) Membership Officer / Agente de membership (Patricia)
k) Labour Relation & Consultation Officer & Contracting Out Officer / Agente des relations de travail et de consultation et Agente chargée de la sous-traitance (Yvonne)
i) ITYPC (Jordan/Karim)
i) ACTION: Jordan will send new ITYPC applications to the Executive for their review
8) Other business & Roundtable / Autres affaires et table ronde
a) ACTION: Add SSC’s new Cloud responsibilities as a WGC agenda item and members should bring what they hear to the next Executive meeting
9) Next meeting / Prochaine réunion
10) Adjournment / Ajournement
Motion: To adjourn
Moved by: Tamara Critch Seconded by: Jordan Loverock
CARRIED