Vancouver Branch Executive Meeting (No.41) Minutes
Thursday May 25, 2017
Location: White Spot Restaurant, 1616 West Georgia, Vancouver, B.C.
Present
Karen Hall (fall 2018) President
Daniel Thibault (fall 2017) Vice-President
Daryl Wong (fall 2017) Member-at-Large
Jean Laberge (fall 2017) Member-at-Large
Kathy Kerr (fall 2018) - Member-at-Large
Geoff Kendell (fall 2018) Member-at-Large
Tim Powers (fall 2018) – Treasurer
Sid Ansari (fall 2017)-Member-at-Large
Absent
Ted Molyneux (fall 2018) Member-at-Large
Behzad Mehrabadi (fall 2017) Secretary
Terry Peters (fall 2018) Member-at-Large
Guest
Robert MacDonald – BC/Yukon Regional Director
1.0 Meeting called to order at 5:08 pm by K. Hall.
2.0 Approval of Agenda: M/S K. Hall/T. Powers - carried.
3.0 Approval of Draft minutes
- Approval of draft minutes No. 40, April 12 Executive meeting M/S S Ansari/J Laberge - carried.
4.0 Guest Speaker – Robert MacDonald
- Summarized current challenges and successes and shared his vision of the role he sees for Branches within the Region
- Committed to following up on the status of training regarding Pensions
5.0 Business arising from previous Executive meeting
- Items are carried as per agenda.
6.0 Treasurer's Report
- Financial Sign-off completed and waiting for allotment
7.0 Membership Data
- Not available at this time but did have a discussion on number of youth within the Branch (~25%)
8.0 Mobilization and Engagement Events
- Science March – received money from Better Together. Successful visibility event
- L&L on “Getting to know your union” attended by 16 members. First time at Library Square and met new members
- May Day participation by several members
- Steward Appreciation (K Hall) – at the Rogue again; invite to stewards to be sent out
- Pride (J Laberge) – will connect with PIPSC HQ and multi union organizing group
- Sunfest (S Ansari) – have contacted organizers and will arrange for tent
- Labour Day (T Powers) – will contact organizers and be there with tent
- Movie Event (K Hall) – to be determined this fall
- AGM (S Ansari) – contact has been made with Holiday Inn and larger room booked
9.0 By-laws
- K. Kerr presented options on proceeding and shared the differences between current by-laws and model
- Motion: K. Kerr proposed we adopt model by-laws and existing regulations and present at this year’s AGM m/s K Kerr/D Thibault – carried
- K. Kerr to provide K Hall with electronic version for translation and posting
10.0 Regional Council
- Delegation: We invited 5 additional members of the Branch to attend along with the executive. S Cowell, W. Kurokova, I Versoza, B Sekhon and R Ross-Smith.
Resolutions: The Branch also supported moving to resolutions at Council – (how these were moved for acceptance was not recorded)- Joining the BC Federation of Labour
- Use of Gender Balanced Language in PIPSC Bylaws, Regulations and Policies
11.0 NEXT MEETING
- Wednesday September 13, 2017, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
- Whitespot on Georgia.
12.0 Adjournment @ 7:50 pm. M/S T Powers/S Ansari