Edmonton Area Council Meeting

April 9, 2003

Attendance:                                                Regrets:

Chair - Barb Ward, UTE                               Barbara Sayers, AGR/PSC
Scribe - Maria Fitzpatrick, USGE                   Mary Veilleux, UNDE
Martine Mongeon, GSU
Raymonde Groulx-Lefebvre, ENV
Elaine Haase, UNDE
Cindy Krause, NAT
Tamara Kozlowska, NHWU
Mike McCarthy, ENV
Jo Chelick, UTE

Agenda approved.

Minutes - moved by Maria to be adopted - 2nd Martine - Carried

Old Business arising from past minutes -

1.    May Day feedback - still no volunteers to be on committee - List of May Week Activities will be sent out by Maria as soon as they are received. Reminder about the National Day of Mourning - April 28 which is the beginning of May Week Activities. Barb will call the AFL to confirm the exact time of the ceremony at City Hall. May Day Parade - Marshaling begins at 5:00 p.m. at McIntyre Park - parade begins at 6:00 p.m. and will proceed along Whyte Ave. to Gazebo Park.  Two volunteers are needed to pick up and carry EAC banner.
2.    Medicare Training - One session has already occurred, next session is for canvassers and will occur on April 24 in room 205 at Canada Place . Poster will be sent out by May.
3.    Labour Appreciation Dinner - Tamara noted that her local has purchased 3 tickets and we could sit together as a PSAC table. She will contact Perry to arrange the table.  Martine, Raymonde, Jo, Mary, Elaine and Barbara S. have identified they would like to attend. The committee agreed to purchase 4 tickets last month and to include spouses/guest of those from the committee.  Raymonde and Barbara identified they would like their spouses to attend. Mike put forth a motion to purchase the four extra tickets. Raymonde seconded - carried.  Jo noted that she
expects to be reimbursed for her ticket and would reimburse the committee for her ticket.
4.    Bylaws - Barb W. presented the bylaws with the amendment presented last month for voting. Carried
5.    Education Lunch Time sessions at Canada Place and DND - Barb and Maria have done two sessions on the Collective Agreement and Union Member Benefits - with a total of 18 people attending. Elaine reports that neither session occurred at DND, as no one signed up.
6.    Labour History - Jo is continuing to work on it. She provided two draft copies for committee members to review, to add to or to offer suggestions. They are to return them at the next meeting. She would really like feedback.
7.    Human Rights Committee is up and running again with Barbara Sayers now the official Chairperson.
8.    United Way Certificates - Jo will pick up two frames for our United Way Certificates so that they can be hung in the PSAC office/boardroom. She will bring the receipts for reimbursements next month.

New Business

1.    Aspen Foundation Donation - Jo moved we made a donation of $50. Martine seconded - carried
2.    PSAC Convention - delegate/observer attendance. Cost of airfare - $786.40, Registration - $150.00, per diem $70 per day as per convention protocol ($350.00) for a total of $1286.40. Discussion moved by Barb seconded by Tamara - carried.   Maria will provide receipts for ticket and registration to next meeting for reimbursement.
3.    Action Plan for web posting - Discussion about activities and identifying that a brief plan/calendar of events should be posted on the web site. This brought to the floor a discussion about the Mandate/Objectives for the EAC. It was suggested that next month members should bring back to the meeting ideas from locals to develop our mandate. Barb W. offered to draft a proposed Action Plan that could
be used for the web site.
4.    Edmonton District Labour Council Donation - Discussion about the support received from the EDLC - Maria moved a $50 donation be given because we have no PSAC local affiliated with the EDLC, Jo seconded - carried.
5.    Classification Reform - Discussion - not everyone was aware of the issue. Locals should have the letter from Nycole and implement it - Raymonde agreed to get the local listing of contacts from May and contact them about the issue.  Raymonde will send an e-mail to Robyn re: Is there a deadline for filing these grievances and, if she was to come to the PSAC Regional Office to make the contacts, would Leave
W/O pay be paid through the Political Action Committee.
6.    NAOSH Week - May 6 - Opening and Fun Run Walk - Tamara is the committee's organizer for this event. May 7 Information Fair at Canada Place , May 8 Video, Humour Your Stress, in Room 201 at Canada Place.

REPORTS

1.    Financial - tabled until next month when Mary is available.
2.    Prairie Region Council - Jo provided a verbal report from PRC - she is working on her written report and should have it ready for next month. She discussed three upcoming resolutions that have been put forward - Election of REVP should be held at the Regional Convention rather than PSAC Convention, Increase funding, Formation of Men's Committee's.
3.    AFL - Environment Campaign re: - if certain changes occur with Canadian waters, it could open Canadian waters to the NAFTA Agreement. 

AFL convention - currently Barb is on the H&S Committee, Jo is on the Environment Committee, Tamara is on the Women's Committee and Terry Lyons is on the Human Rights Committee.  Each may be putting their names forward to continue on these committees.
4.    Edmonton District Labour Council - next meeting April 22/03
5.    G-8 Video - Martine brought the Video on her departments involvement in setting up the physical structure for G-8.
6.    Components - No component reports as we ran out of time

Next meeting Wednesday May 14, 2003.

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