GSU Special National Council Conference Call Tuesday November

GSU Special National Council Conference Call
Tuesday November 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Minutes of meeting
1) Call to Order
Sister Donna Lackie, GSU National President called the meeting to order at
2:00 p.m. She called the roll of Officers present, as follows:
Present:
By phone:
Donna Lackie, National President
Bob Cameron, NVP
Jack Gale, NVP
Lori Walton, NVP - Equity
Martine Babcook, RVP Western
Daniel Charron, RVP NCR
Louis Cotte, RVP Quebec
Alain Courcelles, RVP Western
David Cunning, RVP Ontario
Mélanie Hamel, RVP Quebec
Linda Harding, RVP Pacific
Ron Le Blanc, RVP NCR
Greg McGillis, RVP Pacific
Bill Walsh, RVP Atlantic
Regrets:
Dale Blandford, RVP Pacific
Randy Howard, RVP Atlantic
Dave Thomson, RVP Ontario
Amber Miller, RVP NCR (On leave)
Staff:
Bob Haywood, Special Advisor to
National President
Maria Thomas, Assistant to National
President
Gail Peck, Finance and
Administration Officer
2) Ratification – Members of Internal GSU Standing Committees 2014
M / S Martine Babcook / Linda Harding
That the appointments of National Officers to the following committees be ratified
by the National Council.
Recorded Vote #1 / MOTION CARRIED.
(Appendix ‘A’)
Sister Lackie indicated currently, many Locals are holding their Annual General
Meeting and changes can be made to the Internal GSU Standing Committees.
However, these changes do not need to be ratified by National Council. Sister
Lackie also stated that if anyone would like to sit on a Committee to send her an
email. Brother Cotte indicated that he would like to be a member of the Finance
Review Committee and Brother McGillis indicated that he would like to be a
member of the Education Committee.
Brothers Cameron and Cotte requested clarification regarding the WFA
Committee. He noted that there are no Local Presidents on this Committee.
Brother Gale stated that the reason for this was that an RVP from each region
was selected as the contact person to represent and report to their region.
3) Round Table
The meeting ended with a round table discussion.
Brother Haywood reminded National Council members, who were elected as
delegates to attend the PSAC Convention in 2015, to register on-line or by fax.
The deadline for registration is January 2015.
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Sister Lackie indicated that she would be doing a call out letter requesting to be
informed as to who will be attending PSAC Convention as observers from the
Locals.
4) Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:25 p.m.
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Recorded Vote
1.
2.
3.
4.
Yes
No
Abstain
Absent
Internal Committees
Legend
Vote Number
Babcook, M.
1
Blandford, D.
4
Cameron, B.
1
Charron, D.
1
Cotte, L.
1
Courcelles,
A.
Cunning, D.
1
Gale, J.
1
Hamel, M.
1
Harding, L.
1
Howard, R.
4
Le Blanc, R.
1
McGillis, G.
1
Miller, A. (On
leave)
Thomson, D.
4
Walton, L.
1
Walsh, B.
1
Lackie, D.
1
1
4
Recorded Vote - GSU Special NC Conference Call Minutes of November 25, 2014
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Internal GSU Standing Committees 2014
Comités permanents internes du SSG 2014
Financial Review Committee
Comité d’examen des finances
Collective Bargaining Committee
Comité sur la négociation collective
Jack Gale (Chairperson/Président)
Martine Babcook
Bill Pleming
By-Laws and Policy Committee
Comité des règlements et des
politiques
Jack Gale (Chairperson/Président)
Frank Nitschmann
Alain Courcelles
Terry Flynn
Local Development Committee
Comité de mise en valeur des
sections locales
Jack Gale (Chairperson/Président)
Dave Thomson
Marc Robidoux
Randy Howard
Lori Walton (Chairperson/Présidente)
Sheldon Jacobs
Mélanie Hamel
Peter Millman
Equity Committee
Comité d’équité
Standing Discipline Committee
Comité permanent chargé des
enquêtes disciplinaires
Lori Walton (Chairperson/Présidente)
Peter Millman
Michèle Parent
Kuldeep Deol
Amber Miller
Souad Soubra
Jeannine Nguyen
Hycinth Jayasuriya
Kamla Ishmael
Communications Committee
Comité des communications
Bob Cameron (Chairperson/Président)
Dale Blandford
Greg McGillis
Mihaela Marin-Lazarescu
Daniel Charron
Barbara Gignac
Appendix ‘A’
Bob Cameron (Chairperson/Président)
Bill Walsh
Louis Cotte
Lisa Babin
Monica Mercier-ex-officio
Union Recognition Committee
Comité des reconnaissances
syndicales
Ron Le Blanc (Chairperson/Président)
Gary Byrne
Michèle Parent
Internal GSU Standing Committees 2014
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Workforce Adjustment Committee
Réaménagement des effectifs
Education Committee
Comité d’éducation
Jack Gale (Chairperson/Président)
Dave Thomson
Linda Harding
Martine Babcook
Louis Cotte
Randy Howard
Ron Le Blanc
Youth Committee
Bob Cameron (Chairperson/Président)
David Cunning
Linda Harding
Comité des jeunes
Lori Walton to Lead / Dirigeante
responsable
Appendix ‘A’
Internal GSU Standing Committees 2014
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