RE CANMET HAMILTON SUB-GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025

1034 King St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 1L1

17:30 -19:00 pm

Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Agenda Items	Discussion/Action
#1 Call to Order	Babak Shalchi called the meeting to Order at 5:40 p.m. Nine members were in attendance.
#2 Approval of the Agenda	The Agenda was reviewed and approved by the members present (Shaoxuan/Chris).
#3 Adoption of the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting	The Minutes of the 2024 AGM were distributed in advance to the members and reviewed. The Minutes were approved as submitted. (Kumar, Keren)
#4 Business Arising from the Minutes	None
#5 Report of the President	Chris DiGiobanni delivered the items in the report enclosed.
#6 Annual Financial Report	Babak Shalchi presented last year’s Financial Report; the report was approved by the members (Fateh, Yuchih)
# 7 Approval of Budget	The new year budget was presented by Babak Shalchi. The budget was approved by members (Haiou, Tirdad)
# 8 Election	Prior to the AGM, the Subgroup President (Jidong Kang) resigned. The Vice-President Dr. Chris DiGiovanni resumed the role of the President. We called for volunteers for the position of Vice President and Dr. Seyed-Tirdad Niknejad was elected by overwhelming majority. Dr. Babak Shalchi will continue the role of Treasurer into the next year.
#9 New Business	Babak Shalchi discussed Work Force Adjustment within CMAT and how it affects our subgroup members. We discussed how PIPSC can support our affected members.
#10 Adjournment	The meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM.

RE CANMET HAMILTON SUB-GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

17:30- 19:00 PM, Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025

1034 King St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 1L5, Hamilton

AGENDA

Call to Order
Approval of the Agenda
Adoption of the Minutes of 2024 Annual General Meeting
Business Arising from the Minutes
Report of the President – Chris DiGiovanni
Annual Financial Report – Babak Shalchi
Approval of Budget
Executive Election
New Business
Adjournment

President Report for

Annual General Meeting (AGM) of CANMET Hamilton SE Sub-Group

1034 King St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 1L5

17:30-19:00pm, Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025

CANMET Hamilton RE Sub-Group currently has 27 members. Some of the key activities of the RE Sub-Group are as follows:

CANMET Hamilton RE Sub-Group Executive had three regular meetings after its AGM on November 27, 2024. The minutes of these meetings were submitted to PIPSC.

Two Lunch & Learn event was organized by CANMET Hamilton RE Sub-Group on January 22 and September 25, 2025. PIPSC presentation on conference attendance and WFA was shared. Members discussed employer’s new policy on Return to Workplace.

During the year 2025, on behalf of the Subgroup, Babak Shalchi (Treasurer) attended the RE Group President’s Meeting in Ottawa; Also Babak Shalchi was nominated for Steward training (to be done in April 2026). As a Steward, Jidong Kang (former President) attended the Ontario Steward Council in September. Updates from the meetings were shared with members during the Lunch & Learn session and AGM.

The CANMET Hamilton RE Sub-Group Executive Committee members thank all of you for your support and look forward to your continued participation in our future activities.