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PIPSC WINNIPEG and SOUTHERN MANITOBA BRANCH EXECUTIVE MEETING

Wednesday October 11, 2023 5:30 pm

Flea Whiskey’s, 601 Erin Street

 

Minutes

 

Present:      Cory Graham, Terri Gobeil, Pramesh Selliah, Chris Freeman, David Hakes, Blair English, Mo Khakbazan,

Regrets:      Jason Caners Brent Maine, Kevin Jacobs

 

  1. Call to Order  - The President (Cory Graham) called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m.

 

  1. Approval of Agenda    

Moved by Terri Gobeil/Seconded by Dave Hakes;

Motion carried

                         

  1. Approval of Minutes as amended:

Last meeting -  September 13, 2023      

Moved by Pramesh Selliah/Seconded by Dave Hakes;

Motion carried

 

  1. President’s Report (Cory Graham)

     a) Next PRE meeting Dec 8th virtual

     b) Will enquire about targeted Treasurer training to be developed (Nancy). Will be mandatory attendance by Treasurer.

     c) PRE meet & greet in Wpg for Sept 20th – great attendance, as well as the Steward event and the YP event; There was a complaint that there was no central location for everyone to gather as a group and there were no logos to advertise PIPSC’s presence at the Market; otherwise, it was good value for the money and many compliments were received by the participants; there are 3 gift cards remaining that will be used for the Open House; The President noted that there were still problems with our communications; the PIPSC staff were editing our submissions without consulting us and wrong information was being sent out; as a result, the Brandon stewards will have to be contacted personally to let them know about the Brandon steward appreciation event; one box of orange hoodies was kept for the Open house; Edmonton office has 11 boxes in storage to be distributed

     d) Advanced Executive Training – Oct 26 & 27 – Nancy McCune, William Stewart and Katie Windl; Samah Heinen (Director) resigned from the Training Committee and William Stewart was elected

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report      Deferred as the Treasurer was not in attendance

 

  1. New Business              No new business

 

  1. Old Business

     a) Selection criteria for National AGM delegates – update (Dave/Pramesh) – deferred as they had not yet met with Christine Freeman to discuss her draft policy

      b) Engagement

          i) Bomber Game 2023 (Jason Caners) – deferred until next year due to the Goldeyes event

          ii) Airplane Museum 2023 (Kevin Jacobs) – deferred as Kevin was not in attendance

          iii) Valour Game May or June 2024 (David Hakes) – deferred as no schedule available yet

          iv) E-Transfers for Events  Christine Freeman volunteered the use of her PIPSC email address for etransfer of funds if the Branch decides to charge a registration fee for events; she used it for fund raising for the PIPSC Legacy fund at the Stewards’ Council and it worked well.

     c) Standing Events

          i) Steward Appreciation October 19, 2023 – Terri Gobeil – 17 people registered for Winnipeg; 5 for Brandon; attendance down; Terri will order the pizza tomorrow (October 12); two drink tickets per steward; Pramesh Selliah will bring scarves; Cory Graham will bring raffle tickets and sweaters

          ii) Winnipeg Open House – Flea Whiskey’s – Pramesh Selliah; Pramesh had shared their cost estimates with the Executive earlier; numbers are in line with prior years; Executive present at this meeting decided that the venue looked good and Pramesh could go ahead and book the venue for December 7 and the notice could be sent; Pramesh will apply for Better Together funding

             1. Motion: Moved by Pramesh Selliah/Seconded by Christine Freeman that up to $X could be spent on the Winnipeg Open House; motion carried

          iii) Brandon Open House – Blair English and Mohammad (Mo) Khakbazan

Venue in the process of being booked; date may have to be December 15 – just waiting to hear back from the venue;  notice will be sent with the Winnipeg notice; Mo will request Better Together funding

Motion: moved by Mohammad Khakbazan/seconded by Blair English that a budget of up to $X be set for the event; motion carried

​​​​​​​     d) Volunteer Opportunity

          i) Cory Graham has registered the Branch with Manitoba Harvest; we just need to select a date and give them the number of volunteers; Jason Caners will order shirts for the volunteers once numbers have been confirmed; deferred for now

​​​​​​​     e) Volunteer Opportunity

          i) Branch registered/accepted to volunteer at MB Harvest (just need to select date(s)) – Cory Graham – deferred until next meeting

             1) Shirts for those that volunteer – Jason – moved by Christine Freeman/Seconded by Terri Gobeil that a budget of $X be set for the shirts

 

8. Round Table:

  • Mo Khakbazan had nothing for discussion
  • Blair English stated that the SP contract had been settled on September 21; he will be attending Executive Training
  • Pramesh Selliah said they were close to a deal; contract similar to CRA; next meeting the first week in November
  • Cory Graham said that they were exchanging proposals in November; hopeful that the change in Government will be a positive for negotiations
  • Terri Gobeil had nothing at this time
  • Christine Freeman had nothing at this time

 

  1. Next meeting date/time      To be announced.

 

10. Adjournment   There being no further business, Cory Graham moved that the meeting be adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

 

Published on 18 March 2024