Betty Bannon Item 10

The Executive Committee met on May 20 and 21, 2009 and the minutes of the meeting are attached for reference and information.

The Executive Committee make the following recommendations:

Recommendation 1:  (to delete Harassment, add Local Officers and PSAC Local Officers and to create a separate section dealing with the list of courses)

Amendment to Regulation 7.2 (6) NEW

(6)   (a)  The following are approved UTE Courses:

• Staffing 
• Grievance Handling 
• Local Officers Course
• OFL Return to Work Course
• PSAC Duty to Accommodate
• Developing Membership Activism - Modules 1.3, 1.4, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.9 and 3.1 of the PSAC Local Officers

Recommendation 2:  to amend Regulation 8 (3) (e):

(3) (e)  provides guidance and counseling to Local Presidents and/or Local Executives when requested or when deemed necessary.  Direction may also be given by the Executive Council or the National President. 

Recommendation 3:

Whereas ICA has no administration costs, is run totally by volunteers and has no expenses paid by ICA for any of their project volunteers; and

Whereas every cent donated goes towards their projects which are completed by the Canadian volunteers and the village participants; and

Whereas the projects are completed using village technology ensuring that the projects can be maintained by the village dwellers;

Be it resolved that UTE reaffirm their commitment to ICA as their “charity of choice”.

Recommendation 4:

Be it resolved that if in a given year UTE does not receive a qualified application for travel with ICA for a student and/or member, the monies that would have been spent be donated to ICA directly.

Moved by: Betty Bannon
Seconded by: Denis Lalancette

Respectfully submitted,

Betty Bannon,
Chair of the Committee