50 Victoria Subgroup Minutes - September 14, 2022

50 Victoria Street SP sub-group

Minutes for executive meeting

September 14^th, 2022 – 12 to 1 pm

 

Present: Marcel Beaudoin, Mary Murphy, Celine Fletcher, Maria Salazar, Mazen Hijazi,

Akid Azfar, Hassan Bayaa, Reginald Linco

Opening of meeting – Approval of Agenda

Agenda:

1 - Approve agenda

2 - Approve minutes

3 - PIPSC AGM

4 - SP AGM

5 - 50 Victoria Street AGM

Elections

Term length

Virtual/in person

Guest speaker? (me as Bargaining team rep??)

6 - Bargaining update

7 - Return to Office

8 - Tour de table

9 - Next meeting

10 - End meeting

 

1.     Approval of Agenda

 

·       Agenda approved by all.

2.     Approval of July 27^th, 2022 executive meeting minutes

·       Minutes of the previous meeting approved by all.

 

3.     PIPSC AGM on 18-19^th Nov 2022 (Montreal, QC)

 

·        Delegate: Akid Azfar; Observer: Hassan Bayaa.

·        Virtual meeting invite being sent out @ Nov. 10, re. Marcel will present various motions that are to be presented at PIPSC AGM and what the current PIPSC Executives stances are on the various motions.

 

 

4.     SP AGM on April 1^st, 2023 (Toronto, ON)

 

·       Location and accommodations are in process of being finalized.

·       Call for delegates should be sent December 30^th, 2022. Deadline to submit application as a delegate Feb. 3^rd, 2023.

·       Invite to submit motions will sent out in December, 2022. Deadline to submit motions Jan. 6^th, 2023.

·       Invite for delegates will be sent Feb. 10^th, 2023.

 

5.     50 Victoria Street AGM

 

·       Tentatively December 7^th, 2022, most likely hybrid (TBD).

Action: Marcel to check if Room 24D is available, state of the room (how many members it can accommodate) for December 7^th and if tech support is also available (if a hybrid meeting is decided based on status of 24D).

·       Discussed options for holding AGM other than at 50 Victoria Street.

·       All sub-group exec. members are up for election. To ensure continuity with level of experience of the sub-group executive members, discussed having ½ of the named portfolio execs serve for a term of 2 yrs. (President and Treasurer) while the other half of the named portfolio execs (Vice-President and Secretary) would serve for a term of 1 yr. Members at large would also be split for 1 and 2 yr. terms of service. No objections raised by sub-group executive members.

Action: Maria to find last call (poster) for 50 Victoria Street AGM and send to Marcel.

·       Guest Speaker: someone from bargaining team to present status on bargaining.

 

6.     Bargaining update

 

·       First meeting with the employer on 30-31 August 2022. Bargaining update in process of being translated and then will be posted on PIPSC website.

·       Bargaining meetings with employer occurring once @every 6-8 weeks (some dates might change due to meetings with Alliance PICs). Non-monetary items (telework, flexible work hours, etc..) usually discussed prior to pay proposal.

 

7.     Return to Office

 

·       In process of establishing a schedule of returning to the office.

 

8.     Round Table

 

·       Replace physical bulletin boards.

Action: Marcel: to find out what options are available

Action: Akid to contact Guillaume White-Rolland on access to the CIPO PIPSC 50 Victoria Street Wiki page.

 

9.     Next Meeting

 

·        12^th October 2022.