Executive Minutes 2005 - 2006

September 22, 2005

Present: Mark Fallis, Dave Wing, Steve Coles, Pat St.Laurent, Mike Kerr, Bern Kelly, Regina Chappell, Mike Jessop, JeanAnne Kirby, Darline Pomeroy, Meredith Jessop, Michelle Maker, Peter Revoy, Mike Kerr, Nancy Forrest

1. 0 Welcome

2. 0 Adoption of Agenda

3. 0 Minutes June 14, 2005

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting: Darline/Regina - Carried

4. 0 Treasurer's Report (Bern)

4. 1 motion to accept Treasurer's report: JeanAnne/Pat - Carried

4. 2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Peter/Steve - Carried

5. 0 Grievances (Dave)

Motion: to move into committee of the whole: Dave/Mike J - Carried
Motion to come out of committee of the whole Dave/Mike J Carried

6. 0 Committee Reports

6. 1 Awards (Darlene) no report

6. 2 Equity Committee (Darline)

• met to plan and are reviewing material to create kits for teachers
• chairs are meeting on September 29th
• Deb St.Amant will be attending Equity Leadership training
• Leadership workshop to be offered by the Province to for the first 10 local applicants if supported by the Executive and will contact the PD committee to link events and confirm with head office if the workshops could be provided to all Board employees and not just ETFO members.

6. 3 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

Applications for Task force for collective bargaining with the hope that both new people and experienced CBC people would be a part of the committee. The call will go out on the "Stick your Neck Out" form.

6. 4 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP

approved 7 already for September 8 more have come in for October Brenda Foster is the new principal rep on the EIP council

Health and Safety

• Templates have come out for information for the Occasional Teachers WHIMIS training
• Board will be using an on-line program. We are to be afforded the time for the training according to the Health and Safety Act. They cannot tell the teachers to do the training on their own time or planning time.
• Motion has been passed that Music teachers will have the "music ear" for hearing protection.
• Motion passed that music rooms be maintained as music rooms.
• The Board now has 21 days in order to respond to motions before the Ministry would be called.
• Someone from the Health and Safety Committee must be making the rounds of their schools monthly. There should be a quarterly report of all of the committee members.

6. 5 Political Action (Steve) no report

6. 6 Professional Development (Dave)

• will meet next week did the online survey in June and got a great response
• Catherine Kerr will be heading up an arts workshop this fall at Terry Fox Public School How do we help new teachers?

6. 7 Social Committee (Mark)

2/4 TGIF have been done and have been successful will be calling together the current committee

6. 8 Status of Women (Pat)

Pinestone has been booked for the January retreat and it will be 2 days January 20th and 21st

7. 0 Emergent Issues

7. 1 Funding Request

Shirley Challice Wrote a letter requesting donation to help in her trip to a third world country. Motion to supply $250.00 to support the trip. Mark/Steve - Carried

7. 2 Better Future-New Leaders Conference

Applications for a conference for Collective Bargaining Committee members. Mike Kerr would like to attend and will put out the conference information to the new Task force members.

7. 3 Supervision Schedules

Meeting with the board tomorrow. With a little adjustment, 75-80% of the schedules could be acceptable and then grievances will begin following the meeting. Staffing schedules should be done earlier next year so that these problems will be dealt with before the school year begins.

7. 4 Phone System

Purchase Looking into the Nortel system and would have unlimited voice mail space. If this system were put in place, we would no longer be paying for the secretary to answer phones for us. Messages will be able to be retrieved remotely. The system itself has a one time cost of $2400.00.

Motion to make the purchase of the new phone system up to a maximum of $3000.00 Steve/Peter - Carried

7. 5 Annual Meeting Update

Could our annual meeting be changed to April in order to choose the delegates and alternates for the Annual General Meeting for hotel room bookings. Date will be established at our next meeting.

7. 6 Process to get rep for EIP

(Request Rob Kerr) Will put the information in the newsletter.

7. 7 The Third Annual Steward Retreat

Scheduled at Viamede for Friday October 28 and Saturday October 29th Workshops: Health and Safety, Professional Relations, Stewards' Potpourri

7. 8 Occasional Teachers Negotiations

We want to put some items in our newsletters to support our Occasional teachers Difficulties getting the information out to the members Support strategies and timelines were discussed.

