Toronto ECCC Branch Executive Meeting Minutes February 6, 2023

Toronto ECCC Branch Executive Meeting Minutes - February 6, 2023

1. Agenda Accepted

2. Minutes Approved

3. Return to Work

1. 1. Uncertain what’s involved with obtaining an exception. Waiting for clarification from the ADM’s.
   2. GC co-working locations, does it quality as an official day at the work site?  Andrea Darlington: I think it’s acceptable, but in conjunction with Manager’s approval.
   3. Owais Khurshid: are there plans for additional locations in the GTA? Currently there’s only one location downtown.

ACTION: ask this question at the next LMCC.

1. 4. Expected to bring keyboard and mouse between home to work. See how the lockers are set up?
   5. Helen Yang: the unassigned seating swing space on the 3^rd floor has some issues

4. Diane Pendlebury: moving of library material to Burlington. Asked Manager if scientists could keep some reference material in their office. Manager asked the Library group. Request denied, inter-library loan is the only way. You can have a book on a long term loan up to one year.
   1. Jian Feng: If you use a book quite often, you can ask manager to purchase it.

5. Owais Khurshid, coming twice per week. Teams decide which days.
   1. People concerned about snow days, other inclement weather. Also, around holidays, e.g., Mondays, do they need to make up for it? Waiting for management to respond.
   2. Conor: mixture of assigned and unassigned seating at our office.

6. Kim Laird: for CWS, 2^nd floor. Staff continue to work remotely until things are finished. We were told we will be provided assigned lockers.
   1. PA group in PSAC, still considering a strike.

7. Attending conferences, where it’s combo virtual and in person, denied because of this reason. The example was for the ESRI conference.
   1. Has anyone been denied because of this reason?
   2. Is anyone going to ESRI?