Saskatoon Area Council Meeting Minutes – Nov 26, 2019
Saskatoon Area Council
General Meeting Minutes
Nov 26th, 2019
Members present
Sister Jackie Nettleton – AGR – Area Council President
Sister Evelyn Jackson – UNDE – Area Council Secretary / Treasurer & Saskatoon & District Area Council representative on the Prairie Region Council (PRC)
Sister Colleen Saskiw – UTE (via Telephone)
Sister Valerie Illingworth – UTE (via telephone)
Regional Office Rep – Sister Louise Mardell
Meeting called to order at 5:15pm
Agenda and previous minutes presented & adopted
President’s Report
I laid the wreath on Remembrance Day at the ceremony in Sask Tel Place and am working on the gift cards for the GCWCC (outstanding union volunteers)
Treasurer’s Report
– Bank Balance as of Oct 31st, 2019 – $1683.94
Outstanding payments
– Remembrance Day Wreath – $75
– GCWCC – $100
– Summer Snack program – $300
– Labour Day BBQ – $ amount unknown at this time
– Open House – $ amount unknown at this time
– No cheques can be written because the Area Council VP has retired
PRC Report
PRC met Nov 15th – 17th in Regina
Discussions were
– By-law wording – removal of the word Audit & Auditors to finance documents and replace with Review & reviewers
– National office is reviewing all Area Council by laws
– Convention – discussion on convention forms / call out / convention committees / theme, along with many other matters
Interim Vice President
Postponed until AGM
Round Table
Open House
– December 19th – 330pm to 730pm – poster to come out in the next week
Course on Domestic Violence – Nov 30th & Dec 1st
Meetings
– Lunch time general meetings with call ins was discussed with the thought that this would be a good idea for the new year
Lunch & Learns
– Possible topics – strike training / mobilizations / engagement of members
Pamphlet for Area Council
– Evelyn put together a pamphlet on the area council utilizing the Prince Albert one – Jackie & Louise are going to review and amend then send to REVP for approval – once done it will be shared will all members in the Saskatoon & District Area
Financial training / Strategic planning sessions
– Completed – ours was well attended and very informative
Annual General Meeting
– Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
– Elections for President, Vice-president, Secretary/Treasurer, PRC rep & Area Council Delegate to the 2020 Prairies Convention
– By-law change – Removal of the word audit & auditor(s) and replace with the word review & reviewer(s)
With no other discussion the meeting adjourned @6:00pm