8. 0 Planning Priorities for the Year

8. 1 Implementation of New Collective Agreement Actions:

• Steward Training at Retreat
• Session with Principals in October
• Know your collective agreement articles
• monitor by the new CBC task force
• Treasure Hunts- scavenger hunts-quiz to be used after the retreat
• continue information in the newsletters

8. 2 Investigate-Address issues re: Issues of School Leadership

• continue to identify issue/concern with Director at luncheons
• co-ordinate specific issues with other employee groups
• address at regional/provincial meetings
• review option of grievance in repetitive/extreme situations
• explore the possibility of having a positive principal award in some conjunction with the board having criteria such as upholding the collective agreement
• increase awareness of members knowing and standing up for their rights in regards to administration

8. 3 Campaign re: Skimming Prep/Library Money

• meet with Liz Kerr
• advertisements in local papers
• volunteer list of teachers for mobilization
• 24th of October is School Library day

8. 4 Culture of the Board

8. 5 New IEP Writer

• data from last year has to be re-entered at many schools
• IEP Writer is not working properly Board-wide
• hoping to address these issues at the meeting tomorrow

9. 0 Committee Ideas Initiatives etc.,

CBC Task Force-4 people needed EIP-need 2 Equity-need 2

10. 0 Treasurer's Computer

Motion to buy a new computer and printer up to $3000.00 Peter/JeanAnne - Carried

11. 0 Adjournment Michelle/Regina Carried

Next meeting: Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

October 18, 2005

1.1 Welcome
Cathy Turner from Johnson Insurance Company-presentation Highlighted the new graduated licensing system and updated us about the company

3. 0 Minutes September 15, 2005

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting: Peter/Dave Carried

4. 1 motion to accept Treasurer's report: Peter/Darline Carried
4. 2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Nancy/Mike Carried

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Peter
Motion to move out of committee of the whole Dave/Peter

6. 1 Awards (Darlene)

• question about criteria for some of the awards
• discussion the possibility to have the annual awards dinner in the same place next year Thursday, April 20th-Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
• possibility of Tim Nobes finding a venue in Peterborough
• will make a decision at the next executive meeting

6. 2 Equity Committee (Darline)

• Workshop has been booked at the ETFO Office - Free From Fear October 27th
• Free From Prejudice sometime later in the year.
• Meeting between equity chairs had not yet happened
• Next meeting is November 10th

6. 3 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

• will be communicating with schools in regards to the 24 out of 82 schools who are over the 100 minute cap in their supervision schedules

6. 4 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP

• Many applications-especially for Reading for the Love of It
• Brenda Foster principal chosen for the EIP
• looking for a new form coming from the Board Office
• spending money at a faster rate than ever before

Health and Safety

• going to the second step of testing the air quality at Prince of Wales-for carbon dioxide
• also looking at the EMFs
• monthly site inspection reports are coming in

6. 5 Political Action (Steve) - no report

6. 6 Professional Development (Dave)

• maternity leave workshop next week
• sponsoring the Body Image Coalition from the Peterborough County City Health Unit
• October 27th Body Image workshop, reps invited from Reflections of Me pilot schools to participate and ETFO is paying the release time
• October 26th - Body Image community forum
• New teachers evening planned-open to long term occasionals
• November 30th scrapbooking in the classroom at Plainville Public Schools
• January-desktop publishing
• February-speaker about teacher empowerment-in contact with provincial hopefully getting a facilitating group together
• ORFF music in February
• Weekend with the Arts -April 22nd-expanded to 80 people
• February Classroom Management
• Will meet on Monday, December 12th

6. 7 Social Committee (Mark)

• TGIFs finished and well received
• still getting a committee meeting date
• Les Mis is booked for Saturday, November 5th
• Will try to do another Raptor trip as well

6. 8 Status of Women (Pat)

• Will be deciding the workshops for the Pinestone Retreat - one from Warren Shepell
• Will be getting the information out so that the members will be notified before Christmas

7. 1 Funding Request Music Conference

• Request that our local sponsor the Orrff conference in Toronto for April
• We have decided to promote the conference but not to donate funds

