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October General Membership Meeting * Amended*

Thursday, October 28 at 7pm
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 27 @7pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd–rpzMpG9fEzvFYhcQ8mSbk4t3Ftc5U

*Due to the information needed to be sent to participants, and the time required to authenticate registrations, all participants must register by the deadline above. *Admission to the meeting will close fifteen (15) minutes from the start of the meeting.

 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER GMM:

  1. Land Acknowledgment
  2. Reading of Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to Action
  3. Reading of new members
  4. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
  5. Business arising out of the minutes
  6. Financials
  7. New Business
  8. Nominations and elections:
  1. By-Election External Chief Shop Steward Group 2
  2. Balloting Committee (1)
  3. Publications Committee (1)
  4. MSC Route Measurement minimum (4)
  5. Trustees Committee members (3) alternate (1)
  6. L/C Route measurement minimum (4)
  7. VDLC (9) alternate (3)
  8. Regional Delegate Alternate (1)

9. Executive Committee Motions

10. Unfinished business

11. Correspondence

12. Executive and Committee Reports

13. Good and Welfare

14. Adjournment

In Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President

**Sign Language Interpreters have been confirmed.

9.3    CHIEF STEWARDS

A) Shall be elected by and from the members in their own shift or work area, as outlined in Article 5.1 B.

B) Nominations and acceptances must be submitted by December 15.

C) These elections shall take place at the same time as elections for Table Officers, as per Article 9.6.

D) Candidates must be a member in good standing and must have attended at least three (3) of the General Meetings in the twelve (12) months prior to and inclusive of the close of nominations. Subject to Article 9.10 A.

E) The term of office for all Chief Stewards shall be two years.

9.7   BY-ELECTIONS

 

A) FULL-TIME PAID OFFICERS, TABLE OFFICERS AND CHIEF STEWARDS

 

  1. If a vacancy occurs a notice shall be posted immediately.

 

  1. Nominations and acceptances in writing shall be received up to and including the day of election.

 

  1. The notice of vacancy and call for nominations must be posted for a minimum of 20 days before an election can be held.

 

  1. An election to cover the interim period of time until the next Annual Election shall take place at the next General Membership Meeting subject to 9.7 A (3) and shall be voted on by all members in attendance at the meeting.

 

  1. An election to cover the remainder of the term of office shall take place as part of the next Annual Elections, if applicable.

 

B) ELECTION OF DELEGATES

If a vacancy occurs, it shall be filled at the next General Membership Meeting