Annual General Membership Meeting (March 16th, 2021)

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Our 2021 Annual general Membership Meeting will be held on March 16th, 20201 from 1:00–4:00 pm. At this AGM, we will be electing committee members, approving our annual operating budget and opening the election for contested executive committee positions.

All members are encouraged to attend.

Please register in advance for the AGM 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 Friday, March 12th.

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 (3 minutes)
    1. Bylaw Amendment (Article 10 – Committees)
    2. Bylaw Amendment (Appendix J – Casual Hiring Process for Councils, Committees, Working Groups, and Caucuses)
  6. Approval of Minutes (7 minutes)
    1. February 11th, 2021 GMM
  7. Committee Nominations, Elections, Installations (45 minutes)
    1. List of Committees Open for Election
    2. Candidate Statements
  8. Executive Committee Elections (5 minutes)
    1. Candidate Statements (in package)
  9. Finances (70 minutes)
    1. Treasurer’s Report [Will be shared by TR on screen]
    2. Approval of the Main Operating Budget for 2021-2020 [will be shared by TR on screen]
    3. Donation request: Student Workers will not Pay for the Housing Crisis ($100)
    4. Trustee’s Report (2018-2019)
  10. New Business (5 minutes)
    1. Hiring Protocol (Staff Representative)
  11. Bargaining update (15 minutes)
  12. Executive Report-backs (5 minutes)
    1. Executive Committee February reports
    2. Executive Committee year-end reports
  13. Reports of Committees and Delegates (20 minutes)
    1. 2020-2019 Committee reports
  14. Adjournment