7. 2 Better Future-New Leaders Conference

• Mike Kerr attending Building for Tomorrow
• possibility of at least one other person attending

7. 3 Supervision Schedules

• 24 out of 82 schools are over the 100 minute cap for their supervision schedules and these sites are being grieved
• updates will be communicated to the schools involved as soon as possible

7. 4 Phone System Purchase

• update phone system seems to be working well already

7. 5 Committee Positions

• Stick Your Neck Out Have had response for equity, collective bargaining task force, EIP, Under staffing Political Action Initiative and Professional Development

7. 6 Christmas Party OSSTF/ETFO/CUPE

• Michelle volunteered to head up the organization of the Christmas party for ETFO

Future Meetings: 5:00 p.m. at the office
November 15, December 20, January 17, February 21, Mar 21, April 18, May 16, June 20 Annual Meeting

November 15, 2005

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting:Darline/Nancy Carried

4. 1 motion to accept Treasurer's report: Meredith/JeanAnne Carried
4. 2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Peter/Mike Carried

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Peter
Motion to move out of committee of the whole:Dave/Peter

6. 1 Awards (Darline)

• Best Western is available for Wednesday, April 19th
• Darline will be booking the venue because of the cost and their ability to accommodate the numbers that we need.

6. 2 Equity Committee (Darline)

• Free from Fear well received workshop
• People interested in further workshops
• Province gave more money for providing the workshop
• Upcoming: We're Erasing Prejudice For Good workshop
• New members have been volunteering for the committee

6. 3 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

• Renee Shearer and Mike Kerr will be going to a workshop for those new to collective bargaining

6. 4 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP

• surplus left in the fund from the Fall term applications
• there is a surplus from last year of over $11,000.00 and has been added to our second term
• new form is out and being used

Health and Safety

• e mails and phone calls out of the Stewards retreat-18 issues emerged
• WHMIS training is not to be done during our planning time and that time has to be provided during our day
• School Boards have the most reportable accidents of all employers across the province
• Violence in the classroom -form to be filled out and sent out to the ETFO office
• 2 reports should trigger a Safety Action Plan

6. 5 Political Action (Steve)

• We sent money to the BC teachers and it came out of the political action fund
• Newsletter to come out in December

6. 6 Professional Development (Dave)

• Workshop on scrap booking is coming up and the presenter uses scrapbooking in the classroom
• Meeting on December 12th
• Desktop publishing at the Board Office
• Looking for an empowerment speaker-Managing and Dealing with Impossible People
• Brenda Sheppar- ORFF workshop in February
• Susan Dunlop presenting classroom management in February
• April-Mike Jessop presenting workshop on desktop publishing in the south
• April-weekend with the Arts

6. 7 Social Committee (Mark)

• Successful trip to Les Mis
• meeting scheduled for the 29th of November
• Holly Ernst to become a member

6. 8 Status of Women (Pat)

• Discussion about the workshops that will be offered for the retreat
• Aqua fit was very popular as was horticulture and scrap booking perhaps added
• Drama - Steve Russell consultant from the Board
• Provincially funded workshop
• People will be able to register on-line and Martin will also deal with the flyer which will be in schools within the next two weeks
• January 20-22nd at Pinestone all booked and the price will be $100.00 and $65.00 for one night

Death of Bruce Luxford from Ontario Street P.S.
Would like to do something in memoriam for Bruce and Mark and Dave have had a plaque made and a donation to the library would be made

Motion to donate $500.00 be donated for resources for the library at Ontario St. P.S. Steve/Peter- carried

Steward's Retreat
Excellent feedback. Stewards enjoyed being able to ask questions and the Health and Safety presentation was helpful.
The staff was going out of their way at Viamede to accommodate us.
Similar format for years to come and keep it as an annual event.

