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Westman Area Council Minutes (October 2014)

Brandon District Labour Council Office 08 Oct 14 5:00PM

Meeting called by: Jennifer Grant Type of meeting: General Meeting

Note taker: Glen Johnston

Attendees: Jennifer Grant, Jeff Sexton,Trudy Taylor, Randy Walker,Mike Weisgerber, Glen Johnston

The meeting was called to order at 5:20PM by the President, Jennifer Grant

Regrets

Susan Norman

Readingof Previous Minutes

The minutes of the last meeting were unavailable.

Correspondence

President’s Report

No President's Report as the President is new to the position and the outgoing President had not advised this was a standing item for the meetings.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer reported a bank balance of $2,250.20.

New Business

Westman Area Council Resolutions to PSAC National Triennial Convention

Elections for delegate and Alternate to PSAC National Convention

The President advised that Susan Norman had submitted an email asking that her name be allowed to stand for these elections.

Delegate:

Jennifer Grant was nominated by Mike Weisgerber, seconded by Randy Walker
As there were no other nominations Jennifer allowed her name to stand and was acclaimed as the Delegate.

1st Alternate

2nd Alternate

Glen Johnston was nominated by Randy Walker, seconded by Jeff Sexton
Jeff Sexton was nominated by Jennifer Grant, seconded by Mike Weisgerber
Glen did not allow his name to stand
As there were no other nominations Jeff allowed his name to stand and was acclaimed as the Delegate.

Banking and Bank Statements

The President advised the Council that the Bank statements are now to be mailed directly to the Regional Office and a copy would be sent back to the Council. This was a decision made at the PRC and had no reflection on the Council as a whole.

Education

The President asked that all present canvas their Locals for members that may be interested in training
A suggestion was made that the Talking Union Basics and Grievance Handling Courses be looked at first
Council members should promote education in their workplaces, i.e. Lunch and Learns
Cliff 2014: Festival-in-a-Box 2014 was discussed and a letter of what is offered was passed around and entered in the minutes. Cliff is a series of Labour films that are available to be viewed at your own location. Requests are to be made to http://labourfilms.ca/?page_id=2760

United Way Christmas Tree Auction

The President advised that we had received the invite/application from the Brandon and District Branch of the United Way
A discussion was had as to the viability of supporting the Auction as we have in the past and Council was unanimous in its support
A motion was made: moved by Mike Weisgerber and seconded by Jeff Sexton: to spend $1500.00, which includes the registration fee of $125.00 and a meal for participants, on the Auction. The motion was carried.
A second motion was made; moved by Mike Weisgerber and seconded by Jeff Sexton; to donate any monies, including donations from outside agencies, left after expenses to the United Way Christmas Tree Auction. The motion was carried.

Update from Prairie Region Council

The Westman Area Council Rep to the PRC, Glen Johnston, provided a brief report to the Council on the Sept meeting of the PRC.
Glen advised that there was not a lot to report on as this was the first meeting after the Prairie Region Convention and that Jennifer had already discussed the way ahead with the bank statements
Discussions were held on the PRC Committees, of which Jennifer had joined the Education Committee and Glen had joined and was elected Chair of the By-laws Committee
A discussion was also held on forming a Structure Committee to look at the membership of the PRC and possible downsizing.

Points from the Floor

Date of Next Meeting

The President set the date for the 18th of November 2014. Location and time to follow as a member from the Brandon University had asked about holding the meeting at the University.

Adjournment