Present: Glen Darling (chair), Tom Gore, Rosalie Phillips, Maggie Cooper Little, Jane Kovach, Ian Thornton, Dick Chappell, Martin Milner and Elaine Doyle.

2. MOVED (Phillips/Gore) approval of minutes of the June 10th, 1998 meeting as amended. CARRIED

3. Urgent Business:

3.1  Association/University (A/U) Committee Report and A/U Mandate
 
Darling reported on the recent meeting, which included discussion on:
appeal of a PEA member denied ProD leave;
Salary Deferral Plan;
Performance Review;
proposal from the Faculty of Law to change a PEA position to SI classification;
mandate of the A/U Committee.
Following this report, the mandate of the A/U Committee was discussed and clarified with the following motion:

MOVED (Milner/Thornton) that PEA representatives on the Association/University Committee shall have authority for matters of interpretation of existing contract language or letters of understanding, and that they will negotiate other labour relations matters and make recommendations on them to the Chapter Executive. CARRIED

To facilitate communication between the Executive and the A/U Committee representatives, the Chair of the A/U Committee will be invited to attend future Executive meetings to report on, and speak to, A/U matters.
 

3.2  Ontario Federation of Labour
 
Tabled to next meeting.

4.1  Interlock poster was circulated.

4.2  Additional correspondence re "Voices for Change" report will be circulated to directors.

4.3  The UVic directory is now available on the Internet.

4.4  The Provincial Election Review Committee recommendations have been received and will be circulated to directors.

5.1  Bargaining Committee (Doyle/Darling)
 
No meetings are being held this week as the Director of Human Resources is away. Two half-day meetings will be held next week.
 
5.2  Staff Officer (Doyle)
 
Doyle has been involved in issues re:
layoff of members;
re-organizing in School of Business involving two PEA positions being eliminated and two new PEA positions being created;
CUPE 951 member in temporary appointment to PEA position.
 
5.3 Equity Committees (Darling)
 
The committees recently met together and reviewed the equity plans submitted to date.
 
5.4 Provincial Executive (Phillips)
 
The report from the recent meeting included:
strategy re investing Provincial funds;
Investment Committee are looking at property in Victoria with a view to purchasing before expiry of present lease;
Coalition for Access to Justice representative presented report (to be circulated to directors);
use of e-mail by Executive;
response to the constitution referendum, which was low at the half-way point, with the UVic Chapter response being the second highest at 26%;
Nominations Committee approved; Kim McGowan of UVic has been appointed;
need for nominations from UVic for Provincial Executive Election;
new language approved for the Grants and Donations Committee;
GLP request to remove $5,000 cap on chapter funds referred to Policy Review Committee.
Phillips invited the Provincial Executive to hold their 1999 AGM at UVic.
 
5.5 Seminars Committee (Cooper Little)
 
Phillips has resigned from the committee, pending her resignation from UVic to take up another position.
MOVED (Cooper Little/Phillips) that Angela Katachan be appointed to the Seminars Committee. CARRIED
The Appointments Committee will also seek nominations through the listserv from other interested members.

6.1 Salary Deferral (Darling)

This has now been referred to the A/U Committee.

6.2 PEA BBQ (Chappell)

It was decided to postpone this event until late September.

7.1 Committee Assignments

Darling will approach the Chair of the Nominations Committee to arrange an Executive By-election to fill the remainder of Rosalie Phillips' term. Re-assignment of her committee responsibilities will be confirmed at the next meeting.