Record of Discussion (ROD)
PIPSC DND LSTL NR Sub Group – Executive Meeting
26 July 2017, @ the Hilton Lac Leamy
In Attendance:
- Jennifer Carr – President
- Lynn Mayes – Vice President
- Glen Schjerning - Treasurer
- Karim Baamar – Secretary (regrets)
- Rebecca Mardell – Member at Large
- Xiangqun (Quentin) Qiu – Member at Large
- Zhanling (James) Kuang – Member at Large
- Sherry Oake – Guest (PIPSC DND NCR Sub Group Executive)
- John Eng – Guest (PIPSC DND NCR Sub Group Executive)
-The meeting was called to order at 12:00h.
-Glen reviewed the financials for 2017 to date. The Sub Group has had an AGM in Jan 2017, and executive meeting in May 2017 and was having its second executive meeting that day. There were sufficient funds for at least one decent size Lunch and Learn in fall 2017.
-There is a need to hold an AGM within 15 months of the previous AGM. Glen received a mandate to negotiate a week day, lunch time AGM at the Hilton in the Jan 2018 time frame. This AGM would be funded with the 2018 allotment (or a cash advance from PIPSC if required). This is in line with our approved 2018 budget.
-Lynn, Karim and Rebecca were elected to two year mandates in Jan 2017. Jennifer, Glen, Quentin and James will be up for re-election in Jan 2018. Lynn volunteered to chair the 2018 sub group election committee. Rebecca volunteered to assist her. The executive agreed that at the sub group 2018 AGM, first there would be an election of the sub group President, then and election of the sub group Treasurer, then and election of two members at large, each for a two year term.
-Glen proposed that he investigate hosting a lunch and learn, with the NR Group negotiator as the guest speaker. The sub group has done this in the prior two years, and it was very successful. The suggested date would be a lunch time, concurrent with the proposed ADM(MAT) Engineering Forum, date TBD, but in Nov 2017, at the Museum of History in “old Hull”. We also discussed inviting members of the PIPSC DND NCR Sub Group, with some cost sharing arrangement, TBD. It was agreed that Glen would report back on this investigation at the next executive meeting. Glen was given a mandate to investigate this option.
-Glen reported that he and two other members of the NR Group Executive (Dale Hudson and David Young) form a committee and are tasked to advance the efforts of the proposed merger of the PIPSC DND LSTL NR Sub Group and the PIPSC DND NCR NR Sub Group. This committee will be reporting the NR Group executive on 9 Sep 2017.
-The sub group executive meeting was adjourned at 13:00h.