General Membership Meeting Minutes

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AGENDA FOR MAY 31, 2012 MEETING

2012 Minutes

January | February | March | April |

2011 Minutes

January, February, April, May & June meetings - quorum not reached | March 24 | September 29 | October 27 | November 24

2010 Minutes

January (postponed) | February 25 (Quorum not reached) | March 25 | April 29

May (Quorum not reached) | June 24 | September 30 | October 28 |

November 25 (Quorum not reached)

Previous Years

2009: January 29 | February 26 | March 26 | April 30 (Quorum not reached) May 28 | June 25 | September 24 | October | November 26

2008: January 31 | February 28 | March 27 | April 24 (Quorum not reached) May 29 | June 26 (Quorum not reached)| September 25 | October 30

November 27 (Quorum not reached)

2007 : January 25 | February 22 | March 29 | April 26 (Quorum not reached. Notes on discussions.) | May 31 | June 28 | September 27 | October 25 | November 29

2006 : January 26 | February 23 | March 30 |  April 7 (Ratification Vote) | May 25 (Quorum not reached.) | June 29 | September 28 | October 26 (Quorum not reached. Notes on discussions.) | November 30 (Quorum not reached.)

RULES OF ORDER

ABBREVIATIONS:

M - moved

S - seconded

C - carried

D - defeated

CF - carried forward

General Membership Meeting minutes from previous years are available in the newsletter or from our Union Office.

Printed copies of Financial Reports are available to members at regular General Membership Meetings and from our Union Office.

General Membership Meetings

From Collective Agreement:

ARTICLE 10 UNION MEETINGS
10.01
"The University agrees to allow nine (9) two-hour lunch meetings (12:00 to 2:00) in each twelve (12) month period of the Collective Agreement. The Union may arrange when meetings are to be held provided at least ten (10) days advance notice is given."

Regular membership meetings are normally held:

• from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

• 9 times per year.

Regular GMMs normally take place on the last Thursday of the month. The normal meeting time may be changed by majority vote of any membership meeting. Written notice of the date, time and place of each meeting will be given to each member at least 1 week prior to the meeting.

Special membership meetings may be held at any time by the call of the Local Executive, by petition of 50 members of the Local, or by decision of a regular monthly meeting. Written notice of such special meetings will be provided to each member at least 3 days prior to such a meeting where possible.

The quorum for business at any regular or special membership meeting is 25 members. (See CUPE Constitution Article B.8.1, B.VIII)

The order of business is:

1. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS
2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
4. BUSINESS ARISING from the minutes
   i. Nominations Remain Open For:
   ii. Action List
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6. EXECUTIVE REPORT
7. BUSINESS AGENT’S REPORT
8. TREASURER'S REPORT
9. COMMITTEE REPORTS
   i. Chief Steward
   ii. Communications
   iii. Contract
   iv. Diversity
   v. Education
   vi. Grievance
   vii. Health & Safety
   viii. Job Evaluation
10. NEW BUSINESS

For more information, see Local By-Laws Section 4.