1.     Appointment of minute taker: Gore

2.     Approval of the agenda: McCaughey/Karras m/s/c

3.     Approval of the amended minutes from November 8, 2011. Gore/McCaughey m/s/c
Approval of the circulated minutes from November 9, 2011. Connor/Karras m/s/c

4.     Urgent Business or to be otherwise assigned: none

5.     Chair's correspondence and remarks:

5.1.  Email meeting of 21 November 2011 donation of $200 to UVic PEA member who lost their home to fire.  Connor/McCaughey m/s/c

5.2.  Secretary and Webmaster positions there was agreement to not assign a position as Secretary

5.3.  1.  Committee Memberships.  Filling positions on the Seminars committee will be done after bargaining is complete. 
2.  Demsey appointed to the Appointments Committee, replacing Foweraker Gore/McCaughey m/s/c
3.  Foweraker appointed to the A/U Gore/McCaughey m/s/c
4.  Karras appointed to Campus Planning Gore/McCaughey m/s/c

5.4.  Bills 17 & 18 invited to join the Faculty Association in meeting with President Turpin and a letter will go forward opposing the Bills to restrict membership on the Board of Governors.

5.5.  Local Rep Training, Jan 30 & 31 2012

5.6.  Solidarity Lunch – Jan 18/19/20 Agreed that McCaughey will represent the UVic PEA.

6.     Reports

6.1.  Treasurer (Connor) after AGM and LR lunch expenses the FAST balance is $2,717.59 and our Nov 30^th Coast Capital balance was $2,600.75.
$860 Donation to the Mustard Seed Food Bank ($1 per member)  Connor/McCaughey m/s/c 
Demsey added as a signer on the Coast Capital account  Connor/McCaughey m/s/c
Connor will bring forward a draft 2012 budget at the January meeting and will apply to the Association for the 2012 Chapter Grant and for reimbursement for the AGM room costs.

6.2.  Labour Relations Officer (Moroz)

Space will be booked for a Town Hall meeting on January 23^rd or 25^th with lunch provided for the first 40 members.
A number of complicated cases involving our members have been resolved while others remain ongoing.

6.3.  Chapter Committees

6.3.1.     Local Representatives (Gore):  There remain a number of areas that still lack Local Representatives, including Cornett and the Administrative Services Buildings.  A number of UVic LRs are doing the LR training course in January.,

6.3.2.     Seminars (TBA) ntr

6.3.3.     Appointments (Connor/Demsey) ntr

6.3.4.     Bargaining Committee (Karras/McCaughey/Rai)  many members have responded to the Bargaining survey which closes on January 6^th.

6.4.  Joint Committees

6.4.1.     Association/University Committee (McCaughey/Foweraker) the December meeting was cancelled

6.4.2.     Benefits Committee (Kenny) ntr

6.4.3.     Job Evaluation Appeals Committee (Connor/Foweraker) the committee will meet on Dec. 21^st with a full agenda.

6.4.4.Employment Equity Advisory Working Group (Kenny) EMAG committee met on December 8. Cindy Player reported that the university is undergoing a massive audit of its equity goals and achievements by the Federal Contractors Program that will continue until mid-February.  There was some discussion of the return-to-work protocol developed by the Joint CUPE-University committee. Question from EMAG: Would the PEA and Faculty Association have any interest in adopting a similar protocol to allow for greater consistency in how RTW cases are handled? We are working toward identifying themes for our next meeting with Pres. Turpin in March 2012.

6.4.5.     Educational Equity Advisory Group (Dempsey) ntr

6.4.6.     Mental Health Committee (Fagan) ntr

6.4.7.     Campus Planning Committee (Foweraker) the Sustainability Action Plan is in place and will reduce the need for purchased carbon credits.  Capital projects underway include the Bookstore Expansion, Pase 1 of the new Signage program is complete and Phase 2 will be completed in the spring of 2012 and the BEC expansion will begin on Jan. 26^th.

6.4.8.     Central ProD (Klatt/St. Michel) ntr

6.5.  External Committees

6.5.1.     Association Executive (McCaughey/Dempsey)
2012 will be a busy year for bargaining and this will stress the PEA budget, which projects a deficit.  As a result the 2012 Education Conference is cancelled and will merge with Local Rep training.  The CHSS bargaining unit has aligned itself with the BCGEU and the PEA Strategic Plan is updated and is well into implementation.

7.     Business Arising

8.     Other Business

9.     Adjournment 1:25pm