4.1 A card has been received from Heather
Kirkham thanking the Executive and the Chapter for their support of her candidacy
in the recent Board of Governors election.
4.2 The Presidential Search Committee
will be available for a half-hour meeting with representatives of the Executive.
Darling, Wood, Kovach and Corner will be the representatives, and Darling
will coordinate.
5.1 Staff Officer Report (Forde)
Draft
guidelines re professional development leave and professional development
expense accounts will be distributed to Directors for comment;
The three Computing and User Services (COUS) positions discussed at the
last meeting were posted. No applications were received, and the three incumbents
will be appointed;
The position in Integrated Energy Systems is still under review;
A proposed re-organization in Co-op Education would affect PEA positions;
A proposed re-organization in Facilities Management may affect a PEA position;
A member has expressed concern about a possible increase in work load if
the director's hours are reduced;
The PEA has been requested to approve a five-year term position for the
Director, Capital Campaign without the position being posted;
A reclassification of a position in COUS will be dated to April 1998; however,
the department may, at it's discretion, award retroactive pay from July
1995;
Professional employees at SFU are considering certification and wish to
review UVic job classifications and descriptions. Forde will consult with
Darling on this;
Forde has submitted an article to The Professional re privacy issues;
this will be circulated to Directors by e-mail.
5.2 Provincial PEA Executive (Gore)
Report from the March 15, 1999, meeting:
Doug
Hensby has been appointed Executive Director, following the resignation
of Alan McLeod;
Jody Jensen has been appointed Senior Staff Officer to fill Hensby’s former
position;
A bond manager will be hired;
The UVic Chapter's idea for PEA buttons was discussed;
Thirty essays were submitted to the competition for scholarships. Up to
ten scholarships will be awarded;
Concerns re MAI discussed and a working committee (Tom Gore) struck to review
possible impact on labour groups;
Paul Reniers reported that the sign up campaign at SFU will start in May;
The April 12-13, 1999, Structure Conference was discussed.
5.3 Council of Unionized University
Employees (CUUE) Meeting (Darling/Gore)
The report of the March 22, 1999,
meeting included:
Changes to Workers Compensation rules necessitate unions including provisions
in collective agreements;
Possibility of joint candidate with CUPE locals for Board of Governors
elections discussed;
Tom Gore appointed as regular spokesperson for CUUE;
Legality of video surveillance in the workplace discussed;
Possibility of paid tuition as incentive for union involvement discussed;
Duty to accommodate cases affecting unions re fair representation of the
employee;
The next meeting will be held May
21, 1999.
5.4 Appointments Committee (Kovach)
It was agreed that one Executive
member should sit on the Job Evaluation (JE) Committee.
MOTION (Cooper Little/Wood)
That Susan Corner be appointed
as the Executive representative on the Job Evaluation Committee. CARRIED
Darling will ask Laura Black,
who sat on the original JE committee, if she is interested in being the
member at large on this committee.
5.5 Seminars Committee (Cooper Little)
Deferred.
5.6 Local Representatives Committee (Corner)
Corner reported on the March 18, 1999, meeting.
Concerns were expressed about low attendance. Corner asked for clarification
on the role of LRs with a view to clearly defining their responsibilities,
as well as her position in supporting them. Forde will work on drafting
a LR manual. The need for LR training was discussed. Directors will consider
this topic for further discussion at the next meeting. (Thirty minutes will
be allocated.) Ideas will also be shared by e-mail.
Maggie Cooper Little has agreed to act as LR
for Begbie and Cornett.
7.1 Darling suggested that reports be limited
to five minutes each at future meetings to ensure that all business is addressed
during the allotted time. Longer reports could be written and circulated.
7.2 The Structure Conference will be discussed
at the next meeting. (Thirty minutes will be allocated.)