7. 1 Liberal Fund-raiser

Jeff Leal Fund raiser at Empress Gardens-
have bought 2 tickets for November 17th
Mark and Dave to attend

7. 2 Supervision schedules/update

all a part of a grievance now will be meeting with the Board tomorrow

7. 3 Phone system purchase/update

messages are getting through and it seems to be working well

7. 4 Christmas Party Sunday, December 11th

kids are asked to bring a present to donate to charity
Tim Nobes to provide food for adults and kids
Dan Fewings to be Santa
Loot bags to be provided for all of the kids

7. 5 OTG Investment

RBC guaranteed a 2.3% minimum rate of return and will cash it out without penalty and re-invest at a higher rate if it becomes available
OTG has a fluctuating rate and it is a .02% increase of about $400.00 per year
We need to check in a little more with OTG as to whether they will offer guaranteed rates
We will discuss the investment at the next meeting after more information has been explored.

Steward of the month: Sean Hazeldine from Kenner Intermediate

Motion to adjourn Pat/Mike

Future Meetings: 5:00 p.m. at the office December 20, January 17, February 21, Mar 21, April 18, May 16, June 20 Annual Meeting: Thursday, April 20

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting:Darline/Bern Carried

4. 1 motion to accept Treasurer's report:Steve/JeanAnne Carried

4. 2 motion to pay outstanding bills:Pat/Meredith Carried

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Bern
Motion to move out of committee of the whole:Dave/Bern

6. 1 Awards (Darline)

Best Western is booked for the Awards dinner and the cost will be $22.00 per person Wednesday, April 19th

6. 2 Collective Bargaining (Mark) nothing to report

6. 3 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP

• 156 members have been approved for terms 1 and 2
• now out of money for term two
• committee to look at recommendations for next year

Health and Safety

• WHIMIS training has begun and Sherry has agreed that time should be allotted during regularly scheduled time- not to be done on preparation time, including the ½ day p.a. day
• Air Quality issue remains at Prince of Wales and will be going back in January
• Violence in the Classroom forms have been sent out to all of the schools

6. 4 Equity (Darline)

• Booking a workshop for April 27th in Cobourg
• Erasing Prejudice for Good Committee has made up an Equity Kit with activities to be sent out to the schools
• New members on the committee

6. 5 Political Action (Steve)

• Hope to get more people aware of what is going on
• Going to put in some "Did you Know?" Sections in the newsletters to highlight some of the major issues

  Bern-looking for support for the Federal Candidate for NDP- who is a former teacher Paul Dewar Motion to donate $500.00 for the NDP Federal campaign Bern/Jean Anne Carried

6. 6 Professional Development (Dave)

• Met recently January 18th
• Desktop publishing at the Board Office February 4th or 11th Kenner Pod
• ORF instruction from Brenda Shepper Feb 23rd
• Classroom Management at Terry Fox Feb 25th
• Scrapbooking Workshop at the ETFO office April 5th
• Desktop Publishing at Longworth P.S.
• April 22nd and 23rd Viamede Arts weekend Emily Noble and David Clegg have been invited

6. 7 Social Committee (Mark)

• Wonderland going ahead
• Looking at another play

6. 8 Status of Women (Pat)

• Great job by Martin on the website and registrations for Winterlude going well
• Funding application has been sent to Toronto

OTG Investment    We are going to leave our investment with OTG

Input for the Province

• Building for Tomorrow from the Local
  • First part of building for tomorrow-Campaign 200 and supervision caps
  • Now looking to what areas should be highlighted for the future:
    • The gap between elementary and secondary
    • Asked for input on collective bargaining, the election of 2007, and the promotion of the image of elementary teachers and education workers
• Issues identified by the executive to be brought back to the province
  • Local collective bargaining issues
    • Class sizes for all levels in elementary
    • Accountability of principals
    • Time for specific tasks-assessment, IEPs, etc.
    • Improvement to real benefits
    • Parity with secondary teachers
• Provincial Election
• Report Cards
• Funding Gap between panels
• Return of the Professional Development days
• Rural Funding
• Accountability of Boards
• Ontario College of Teachers
• Promoting Images of Teachers - focus on messages with kids in them

5:00 p.m. at the office January 17, February 21, Mar 21, April 18, May 16, June 20 Annual Meeting: Thursday, April 20

January 19, 2006

Present: Mark Fallis, Dave Wing, Steve Coles, Pat St.Laurent, Mike Kerr, Bern Kelly, Regina Chappell, Mike Jessop, JeanAnne Kirby, Darline Pomeroy, Meredith Jessop, Michelle Maker, Peter Revoy, Mike Kerr, Nancy Forrest

