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Minutes of the 3rd meeting of the
executive committee in 2017

Held on November 22, 2017

At Restaurant Pacini, in Québec City

Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Location: Restaurant Pacini, 1280 Lebourgneuf Blvd., Québec

Subject: Third meeting of the Québec City NR Sub-Group Executive in 2017

Officers attending:

Janot Alain

Jean-Luc Bédard

Jean-Sébastien Binette

Omar Kali

Regfrets:

None

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Opening remarks by the President
  3. Review and approval of the agenda
  4. Nominations for Executive Officers
  5. Approval of the Minutes of the September 4, 2017, meeting
  6. Business arising from the Minutes
  7. Review of the AGM and October 25th Conference
  8. Draft Financial Statement
  9. Career progression for ADM(Mat) EN-ENG’s
  10. Upcoming Activities
  11. New Business
  12. Next Meeting
  13. Adjournment

Agenda Item

Lead

Discussion

Action required by

1. Call to Order

Jean-Luc

At 6:26 p.m., the president, after checking the quorum, declared the meeting open.

2. Opening remarks by the President

Jean-Luc

The President welcomed everyone and raised a toast to celebrate Omar’s birthday.

3. Review and approval of the agenda

Jean-Luc

Moved by Janot, seconded by Jean-Sébastien: carried unanimously.

4. Appointment for Executive Officers

All

  1. Moved by Jean-Sébastien, seconded by Janot: carried unanimously, Jean-Luc Bédard was re-elected President.
  2. Moved by Jean-Sébastien, seconded by Jean-Luc: carried unanimously, Janot Alain was reappointed as Vice-President.
  3. It was agreed this year to have two separate positions of Secretary and Treasurer, as Omar has expressed an interest in filling one of the two positions. Moved by Janot, seconded by Jean-Luc: carried unanimously, Omar Kali was appointed Secretary.
  4. Finally, moved by Omar, seconded by Janot: carried unanimously, Jean-Sébastien was re-elected Treasurer.

5. Adoption of the minutes of 4 September 2017.

Jean-Sébastien

After a date correction, Moved by Omar, seconded by Jean-Luc, the Minutes were approved unanimously.

6. Business arising from the minutes of September 4, 2017.

Jean-Sébastien

  1. It does not seem that the By-Laws and Regulations of our Sub-Group are posted on the PIPSC Website. To be checked with Ms. Natalie Bélanger.
    Jean-Sébastien
  2. The purchase of sleeveless jackets with the NR logo and Better Together: Yves Cousineau suggested that a number of jackets be purchased for all Sub-Groups interested in purchasing them in order to reduce costs per unit. Follow-up to be done at the next meeting of the NR Executive.
    Janot
  3. Invitation to be sent to our members to join the SG NR VQ Facebook page
    Jean-Luc
  4. Purchase a procedural guide for meetings in French
    Jean-Sébastien

7. Review of the AGM and October 25th Conference

Jean-Luc

  1. Jean-Luc and Jean-Sébastien received very good feedback from several conference participants. They appreciated the subject and the event itself.
  2. However, the AGM was a little short this year due to the busy schedule. For the next AGM, we will encourage discussion of our members’ concerns.

8. Draft Financial Statement

Jean-Sébastien

The Treasurer presented the draft balance sheet for 2017 for information purposes.

9. Career progression for ADM(Mat) EN-ENG’s

Jean-Luc

  1. The Executive has taken up the task this year to move ahead on some issues including ENG’s career progression plan, and unfairness of member classification by geography and by department. There is a career progression plan at DND/ADM(Mat) that will be revised shortly and the person in charge is Glen Schjerning. Jean-Luc is in contact with him to obtain the latest draft.
  2. Jean-Luc provided an update on the ENG career progression plan during the union-management meeting at DRDC Valcartier on November 21, 2017.
  3. ADM(Mat)’s career development plan for 2011 and 2007 to be sent to Omar and Janot.

Jean-Luc

Jean-Sébastien

10. Upcoming activities

Jean-Luc

  1. Conduct a new survey in the summer of 2018 for input by members on bargaining issues that have inevitably changed since the signing of the last collective agreement (in 2017) that expires on September 30, 2018.
  2. Preparation for the next AGM: It was agreed not to hold a major conference this year, but to focus on career development and restore fairness in classification.

Jean-Luc

11. New business

Jean-Luc

None

12. Next Executive meeting

Jean-Sébastien

The next meeting will be held in late February or in March 2018.

Jean-Sébastien

13. Adjournment

Jean-Luc

Moved by Omar, seconded Janot, the meeting adjourned at 8:33 pm.

Published on 18 October 2018