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Toronto IT Subgroup Planning Meeting, November 17, 2025

Present:

Karla Yelland (President)             Judy Chow (VP)                Nuşin Brown

Bill Sukloff                                   Andrea Agh                       Robert Mertens

Roy Philip                                   Dave Darling                     Mathan Mahalingam           

Basil Ho                           

Absent: Yashwinie Shivanand, Dinesh Kandasamy

Welcome by Karla Yelland at 6:10 pm.

Introductions: Everyone introduced themselves.

Approval of Agenda: The meeting Agenda was reviewed and approved.

Approval of Draft AGM Meeting Minutes: Minutes from the Subgroup AGM that was held on September 24, 2025, to be reviewed for accuracy.

Meeting Schedule for the year: Meetings will be held every second month, on the third Wednesday of the month on the following dates:

January 21, 2026

March 11, 2026

May 20, 2026

July 15, 2026

An additional virtual meeting will be held later in August for AGM planning. The AGM will take place in September 2026.

Finance Review: A financial review was done.

Portfolios: Andrea will continue as Treasurer.  Mathan will be the new Secretary.

  • Lunch and Learns/Workshops: NOC/ROC has presentations available about arbitration vs. conciliation. Bill will be the NOC/ROC liaison.

PIPSC periodically offers presentations to new members, therefore, it would be ideal to leverage existing information sessions into our lunch and learns.

Action Item: Robert will reach out to PIPSC to obtain presentation information.

  • Newsletter: Karla, Judy and Dave will be the leads for the subgroup member newsletter. Everyone is expected to contribute to the content. The newsletter will be short, one page to be published in January.
  • Visibility/Promotional Items: Toronto IT branded promotional items to distribute to members at engagement events must be ordered by December 31st. Roy will be the lead.

Action Item: Everyone suggests promotional item ideas to Roy by Friday November 28th.

  • Subgroup Socials: Basil will be the lead to investigate venues for a subgroup social event.
  • Social Media Communications: The Toronto IT Subgroup has a Facebook page where we post notifications about upcoming events and event photos. Mathan will be the lead. Karla will continue as the administrator.

Action Item: Executive members who do not already have a pipsc.ca email address to obtain one for secure communications. A PIPSC email address can be requested online at https://pipsc.ca/member-tools/email

New Business/Round Table: Judy made a motion to request $XXX towards the SSC holiday potluck. Mathan seconded. Motion carried.

Roy made a motion to request $XXX towards the IT West holiday potluck. Bill seconded. A friendly amendment was made by Judy to reduce the amount to $XX. Motion carried for $XX.

Adjournment: Karla made a motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm. The next meeting will be held on January 21, 2026.

Published on 18 March 2026