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Location: Room 112, AUPE HQ 

Chairman: Quorum Declared (10 present)

Call to order @ 09:06

Distribution of AGM 98 minutes, 99/04/09 minutes, and agenda.

Introduction of Members and Guests

• AUPE President MacLennan invited
• Staff Representative Ray Dumais invited
• Doug Gamble
• Brian Randall
• Dave Hogarth
• Chris McGuinty
• Mark Storie
• Pat Ronald
• Roger Meyer
• Norm Hawkes
• Bob Glover
• Kevin Wingert
• Wayne Bowles
• Dave Finn
• Bill Petersen

Distributed for review.

Motion to accept minutes as tabled. M/S/C

Correspondence as received: M/S/C

Reports of Officers

• (Chair to Chris McGuinty)
• Report of Chairperson Gamble
• Some 40 days on the road in the last year
• Considerable activity in reclassification negotiations
• Working on the Members Benefits package.
• Some major changes in package
• No changes in the last ten years
• Dental plan fee schedule has been deregulated, but benefits only on the old fee schedule.
• Has been a confrontational year, but also an interesting and challenging year.
• Thanks to the Council Representatives and Executive Members

(Chair back to Doug Gamble)

Vice ChairPerson Report Chris McGuinty

Will be stepping down for awhile due to family commitments

Felt that lots had been accomplished and has enjoyed working with the group

Motion to accept M/S/C

Secretary Verbal Report: Busy with Negotiations, AUPE Convention. Unable to attend the AFL and CLC Conventions, or the AFL Labour School. Motion to accept report. M/S/C
 
 

Treasurer’s Report (Kevin Wingert) M/S/C

PE Report 

• Union is becoming more financially solvent
• Locals will be receiving about 3% more
• Motion to sell the AUPE building and move to downtown building.
• Motion was defeated.
• Motion to renovate the 2^nd floor. This motion has been tabled for Locals to discuss.
• Discussion on this motion.
• Discussion on the Healthcare Guild joining AUPE. This could be 6000 people joining AUPE, but they have 16 people on staff, and if they join, they can only bring 12 staff on to AUPE. This has to go to their convention in October for ratification. 
• Motion to accept the PE Report. M/S/C

• This became a 3 week strike. 
• They ran out of money quite quickly and a motion was passed to increase their strike pay to $50/day.

Ray Dumais: 2850 to Permanent process.

Background on events that happened in Peace River with Dept. of Justice employees.

Conversions from 2850 to Permanent has not addressed all people. AUPE filed a court complaint against the incomplete results the Gov’t has produced in this process. Ray needs names, circumstances and details on existing 2850 staff to get additional people converted to Permanent. 

Negotiations:

Comment on ballots: some people received ballots who shouldn’t have, and some haven’t received ballots who should have.

Ballot count is at 1:00 PM on the 27^th of May.

Brian Randall: Discussion on the Reclassification ballot.

Question: What is the process for appealing the classification a person is in. There is a formal appeal process involving Human Resources and the Union. There is a three person board who hears the appeal.
 
 

Finance Committee:

Financing requests for Chapter 1($425),3,4,7. Chapter 2 not requesting funds. Chapter 12 ($200) Chapter 8 ($700) Chapter 3 ($1000(req’d for flights from Fort Chipwayan)). Motion to approve these financing requests. M/S/C

Lunch break: 11:45 to 12:45

Finance cont’d

Budget and Balance sheet distributed.

Motion to accept balance sheet as distributed. M/S/C

Motion to accept budget as distributed. M/S/C

Elections

Chair to Brian Randall:

Review of Election parameters.

Position of Chairperson.

Doug Gambles nominated.

Elected by acclamation.

Vice Chair 

Mark Storie nominated.

Dave Hogarth nominated.

Both declined

Pat Ronald nominated

Declined.

Bob Glover nominated.

Bob Glover by acclamation

Secretary

Dave Finn Nominated

Elected by acclamation

Treasurer

Wayne Bowles nominated

Norm Hawkes nominated

Pat Ronald nominated

All declined

Dave Hogarth nominated.

Accepts by acclamation

Provincial Executive:

Doug Gamble nominated.

Dave Finn nominated

Dave Finn declines

Doug Gamble PE rep by acclamation

PE Alternate

Dave Finn nominated

Elected by acclamation

Negotiations Committee

Nominations 

• Dave Hogarth(Co-Chair)
• Wayne Bowles
• Bob Glover
• Bill Peterson
• Dave Finn(Co-Chair)
• Pat Ronald

Finance Committee

Nominations:

Bob Glover

Wayne Bowles

All above elected by acclamation
 
 

EMAC Committee.

Held to a later date:
 
 

Education Committee

Dave Finn

Doug Gamble

Mike Benedictsen

Chapter Boundary issue Discussion 

Commitment to re-visit the Chapter boundary issue.

Question concerning the Government treatment of Wage Employees.

Brian Randall: How to handle the Reclassification vote and issues that arise from that.

Feeling is to have the Negotiations committee handle the Reclassification issues.

Chair to Doug Gamble

Date of next meeting

At the Call of the Chair.

Brian Randall leads elected members in the Union Pledge of Office.

Meeeting Adjourned at 14:30

Minutes typewritten during the meeting.

David Finn, Secretary, Local 005