St. John’s CS Subgroup AGM
Elks Club St. John’s
September 27, 2022 at 5:30 PM
Present:
Craig Butler, Lucille Shears, Gerard Grace, Ruth Grace, Tracey Locke, Sherry Brown, Christine LeDrew, Mike Lester, Adam Bennett, Dave Stagg, Ranvir Rana, Scott Squires, Mike Foran, Jacqueline Pottle, Glen Collins, Jeff Barnes, James Vey, Steve Dillon
Invited guests – Eva Henshaw and Stan Buday
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 pm by Lucille Shears
Opening Remarks
Christine LeDrew welcomed all to our first in person meeting AGM in over two years.
Land Acknowledgement
Lucille Shears
Review and Adoption of Agenda
Moved by James Vey, Seconded by Sherry Brown
No objections, Agenda accepted
Review and approval of minutes from previous AGM
Moved by Steve Dillon, Seconded by Mike Lester
No objections, Agenda accepted
Business arising from the minutes
NIL
Election of Subgroup Executive members
Eva Henshaw and Stan Buday conducted the election
The following positions are up for election
President – 2 Year term
Vice President – 1 Year Term
Secretary - 1 Year Term
4 member at large positions (2 year terms)
3 member at large positions (1 year terms)
President – 2 year term
Adam Bennett nominated Steve Dillon - Steve accepted
James Vey nominated Christine LeDrew – Christine accepted
Vote conducted and Christine LeDrew was elected subgroup president
Vice President - 1 year term
Christine LeDrew nominated James Vey – James accepted
Elected by acclimation
Treasurer - 2 Year Term
Christine LeDrew nominated Sherry Brown – Sherry accepted
Elected by acclimation
Secretary -1 Year Term
James Vey nominated Craig Butler – Craig accepted
Elected by acclimation
Member at Large -7 positions – 4 (2 year term) / 3 (1 year term)
Sherry Browne nominated Tracey Locke - Tracey accepted nomination
Craig Butler nominated Steve Dillon – Steve accepted nomination
Steve Dillon nominated Mike Lester - Mike accepted the nomination
Ruth Grace nominated Gerard Grace – Gerard accepted the nomination.
Christine LeDrew nominated Lucille Shears – Lucille accepted the nomination
Steve Dillon nominated Adam Bennett – Adam accepted the nomination
Gerard Grace nominated Ruth Grace – Ruth accepted the nomination
Adam Bennett nominated Ranvir Rana – Ranvir accepted the nomination
Jacqueline Pottle nominated Scott Squires – Scott accepted the nomination
No other nominations were put forward
Lucille Shears rescinded her acceptance of the nomination
An election was then held to determine who would fill the seven available positions.
Tracey Locke, Steve Dillon, Mike Lester, Adam Bennett and Ranvir Rana were elected on first ballot
Gerard Grace, Ruth Grace and Scott Squires were tied after the first ballot, so a run-off was held.
Gerard Grace and Scott Squires were elected on the run-off ballot.
Motion to destroy the ballots was put forth by James Vey, seconded by Christine LeDrew.
No objections, Motion accepted.
Financial report distributed for review
The financial report was distributed to all. Sherry Browne reviewed the report.
Motion to accept Christine LeDrew, seconded by Steve Dillon
No objections, financial report accepted
President’s Report
Christine LeDrew delivered her report. It recapped the last two years and highlighted the impact of the pandemic on the subgroup.
By Laws
Lucille Shears and Christine LeDrew presented our new gender-neutral bylaws and drew attention to paragraph 6.7.1 and 6.7.2.
After the review of these items, an amendment was put forth by Steve Dillion to change the wording of 6.7.2 to read as follows:
Original:
If a position other than that of the President becomes vacant for any reason, an eligible member of the Sub-Group will be voted in to fill that vacancy at the next election.
Amended:
If a position other than that of the President becomes vacant for any reason, an eligible member of the Sub-Group will be voted in to fill that vacancy at the next Sub-Group executive meeting.
Motion to accept amendment put forward by Steve Dillon, Seconded by Lucille Shears
No objections, amendment accepted.
Motion put forward by Christine LeDrew to accept the bylaws
Seconded by Mike Lester
No Objections – Motion carried
Bargaining Update
Stan Buday provided us with an update on bargaining and negotiations.
PIPSC Update
Eva Henshaw provided and update on the PIPSC board of directors and the structure of PIPSC
Closing remarks
Draw for a set of wireless headphones was made among all attendees. Tracey Locke was the winner.
Christine LeDrew thanked all for their attendance.
Motion to adjourn presented by Steve Dillon
Seconded by Ranvir Rana
Meeting was adjourned @ 8:30 PM