Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

Monday, February 11th at 5:00 at the PSAC office, #210 - 1497 Admirals Road.

The agenda for this meeting will include

• Election of Chairperson/Secretary/Treasurer
• Election of Delegate to the BC PSAC Regional Convention
• Budget for the 2008 fiscal year
• Event for International Women’s Day
• Information on Oxfam Canada

The next Vancouver RWC meeting is coming up on Tuesday May 22nd at 5:30PM at the Vancouver Regional Office, 200-5238 Joyce St. (1 1/2 block south of the SkyTrain). This month’s topic/agenda item will be Planning for the upcoming Regional Women’s conference.

please RSVP to the Vancouver RO at 604.430.5631

PSAC Okanagan Regional Women’s Committee Minutes of Meeting April 13, 2007

The Library, Mickie’s Pub, Kelowna

In Attendance:

The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. with Jennifer Leenhouts in the chair.

Minutes: Minutes from January 27, 2007 were accepted. m/s/c

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PSAC – Okanagan Regional Women’s Committee, Minutes of Meeting – January 27, 2007, The Library, Mickie’s Pub, Kelowna

In Attendance:

• Susan Yaciw UTE 20003
• Maria-Luiza Romano AGR 20027
• Kareen Stanich AGR 20043
• Ruth Eisworth UTE 20026
• Darrell-Lee McKenzie AGR 20043
• Joy Harrison Retired
• Kelly Megyesi CEIU 20915
• Roberta Gourlie CEIU 20915

The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. with Susan Yaciw in the chair.

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PSAC - Okanagan Regional Women’s Committee, Minutes of Meeting – September 30, 2006, Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna

In Attendance:

• Susan Yaciw UTE 20003
• Maria-Luiza Romano AGR 20027
• Jennifer Leenhouts CEIU 20972
• Regina Brennan PSAC
• Darrell-Lee McKenzie AGR 20043
• Kelly Megyesi CEIU 20915
• Roberta Gourlie CEIU 20915

The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. with Jennifer Leenhouts in the chair.

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PSAC - Okanagan Regional Women’s Committee, Minutes of Meeting – June 23, 2006, Perkins Restaurant, Kelowna

In Attendance:

• Susan Yaciw UTE 20003
• Maria-Luiza Romano AGR 20027
• Jennifer Leenhouts CEIU 20972
• Ruth Eisworth UTE 20026
• Kareen Stanich AGR 20043
• Kelley Megyesi
• Darrell-Lee McKenzie AGR 20043
• Linda Woods NAT 20140
• Roberta Gourlie CEIU 20915

The meeting was called to order at 7:25 p.m. with Jennifer Leenhouts in the chair.

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PSAC - Okanagan Regional Women’s Committee, Minutes of Meeting – March 18, 2006. The Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna

In Attendance:

• Susan Yaciw UTE 20003
• Joy Harrison UTE 20003
• Jennifer Leenhouts CEIU 20972
• Kareen Stanich AGR 20043
• Linda Woods NAT 20140
• Roberta Gourlie CEIU 20915
• Maria-Luiza Romano AGR 20027
• Ruth Eisworth UTE 20026
• Regina Brennan PSAC Regional Representative
• Patty Ducharme REVP

The meeting was called to order at 11:35 a.m. with Joy Harrison in the chair.

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Minutes of the Vancouver Regional Women’s Committee May 25, 2006

In attendance:

• Angela Marafon
• Alethea Boire
• Stephanie Oostrander
• Patricia Ganczar
• Cheryl Oenema
• Kay Sinclair
• Deanna Wilson
• Regina Brennan

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Minutes of the Vancouver Regional Women’s Committee October 26, 2005

In attendance:

• Deanna Wilson
• Alethea Boire
• Stephanie Oostrander
• Sanda Turner
• Juliana Sou
• May Chiu
• Regina Brennan

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Minutes of the Vancouver Regional Women’s Committee, March 14, 2006

In attendance:

• Angela Marafon
• Alethea Boire
• Stephanie Oostrander
• Sanda Turner
• Patricia Ganczar
• Parveen Deepak
• Trudy Wilson
• Cheryl Oenema
• Regina Brennan

Agenda:

1. Review of the Regional Women’s Committee Handbook
2. Summer School for Union Women
3. Pre-convention Seminar for Women Delegates
4. PSAC Convention Observer Funding
5. Mail
6. Fall planning

