February GMM (February 11th, 2021) – Tentative Agenda

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The next GMM will be held on February 11th, 2021 from 1:00–4:00 pm. At this GMM, we will be voting on bylaw amendments and donation requests, as well as discussing bargaining. All members are encouraged to attend.

Please register for the meeting here.

In order to register, you will need to provide your employee number, which will be kept confidential. If you don’t know your employee number, please click here for instructions.

After registering, members will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you are having any difficulties with registration, please get in touch with Vanessa Lehan-Streisel, VP Unit 2.

Keep reading for the tentative agenda, accessibility information and more.

If you have items to add to the agenda or need help crafting a motion, please contact the Recording Secretary, Emilie Hurst, at recsec.cupe3903@gmail.com. Items must be received by 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 9th.

If you require any of the following: ASL interpretation, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care, or other requests for accommodation, please contact our Equity Officer Nadia Kanani at cupe3903equity@gmail.com. Captioning will be available.

  1. Roll call of officers (2 minutes)
  2. Reading of the Equality Statement (3 minutes)
  3. Reading of the Mississauga Land Acknowledgement (2 minutes)
  4. Approval of agenda (3 minutes)
  5. Notices (2 minutes)
  6. Approval of Minutes (13 minutes)
    1. January 26th, 202
  7. Nominations, Elections, Installations (15 minutes)
    1. Nominations
      1. 57th Annual CUPE Ontario Convention (13 delegates)
    2. Elections
      1. Staff Representative Hiring Committee (2 Vacancies)
      2. OUWCC Virtual Conference (2 delegates)
  8. Finances (20 minutes)
    1. Treasurer’s Report [Will be shared on screen]
  9. Matters arising (20 minutes)
    1. Donation Request: Upping the Anti – a journal of theory and action ($2000)
    2. Bylaw Amendment: Article 8b (Executive Committee)
  10. New Business (10 minutes)
    1. Endorsement request: February 14th Strawberry Ceremony
  11. Bargaining (90 minutes)
    1. Bargaining report back
  12. Executive Report-backs (5 minutes)
  13. Reports of Committees and Delegates (5 minutes)
  14. Adjournment

The language for the donation request and bylaw amendment can be found in a separate blog post.