NATIONAL DEFENCE, NCR NR Subgroup DND NCR NR Subgroup Minutes of Meeting of Exec Officers
held Thursday, 20 April 2017
189 Lyon St. N., Madisons New York Grill & Bar, Ottawa (at 4:30 pm)
Present: George Achakji (President), Kevser Korhan Taymaz (Vice-Pres), Bran Gojkovic (Secretary-Treasurer), Sajjad Khan, John Eng, Sherry Oake, Hussain Wajid, Peter Taticek (guest) and Yves Cousineau, President of NR Group Executive (guest invited by John Eng)
Absent: None
1. Welcome and introduction:
The meeting was called to order by the President George Achakji and he welcomed everyone in attendance
2. Review of Agenda:
The Agenda for the meeting was reviewed and accepted as is with all agreed.
3. Review & Acceptance of last Minutes of Meeting
Reviewed but not accepted.
4. Review of the Draft AGM Minutes of 21 Dec 2016
Reviewed but not accepted. John Eng proposed, in writing, two amendments to be included in final meeting minute’s version.
5. Constitution and By-Laws (Status Update)
Not discussed.
6. Elections/Confirmation of New Executive
Sherry Oake presented to the meeting “Timeline of NR/DND NCR Sub-Group Election Results and Publications” as at 4 Apr 2017. Based on the minutes from past AGMs, the 2-year terms for Executive Officers George Achakji, Kevser Korhan Taymaz and Bran Gojkovic expired on 25 Mar 2017. This was not noticed by those persons, and as they did not seek re-election at the December 2016 AGM, they are no longer able to hold their respective positions at this time. George Achakji objected to this interpretation but Yves Cousineau referred to the Sub-Group’s By Laws (para 6.3) which clearly states the term for executive members is two years.. George Achakji’s suggestion, that he, Kevser and Bran are able to continue serving, and then get re-elected in later, was also dismissed. George Achakji disputed election of John Eng because of the formal complaint made to PIPSC about his behaviour in the past. Yves Cousineau dismissed this with the explanation that PIPSC has no formal complaint about John Eng’s behaviour, and that any censure must be done in accordance with the PIPSC Discipline policy. Thus John Eng is eligible to serve on the Executive. After further discussion it was determined that Sherry Oake, John Eng and Sajjad Khan were properly elected as new Executive Officers in accordance with PIPSC rules. After this, they held a brief meeting and decided the following:
- Sherry Oake will be a President;
- John Eng will be Vice-President/Treasurer;
- Sajjad Khan will be Vice-President/Secretary; and
- Announcement will be made to the membership.
Yves Cousineau advised that having two (2) VPs is not compliant with By-laws. Therefore it was decided that Sajjad will be VP and John Eng will be Treasurer/Secretary.
Hussain Wajid was not considered by Yves Cousineau to be a SG executive as he was neither present, nor elected at the AGM in December.
7. Business arising from last meeting
Not discussed.
8. Financial Update
Not discussed.
9. NR Contract Negotiations Update
Mr. Cousineau briefed the meeting on the following:
- Formation of Engineering 2nd Council;
- Progress re: negotiations with TBS on Tentative Agreement;
- Survey (consultations with and the opinion of the members) re: two Subgroups merge (`720 voters have been contacted by email);
- Complaint received by the Group.
10. Planning of 2017 Subgroup Update
Not discussed.
11. New Business/Round Table
After the three Executive positions were confirmed, Sherry Oake spoke about the way ahead for the Sub-Group given the changes that happened. She intends to seek more members for the Executive by soliciting from ALL the Sub-Group membership. As well, she intends to foster more transparency and communication with all Sub-Group members. There will be a transition period as the Sub-Group builds up a functioning Executive, so she asks for patience during this time.
12. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 6:35 pm.
Drafted by
Bran Gojkovic
Signatures
John Eng
Sajjad Khan
Sherry Oake