50 Victoria Subgroup Minutes - November 13th, 2024

50 Victoria Street SP sub-group

Minutes for executive meeting

November 13^th 2024– 12 to 1 pm

Present: Marcel Beaudoin, Jay Fothergill, Mary Murphy, Celine Fletcher, Mariateresa Salazar, Reginald Linco

Opening of meeting – Approval of Agenda

Agenda:

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of October 16, 2024
3. PIPSC AGM
4. PIPSC National elections
5. 50 Victoria Street SP AGM
6. Steward L&L in January
7. Presenting to SP Group Executive Committee
8. Tour de table
9. Next meeting
10. Adjourn meeting

1. Approval of Agenda

• Add items:

-  add item 5.1 “Budget” after item #5;

- add item 8.1 “SP AGM” after item #8.

Updated Agenda:

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of October 16, 2024
3. PIPSC AGM
4. PIPSC National elections
5. 50 Victoria Street SP AGM

5.1 Budget

6. Steward L&L in January
7. Presenting to SP Group Executive Committee
8. Tour de table

8.1 SP AGM

9. Next meeting
10. Adjourn meeting

• Approved by all.

2. Approval of October 16^st 2024 executive meeting minutes

• Fix item #10, “fess dues” to “union dues”.

• Approved by all.

3. PIPSC AGM

• Short discussion of positives and negatives on how the 2024 PIPSC AGM went and what resolutions were dealt with.
• Next PIPSC AGM in Toronto on December 12-13^th 2025.

4. PIPSC National Elections

• New President, 1 new full-time vice- president, 1 new part-time vice- president. Most of the Directors are new (a few incumbents). Election results on PIPSC webpage.

5. 50 Victoria Street SP AGM

• AGM budgeted for 40 members to be held at the Mandarin (290 West Hunt Club Road) @6pm on November 20^th.
• Positions up for election:
  1. 1. 1. President (2-year term)
        2. Treasurer (2-year term)
        3. 5 Members at large (2-year term)

• No official queries/concerns from members on why the 2024 50 Victoria Street SP AGM is in person only and not hybrid.
• Maria’s position appointed to another 1-year term.

Actions:

1. Marcel to send out a reminder email for the SP group regarding the AGM at the Mandarin and print out copies for the agenda for the AGM.
2. Reg to make available 40 copies in English & French (using DeepL for translation) of the minutes from the 2023 50 Victoria Street SP AGM.
3. Mary to make available 40 copies in English & French of the budget for the 2024 50 Victoria Street SP AGM.
4. Maria to record on who attends the AGM.

5.1 Budget

• Went over the budget.

Action:

Mary to make changes to the financial report:

1. Change the year allowance to zero; and
2. Put a note for the cost for 2024 AGM budget as estimated and leave the actual-to-date blank for now.

6. Steward L&L in January

• Virtual presentation tentatively January 22^nd, 2025 on becoming a PIPSC steward. Possible presenter Judith Leblanc but she preferred that an active steward do the presentation.

Action:

Marcel to reach out to the Chief steward for the SP Group to find a bilingual person or a person fluent in English and a person fluent French that might be available for the L&L presentation.

7. Presenting to SP Group Executive Committee

• Next two in-person meetings will be held tentatively at the next SP AGM in the spring 2025 and in the fall at the PIPSC AGM Executive meeting.
• Long term goal: at the end of each executive meeting, have 15-20 min virtual/hybrid meetings with members so they can ask questions/discuss issues.

8. Tour de Table

• Confirmed on how many members at large we are allowed for 50 Victoria Street SP sub-group (11 members: 1 president, 1 vice-president, 1 treasurer, 1 secretary and 7 members-at-large).

8.1 SP AGM

• 5^th April in Montreal. Call out for delegates in mid-December 2024 with deadline of about 10^th January 2025. Marcel gave a brief presentation on some motions he might introduce at the SP AGM.

9. Next meeting

• January 15^th, 2025.

10. Adjourn meeting

• all agreed to close the meeting.