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Meeting Details |
Venue: Whitespot (near Coal Harbour)
1616 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 3G1
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2019
Time: 5:00pm to 8:00pm
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Name |
Role |
Term |
Attendance |
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President |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Vice President |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Treasurer |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Secretary |
Fall 2019 |
✔ |
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Member-at-Large |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Member-at-Large |
Fall 2019 |
✔ |
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Member-at-Large |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Ervin Selak (ES) |
Member-at-Large |
Fall 2019 |
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Member-at-Large |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Member-at-Large |
Fall 2020 |
✔ |
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Agenda Items |
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TOPIC |
ACTION |
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Welcome and Meeting Call to Order |
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Called to order at 5:30pm by TM. |
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Approval of the Agenda |
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Amendment to agenda include the following:
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Approval of amended agenda. M/S: KK/TP, Carried. |
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Approval of Draft Minutes (#50) |
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Changes:
Approval of amended draft minutes (#50) from Thursday, March 7, 2019. M/S: TP/KH, Carried. |
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New Business Arising |
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Robert MacDonald was unable to nominate a RCMP member as a Regional Council Delegate. |
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Kathy to develop a draft for guidance document, circulated for review. |
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Alex sent google calendar invites to VBE, to be confirmed if visible for others. Note: There is a distinction between an “internal” vs “external” calendar. |
All |
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Notify the Stewards that VBE will financially support their events. TM to present at the Stewart’s Council (Oct 18 to 19) Add a reminder to Steward’s Council’s event. |
AB |
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Vancouver Branch President’s Report |
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Submitted a branch activities report to Regional Council. |
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Attended BC Chapter’s Retired Member’s Guild. |
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Plans to attend Branch President’s meeting on May 31st. |
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Treasurer’s Report |
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Treasury Report provided. |
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2019 BC Regional Council |
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All of VBE’s delegate seats are now taken. |
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Info email to be sent to all delegates. Confirm attendance (at 2pm) with all delegates. |
TM |
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Hospitality suite booking. |
TM |
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Lunch reservations made for 16 delegate on May 31 (Friday) at ATLAS. Reservation starts at 11:45pm for 2 hours. Menu to be submitted for consideration. |
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No resolution this year. |
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2019 PIPSC AGM (Delegate Selection) |
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The following candidates have been confirmed as delegates for the AGM:
Alternate delegates TBD at the Regional Council.
FYI: Ted and Geoff will be attending as part of the NR Group. |
All |
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One of the proposed resolution would be to demand a setup for professional support training. There may already be a clause within the Collective Agreement. |
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Executive Resignations / Succession Plan |
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Behzad Mehrabadi and Ervin Selak has resigned from VBE. |
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Both Behzad and Ervin’s position can be replaced as they are into the second year of their term. No nominations are required for the replacement. Recruitment efforts encouraged from all. |
All |
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2019 Events |
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Movie Night (May 25, 2019) hosted at Landmark Cinema in New Westminster. Robert MacDonald is expected to do a small presentation before the event. Evenbrite is used as a tool to monitor attendees. Explore how the money can be deposited into the account if it is through Evenbrite. |
JL/FW |
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Explore possibility of retaining Chris Hatfield for a speaker event. |
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Storage Space |
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Terry received a personal offer for 100 ft3 of storage for a special senior’s rate. To be considered for the tent. |
FYI |
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Vancouver Branch AGM |
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Suggestion was made to host the AGM in January instead, benefit is having the ability to approve the finances and proposed budgets. Alternate suggestion was late November where it can be cross-promoted as an AGM/Christmas theme. |
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Reservation should be made for the dining hall / hotel at the earliest convenience to secure availability. Tim has agreed to spearhead this operation. |
TP |
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Next Meeting |
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Tentatively: TBC 5pm |
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Adjournment |
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Meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm. M/S: PT/AB, Carried. |
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