In attendance: Krysty Thomas (Munns) (30048), President; David Pearson (30048), Secretary/Treasurer; Sherry Hunt (30048); Danielle Poissant, Southern Alberta Geographical Rep.
Regrets:
Guests: Lindsey Sparks, PSAC Regional Representative
- Call to Order: 6:03pm
- Approval of the Agenda: By Consensus
- Review and approval of the previous meeting’s agenda:
By Consensus
- Reports:
- Treasurers
- Presented year-end report
- Year-end balance of $ 452.14
- Presented year-end report
- Treasurers
- February 15, 2022 balance of $449.64
- Previous business: None
- New business:
- Budget 2022 discussions
- Labour Day Medicine Hat
- Travel to Medicine Hat for Area Council meeting
- Support ALF actions and local strikes
- Discuss actions from 2021 request
- Budget 2022 discussions
- PRC Update
- Sister Thomas was appointed to the Constitution Committee of the PSAC Triennial
- New emails coming from the PRC to the membership, themes like “what is the PRC” and “International Women’s Day, highlighting the Women’s Committees
- The PRC committed to spending $100,000 with a progressive advertising company for a banner campaign that promotes what is the union, how has the union helped our members, looking to promote union pride and building engagement.
- PRC committed to spending funds on a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives researching the gains we’ve made in collective bargaining over time.
- One day was spent at the PRC with Regional Leaders to do a check in across components (main themes was COVID and overall lack of member engagement)
- One day at PRC was media training presented by Brianne Gortezen
- Calgary Regional Office
- Talked about mobilization
- Calling is effective
- Month of action is April
- Talked about mobilization
- Actions:
- Work on budget
- Elections:
- Next meeting date, time and location: March 1, 2022 at 6pm
- Agenda for next meeting:
- Adjournment: 7:00pm