1.0 Welcome

2.0 Adoption of Agenda

3.0 Minutes December, 20th 2005

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting:Darline/Nancy- Carried

4.0 Treasurer’s Report (Bern)

4.1 motion to accept Treasurer’s report: Meredith/JeanAnne - Carried
4.2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Peter/Mike - Carried

5.0 Motion to nominate Pat St.Laurent as Honorary Life Member-Provincial - Mark/Michelle Carried

6.0 Motion to adjourn Bern/Michelle - carried.

February 21, 2006

Present: Mark Fallis, Dave Wing, Steve Coles, Pat St.Laurent, Mike Kerr, Bern Kelly, Regina Chappell, Mike Jessop, Darline Pomeroy, Meredith Jessop, Michelle Maker, Peter Revoy, Mike Kerr, Nancy Forrest
Regrets: JeanAnne Kirby, Bern Kelly

1.0 Welcome

2.0 Motion for Constitutional Change (Deb St. Amant)

Add four designated seats for aboriginal, LGBT, racial minority, and members with a disability.
Seeking the support of the local Executive for the motion.
Motion made to endorse the resolution: Steve/Peter - Motion defeated

3.0 Adoption of Agenda

4.0 Minutes December 19, 2005

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting: Steve/Pat - Carried

5.0 Treasurer’s Report (Bern)

5.1 motion to accept Treasurer’s report: Darline/Meredith - Carried
5.2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Peter/Darline - Carried

6.0 Grievances (Dave)

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Peter - carried
Motion to move out of committee of the whole:Dave/Peter - carried

6.0 Committee Reports

6.1 Awards (Darline)

Positive School Criteria Nomination has been revised
Nomination forms for all awards on the website and in schools this week

6.2 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

Dave and Mark recently attended a Collective Bargaining training session focussing on class size, supervision and prep time

6.3 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

Third Term Applications will be accepted after March Break

Health and Safety -
Meeting with the Board and the Ministry has been arranged

6.4 Political Action (Steve)

Looking at a different format of sharing information

6.5 Equity (Darline)

Erasing Prejudice For Good workshop being held at C.R. Gummow 4:30 on April 26th
Committee will pay for the materials - Resource kit materials have been collected and a pilot project set up with volunteer schools

6.6 Professional Development (Dave)

• Desktop Publishing Workshop-went well
• Classroom Management Workshop on Thursday night at Terry Fox P.S.
• Scrap booking at ETFO on Saturday Feb 25
• Weekend with the Arts Flyer should be coming out next week - $95.00-lunch/dinner/night accommodation/breakfast and workshops at Viamede - Online registration only-First Come First Serve - April 22nd and 23rd

6.7 Social Committee (Mark)

• 13 schools have taken advantage of Beat the Winter Blahs program
• April 9th-Raptors vs. Charlotte and Danforth Supper Trip
• Possibility of an Overnight winery Tour of Niagara June10th and 11th and show at Shaw
  $270.00 per person
• Sponsorship of an ETFO Dragon Boat
• Still working on a Rama Trip

6.8 Status of Women (Pat)

Thanks to Regina for looking after Pinestone in Pat’s absence
Should get $12,314.00 funding from Provincial

7.0 Emergent Issues

Partial Surplus Letter

• Board is wanting to stop the current practice of teachers being declared partial surplus
• Letter was drafted by Mark and delivered to the Director
• Motion to accept to send Mark’s drafted letter in regards to Partial Surplus to our members: Mark/Steve - Carried Unanimously

C U P E Job Action Letter

Accepting Teacher in charge during the possibility of a Strike is an unwise position to put yourself in.

