Chapter Executive Meeting
Professional Employees Association
Minutes from July 28, 1999 beginning
at noon
in Human & Social Development, Room
A264
Present: Glen Darling (President), Vincent Connor, Susan Corner, John Forde,
Tom Gore, Jane Kovach, Maggie Cooper Little, and Berenice Wood.
Absent: Ian Thornton
1. MOVED (Kovach/Gore) approval of the agenda as amended.
CARRIED
2. MOVED (Kovach/Gore) approval of minutes of the June 9,
1999 meeting as amended. CARRIED
3. Urgent Business:
3.1 While the Treasurer is on vacation, any urgent financial matters will
be deal with by the President and Vice-president.
4. Chair's Remarks and Correspondance:
4.1 Darling has been invited to a meeting to discuss employee participation
in the UVic Giving Campaign. The consensus of the Executive was that a member's
decision to participate should be a personal choice, and that the Chapter Executive
has no role in promoting or endorsing the campaign.
4.2 E-mail received from Paul Renier asking for a volunteer to conduct a
comparison of collective agreements. It was suggested that the Provincial
Executive should hire someone to do this work.
4.3 The need for clarification of language in the Collective Agreement regarding
the 2% salary increase and a minimum of 1.5% salary progression for members
close to the Normal Maximum was discussed. This will be followed up at the
Association/University Committee meeting.
5. Reports:
5.1 Appointments Committee (Kovach)
Kovach reviewed the e-mail discussion among executive members re nominations
for the Traffic and Parking Committee.
MOTION (Corner/Gore) That Lynn McCaughey be appointed as the Chapter representative
on the Traffic and Parking Committee. CARRIED
There was a discussion re the procedure for soliciting committee nominations.
It was suggested that members who put their names forward be asked for
a short statement of relevant personal information and their reasons for
being interested in the position.
5.2 Provincial PEA Executive (Gore) Report from the July 19, 1999, meeting:
Follow-up discussion re the
Restructuring Conference. The referendum vote from UVIC was 37% of members.
The constitutional changes will require revision of the policy manual, and
an all-day meeting is scheduled for the Policy Review Committee in August.
Scholarships. A request for an
appeal of the recommendations of the Scholarships Committee was denied.
Ten available scholarships were announced, and only seven awarded. However,
this decision is within the policy.
A new annual budget for July 1,
1998 to December 31, 1999 reflects the change in the fiscal year period:
revenue $2,010,989; expenses $1,730,802; capitol expenses $40,000; surplus
$240,187.
The PEA sign up campaign at SFU
is going well.
5.3 Seminars Committee (Cooper Little)
The series on public speaking skills finished on July 26. Feedback from
those attending has been very good. It is proposed that this series will
be offered again in the Fall. The committee will follow up with the presenters
re paying expenses. The current series on issues arising from the collective
agreement is being presented by Glen Darling. The third and fourth sessions
will be on August 9 and 16, respectively.
5.4 Local Representatives Committee (Corner)
The LRs would like to include a training component to their regular meetings.
Darling will present a short training session following the next LR meeting
The Provincial Education Committee is planning to hold an advanced training
for Local Representatives in the Fall. The next LR meeting is July 29,
1999, at 2 pm.
5.5 Staff Officer Report (Forde).
The arbitration involving the
Faculty of Business is scheduled to being on July 31, 1999;
Professional Development Leave
has been approved for two members;
An error in salary increment
calculation affecting one member has now been corrected.
6. Business Arising:
6.1 Human Resources has provided a current list of PEA employees,
a total of 410 members. This will be useful in updating the A&AP listserv. Local
Representatives will also assist by contacting their members for e-mail addresses
and phone numbers. A notice will be placed in The Professional inviting members
not on the listserv to contact Kovach if they wish to subscribe.
6.2 Keys to the new Chapter office, Room 306 in BEC, have been distributed
to all executive members. Keys to the outside door were distributed to Forde,
Darling and Gore and one will be kept in the office.
6.3 An issue re appropriate use of the A&AP listserv by members was discussed.
Forde will inform Human Resources that the Executive have talked to the member
about the posting that raised concerns.
7. New Business: None
8. MOVED (Conner) to adjourn. CARRIED
The meeting adjourned at 2:42 pm.
Next meeting: Wednesday, August 11,1999, Classroom Building, Room C114