Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

sent via email and posted on behalf of James Painter, Youth Coordinator, BC Region

Hello,

As many of you who were at the recent PSAC Regional Triennial Convention will recall, I was elected the new Youth Representative, with Nicole Jacobson as Alternate. As part of the goal of the youth caucus within PSAC, and the goals outlined to the convention floor, we want to greatly increase youth self-identification among the young members of the PSAC as well as increase their involvement within the PSAC and labour movement. Currently we have about 30 self-identified youth members of approximately 15,000 members in the BC region.

the 2006 youth bbq

As part of this we need the help of locals in getting youth members to self-identify. We are also having a barbecue August 22nd to allow newly self-identified youth members and existing members to mix and mingle and find out more information on how they can get involved with the Public Service Alliance and their Local. I will be contacting everyone in the next week or two. In the meantime I have included a copy of the self-identification form and hope I can count on everyone to ask the youth members in their local to self-identify and encourage their eligible members to show up for the barbecue in August. Youth members can self identify online. If they are unable to do so, they can fill out the self identification questionnaire attached to this e-mail and send it in or bring it with them.

The barbeque will be held at Trout Lake Park in Vancouver, which is easily accessibly from Commercial Skytrain Station and will be going from 5 until 10 P.M., August 22nd. If you have any questions or want to discuss anything with me, feel free to call me at 604-495-5565 during work hours or at 604-616-3710 outside of working hours, alternatively you can e-mail me at james.painter@cra-arc.gc.ca

In Solidarity, James Painter, Youth Coordinator BC Region