Teachers for Kids Auction

Late April at the Trentwinds - Executive perhaps donating a catered dinner or something similar

WHIMIS

OTG Investment

• Royal Bank is continuing to offer us better rates and are willing to bridge financing
• OTG cannot counter the offer.
• Motion to authorize potentially moving OTG investment to the Royal Bank after consideration of cheque costs for Teacher Development and our current account--- Dave/Peter - Carried

8.0 Steward of the Month:postponed

9.0 Motion to adjourn Steve/Pat

Future Meetings: 5:00 p.m. at the office: Mar 21, April 18, May 16, June 20 Annual Meeting: Thursday, April 20

March 21, 2006

Present: Mark Fallis, Dave Wing, Steve Coles, Pat St.Laurent, Mike Kerr, Bern Kelly, Regina Chappell, Mike Jessop, Darline Pomeroy, Meredith Jessop, Michelle Maker, Peter Revoy, Mike Kerr, Nancy Forrest, JeanAnne Kirby, Bern Kelly

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting: Peter/Jean Anne - Carried

4.1 motion to accept Treasurer’s report: Darlene/Meredith - Carried
4.2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Regina/Peter - Carried

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Peter - carried
Motion to move out of committee of the whole: Dave/Mike J - carried

6.1 Awards (Darline)

• Numbers need to be confirmed by April 12th. Meeting will be 5-6:30 p.m. and the awards dinner would start at 7:00.
• April 6th final planning will be done.

6.2 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

6 or 7 names have been put forward for the task force.

6.3 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP- out of money for third term

Health and Safety -

Dr. Ross Tilley- staff received special training mandated by the Ministry of Labour.
It has been recommended that the training be given to all schools in the Board.
It is in the Education Act that any WSIB claim is to be sent to the ETFO office within four days of making the claim. To this date, no copies have been sent to the office.

6.4 Political Action (Steve)

Still working on a data base. Have a committee for September getting together for the
fall Municipal elections.

6.5 Equity (Darline)

April 26th Erasing Prejudice for Good workshop in C.R. Gummow in Cobourg

6.6 Professional Development (Dave)

• Desktop publishing on April 5th
• Weekend with the Arts only half sold out. April 22nd and 23rd at Viamede.
• Possibility of ORFF music workshop in May.

6.7 Social Committee (Mark)

• Not enough responses for the Raptors trip.
• Wonderland is going ahead.
• Toronto Dragon Boat races have our support.

6.8 Status of Women (Pat)

• Any outstanding paperwork has been resolved.
• January 27th and 28th has been tentatively booked for the retreat next year but no
  commitment until fall.
• Won’t be doing the Women in Action this year.

7.0 Emergent Issues

OPSEU Strike

Community College Rally March 23
Motion to donate $500.00 to the OPSEU Strike Fund Meredith/Jean Anne - Carried

Motion to Local AGM

Pomeroy/Coles motion for Delegates to the Annual Meeting discussed and supported

Steward of the Month: postponed

Motion to adjourn: Mark/Mike K

Future Meetings: 5:00 p.m. at the office: April 18, May 16, June 20 Annual Meeting: Thursday, April 20

April 18, 2006

Motion to accept minutes executive meeting: Meredith/JeanAnn - Carried

4.1 motion to accept Treasurer’s report: Peter/Pat - Carried
4.2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Steve/Mike K. - Carried

Motion: to move into committee of the whole: Dave/Peter - carried
Motion to move out of committee of the whole: Dave/Steve - carried

6.1 Awards (Darline)

205 attending; Everything is set to go

6.2 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

• Meeting with the board to discuss supervision guidelines for 2006-07
• MAY be guidelines coming out provincially.

6.3 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP-

out of money for third term...must be put back on the website as people are still
sending in forms for money

Health and Safety -

• Refer to the Ministry of Labour handout (5 pages) from Steve - Handout includes list of things the board (employer) MUST do
• Changes will be discussed / made at next JHSC meeting in May
• All staff are to be trained (2 ½ hour session)
• Boil water advisory at Dale Road and infestation of mice at Havelock/Belmont

6.4 Political Action (Steve)

Wait until after meeting tomorrow night (status quo)

6.5 Equity (Darline)

April 26th Erasing Prejudice for Good workshop in C.R. Gummow in Cobourg

6.6 Professional Development (Dave)

• Weekend with the Arts (67 registered) April 22nd and 23rd at Viamede Resort
• ORFF music workshop in May at Kenner Pod
• Scrapbooking workshop on May 6th at the ETFO office