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PSAC - Okanagan Regional Women’s Committee Minutes of Meeting – January 27, 2006, The Pantry Restaurant, Kelowna

In Attendance:

• Darrell-Lee McKenzie AGR 20043
• Susan Yaciw UTE 20026
• Kareen Stanich AGR 20043
• Denis Ringuette CEUDA 20045
• Allison Bunckle AGR 20041
• Linda Woods NAT 20140
• Roberta Gourlie CEIU 20915
• Jennifer Leenhouts CEIU 20972
• Kelly Megyesi CEIU 20915
• Maria-Luiza Romano AGR 20027

The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. with Darrell-Lee McKenzie in the chair.

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B.C. Regional Women’s Committee Chairs Conference Call Minutes

On call

• Patty Ducharme
• Regina Brennan
• Sarah Cousins
• Sandy Stephens
• Angela Marafon
• Joy Harrison joined us late

Regrets from Parveen, Alethea and Sharon.

Agenda:

1. December 6
2. RWC Budgets
3. RWC Meeting
4. RWC Handbook
5. Federal Election Action Plan
6. Pre-Convention Seminar for Women Delegates – March 31
7. Part 2 of Women at Work

The call was chaired by Patty.  She started by passing along Parveen’s regrets.

1.  December 6: The black wrist bands were not ordered due to the concern over the colour choice and the necessity to go with made in China bands because of time restraints.  Patty will order the CLC Dec 6th pins and send to each Woman’s Committee as follows;

• 8 to Prince George
• 10 to Vancouver
• 10 to Victoria
• 10 to Okanagan

Postcard campaign – Anyone who wants the post cards before December 6th must order them through Patrick.  Otherwise, they will be sent on December 6th.

BC Fed is sponsoring a breakfast in support of Dawn Black’s nomination for the NDP.  It starts at 7:30am and is at the Metrotown Hilton Hotel.  Anyone who wants to come and needs lwop can contact the Vancouver RWC for financial assistance.

Reports on what actions have been planned for December 6th
Vancouver, Angela’s Local has collected toiletries for the Surrey Women’s Center and is also conducting a raffle for a bouquet.  Nothing was done specifically through the Vancouver Women’s committee, but they will organize the presence at the Breakfast.

Victoria is having a video and popcorn night.

Prince George is distributing the ribbons in the morning and providing information about the day and the reason for it.  Their District Labour Council is hosting a breakfast.

2.  RWC Budgets: Advances were sent out to all the committees.  There is no urgent need for any further funds for Vancouver, Victoria and Okanagan.  Sandy will check to see if Prince George is in urgent need of funds.  Patty and Regina will sit down on December 5th to go through the requests and make decisions.

3.  RWC Meeting: There was a proposal made to bring in up to four members of each Regional Women’s Committee, including the chairs or co-chairs and the treasurers, some time in late February to early March, after the handbook is finished, to review the handbook, the requirements, and to make a one to two year plan.

4.  RWC Handbook: The handbook is drafted but is being revised once more.  The printing will likely take some time due to election and convention priorities and the moving of the print shop.

5.  Federal Election Action Plan: Election period will span Christmas.  Elections will be either the 16 or the 23 of January.  Patty asked the Regional Women’s Committees to submit action plans for election campaign.  We will have information sheets to hand out.  We reviewed the limitations of our financial and material contributions due to election act restrictions.

6.  Pre-Convention Seminar for Women Delegates – March 31: We confirmed that this would be on March 31, 2006.  All delegates would be brought in on April 1 and 2.  The convention committees would be there to make reports on all significant issues to allow our delegates an opportunity to decide as a group how they feel and to discuss the issues prior to convention.  The delegate list is not finalized yet.

7.  Part 2 of Women at Work: Reminder of the part 2 assignment.  Deadline is the end of the year, but you can request extensions.

Announcements: Donna Sheaves Memorial Scholarship application to be faxed to all committee chairs.  This was originally mailed out by the BC Fed.

Downtown Eastside Women’s Center has sent a list of items they need.

Reminder of the annual Labour Community Christmas Dinners

We discussed the value of these conference calls.  We agreed that these calls will not be regular, but will be arranged on an as needed basis.