Lethbridge Regional Women’s Committee AGM March 10, 2020, Meeting Minutes

Lethbridge Regional Women’s Committee

AGM March 10, 2020 @ 7:30pm

Meeting Minutes

 

Attendance:

Stephanie Erb (30048), Sherry Hunt (30048), Karen Mah (30048), Krysty Thomas (30048), Diane White (PSAC rep)

 

Attendance by phone:

Kristy Slattery (30036), Danielle Poissant (30907), Tania Fikus (30859)

 

The meeting was called to order at 7:33 pm

 

1. Review Previous Meetings minutes 

• Passed by consensus. 

 

2. Financial review 

• S Erb is auditing the books tomorrow and plans to ship them off to Deb tomorrow night 

• For this Women’s Day, we can technically only spend $650. The Women’s Day event for Medicine Hat was deferred to next year. 

• There was a closing balance of $3165.19 on Feb 29/20, however the actual balance is $1265.19.  S Erb and S Hunt will be bringing the $2000 cheque for Harbour House this week.  (raised at the Dec 7 commemorative brunch).  The rest of the balance can be used for the Women’s day event this month.  There were a few outstanding cheques to write tonight. 

 

3. Budget Review/Plan for 2020

• Meeting expenses will be changed to include just the line items: meeting refreshments and the room rental fee. 

• Will remove the Women’s March supply line item $300

• Will remove the postage for Human’s Rights – already covered by Area Council and Agriculture local. 

• U of L menstruation drive line item will be renamed as donation for feminine supplies.

• S Erb made the motion to approve the budget request with amendments.  D Possiant seconded.  Passed by consensus.  

 

4. Meeting planning for the year.  

• This will be the second meeting of the year.  Next two meetings will be at 6pm on Oct 6 and 6pm on Nov 24 at the London Drugs community room

• At the end of the meeting, K Thomas added a Women’s Conference debriefing meeting (on May 1 at 6pm). 

 

5. Pay Equity Day event 

• the LWRC committee was supportive of doing a pay equity event.  S Hunt and K Thomas will work on a proposal.  

• D. Poissant raised the question: Did employers do anything to recognize Women’s Day in your Centre. The answer was a resounding no.

 

6. Women’s Day Event – Lethbridge

• S Hunt – We have permission from the YWCA to do an event, which can include up to 60 members. There will be a meditation, bath oils and makeup and manicures station.  The plan is to have the event later in the month.

 

7. Team building options 

• S Hunt – Suggested a self-defense course at the O2 Training Centre, for 20 people at $20 each.  This program was highly recommended. Will add as a budget line item.  

 

Roundtable:

• T Fikus – attended a meeting in Edmonton that was quite interesting

• D Poissant – busy in Medicine Hat regarding strike vote preparation.  

• K Thomas – heading to Ottawa to try to pass resolutions

• D White – this will be her last women’s meeting in Lethbridge.  Dolly will be taking over.  D White will be starting in the Regina office as regional representative indeterminately in April. Will hold a final strike preparation training course on Mar 30.

• S Hunt – asked to co-facilitate some of the training sessions at the National Women’s Council with RO Carm Chan.

 

D White handled voting for all positions:

• Chair: K Slattery defined what the chair does. K Slattery nominated S Hunt. K Thomas seconded. S Hunt accepted the nomination and was acclaimed

• VP: S Hunt defined what the VP does.  S Hunt nominated D Poissant, K Thomas seconded.  D Poissant accepted the nomination and was acclaimed. 

• Secretary: K Mah explained what the secretary does. S Erb nominated K Mah and S Hunt seconded.  K Mah accepted the nomination and was acclaimed. 

• Treasurer: S Erb explained what the treasurer does. S Hunt nominated S Erb, D Poissant seconded. S Erb accepted the nomination and was acclaimed.  

• All four executives then swore the oath. 

 

S Erb motioned to adjourn the meeting and K Thomas seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:53 pm.