2018 SH GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice and Call for Delegates

DATE:  March 9, 2018

TO: All SH Group Members

FROM: Joanne Bouchard President, SH Group

The 19th Annual General Meeting of the Health Services Group (SH) will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau.

As per By-law 8.1.4 Attendance: All members of the Group are entitled to attend and speak at Annual General Meetings.

As per By-law 8.1.5 Delegates: Only members of the SH Group may apply and be delegates to the Annual General Meeting. Only delegates shall be entitled to vote. Delegates shall be appointed as follows:

As per By-law 8.1.5.1 Group Executive: Each member of the Group Executive shall be a delegate.

As per By-law 8.1.5.2 Regions: There shall be one (1) additional delegate for every two hundred (200) members of the Group rounded to the nearest two hundred (200). Where possible, these delegates will be regionally apportioned based on the relative population of members in each region.

Based on this formula, the SH Group is entitled to select sixteen (16) delegates, based on the following regional representation.

Region / Number of delegates (1/200)

Atlantic / 2

Quebec / 3

NCR / 2

Ontario / 3

Prairies / 4

BC / 2

As per By-Law 8.1.5.3:

The SH Group Executive shall select the delegates. The decision of the Group Executive will be binding and there will be no appeal process.

As per By-law R8.1.5.3 preferential consideration will be given to:

  • Stewards;
  • Recommendations from any PIPSC constituent body;
  • Members from under represented professions, departments or regions;
  • Any active member who identifies interest in attending.

If you wish to attend the 2018 AGM as a SH Delegate, please complete the following Online SH Delegate Application Form by April 4, 2018 at 4:00 PM (Ottawa Time).

All confirmed Delegates are invited to a Meet & Greet on Friday evening, June 15, 2018. Further details will be provided to you once the selection process has been completed.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to communicate with Linda Rochefort at lrochefort@pipsc.ca  Administrative Assistant to the SH Group.

We look forward to welcoming you at the 19th Annual General Meeting of the SH Group!