30 April 1997 Room B346, Clearihue 12 noon - 1:30 pm

Present: Glen Darling (Chair) , Ann Nightingale, Dick Chappell, Mary O'Rourke, Tom Gore, Rosalie Phillips, Jane Kovach

Guest: Jan Miers

MOTION: (Gore/Nightingale) "That the agenda be accepted with three additions." CARRIED

MOTION: (Nightingale/Kovach) "That the minutes be accepted as amended." CARRIED

3.1 Letter received from President, UVic Retirees Association regarding their need to attain an extension of benefits for retirees and requesting a letter of support from UVicPEA to Sanderson. Initiative is to support notion of retirees increasing benefits privately and will not factor into the next bargaining of UVicPEA for members.

ACTION: Darling will draft letter and circulate for review/comments by Executive and will send final draft to Sanderson.

4.1 Traffic and Parking Committee - Kovach

Kovach reports that two people applied for one position (available in October).

MOTION: (Phillips/Chappell) "That Karen Drysdale be recommended to committee". PASSED

4.2 Constitution and By-laws Committee - Darling

Darling reports that committee will report to Executive Committee and complete a draft by end of June 1997.

4.3 PEA Executive Meeting - Miers

(i) Prince George CUPE strike and walkout pending due to strike by another union; PEA members who respect picket line will be supported to same extent by PEA as striking members of the other union. Such renumeration will always be handled as a case by case basis.

(ii) Education Scholarship committee awarded 5, $1,000 scholarships - 2 to high school students and 3 to students enrolled on post secondary institutions, and will increase to 10 scholarships next year.

(iii) Representatives attending PEA Executive meetings from UVicPEA to be determined at next meeting.

ACTION: Please bring daytimers.

4.4 Local Reps. Committee - Phillips

Phillips reports that Local Reps committee meeting May 1 at 2:30 pm.

5.1 Committee Report Template - Nightingale

Nightingale has circulated a brief document to 4 committee members for review and revisions (test run) and intends to send to about 50% of committees every two weeks to obtain reports.

5.2 Committee Mandate Framework - Darling

Darling circulates draft document, "UVic Professional Employees Association Committee Terms of Reference" for review and comment. Document will be completed by committees to inform executive of activities, mandate, membership, reporting structure, etc.

MOTION: (Gore/Phillips ) "That the document be circulated with revisions". PASSED

5.3 Intellectual Property Document Review - Darling

ACTION: Darling to send letter to McAuley.

6.1 CUUE (Coalition of Unionized University Employees) Meeting Report - Gore and Darling

(i) Darling reports that copies of document "BC Universities at the Millennium" being send to D. Springer and that UVicPEA executive will receive copies.

(ii) Several BOG seats vacant through province and CUUE solicits names to pose to Minister.

ACTION: Committee members asked to bring suggestions to next meeting.

(iii) CUPE 116 has attained arbitration favourable regarding specialist instructors.

(iv) UBC Service Inc. discussed - headed by Strageway and designed to privatize service units and transfer costs to department level (i.e. departments will pay own janitorial service bills). Many issues inherent in situations of alternative service delivery discussed.

6.2 Draft Policy on Violence and Threatening Behavior

Darling distributes draft policy for review and comment and states that this new policy repeals present policy #1125 of the BOG. May 12^th deadline for comments to Sanderson.

ACTION: Policy to be reviewed and comments to be send to Darling by email.