6.7 Social Committee (Mark)

• Only 10 committed for the winery tour
• Try for the Blue Jays in early June

6.8 Status of Women (Pat)

• Budget proposal submitted for next year
• Can’t depend on mega money from Toronto...any amount above the $2000 is a windfall

7.0 Emergent Issues

Budget Proposal 06-07:

Executive be at annual meeting at 4:40 p.m. to approve the budget proposal and the changes to be made;
Present budget categories discussed ; some allotments may need to be / were changed (i.e. stewards’ meetings, have a whole membership gathering in the fall; therefore, general meetings amount increased, provincial annual meeting, local annual meeting, awards/retirement meetings grouped together..on paper. and will be discussed at the planning meeting in the fall, annual general meeting, some office expenses,
public/members relations)

Staffing Issues:

Early literacy teachers’ job situation discussed (36 declared surplus)
‘Coaching position job’ requirements discussed

Teachers declared surplus can be declared partially surplus in order to
stay at their present school

12 positions declared redundant...teachers declared redundant should call
the local ETFO office for advice

Promotional Items: personalized local ETFO notepads ($4.67 per unit for an order of
1000....$537 plus tax)

Steward of the Month: Lianne Page of The Pines

Motion to adjourn: Mark

Future Meetings: 5:00 p.m. at the office: May 16, June 20 Annual Meeting: Wed., April 19

May 16, 2006

1. 1 Emergent Issue: Request: Cam Holstrom Municipal Election 5:10 p.m.

Seeking support as a teacher friendly candidate for the Peterborough City Council in the Ashburnham Ward: East City. Discussion to follow for requests for support on web site and for funding.

Motion to accept minutes of the executive meetings: Peter/Darline - Carried

4. 1 motion to accept Treasurer's report: Meredith/Steve Carried

4. 2 motion to pay outstanding bills: Pat/Jean-Anne Carried

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Peter - Carried
Motion to move out of committee of the whole:Dave/Michael - Carried

6. 1 Awards (Darline)

• Looking at ways to raise the profile of the awards dinner-perhaps having a display at Steward's meeting.
• Committee looking for support for selecting a date and booking the Best Western for next year.
• Decided to wait until the new Executive in September to make those decisions.

6. 2 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

• Nothing to report.
• Having Stewards in to have another meeting this month to discuss the upcoming issues for next year.

6. 3 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP- out of money for third term Still waiting for many claim forms to come in.

Health and Safety-

• Golden Horeshoe Health and Safety Conference attended with new representative. Felt that we are doing better than many boards.
• Asbestos numbers have been lowered and may affect some schools and all schools should be re tested for asbestos. Many schools are going to have type 3 Asbestos removals.

6. 4 Political Action (Steve)

All three people on the committee for next year went to a conference in Toronto to train for next year.

6. 41 Motion to support Cops for Cancer for $250.00 on behalf of all of the Educational sector in the Board who have supported the Cops for Cancer Head Shave Steve/Mike - Carried

6. 42 Motion to the support of a donation for $250.00 Weekend to End Breast Cancer on behalf of Linda McFarlene Dave/Peter - Carried

6. 5 Equity (Darline) Committee met and will be meeting June 7th

6. 6 Professional Development (Dave)

• Evaluations were very positive from the Weekend With The Arts conference.
• Committee is meeting next Thursday to begin planning next year. May consider opening up the conference to other locals and maybe O.T.

6. 7 Social Committee (Mark)

• Limited success for wine event.
• Canada's Wonderland sales going well.
• Blue Jays ticket sales are slow

6. 8 Status of Women (Pat)

Pat asked the executive to think about the retreat and whether the committee will run the retreat. Will communicate this to the committee in June and report back to the executive.

Request Cam Holstrom Municipal Election 5:10
Listened to presentation from Cam Holstrom.
Discussion followed about whether we support him as a candidate.

Motion to the support of a donation of $250.00 to support the campaign of Cam Holstrom for the municipal Election. In addition, provide access to the website and assistance with communication. Peter/Meredith - Carried

Liberal membership-link on website
Request has been received to provide a link to the liberal website for the purpose of membership
Motion to the support creation of a link to the Liberal Party of Canada from our website with information about membership for the current leadership race. Steve/Meredith - Carried Discussion followed.

L. T.D. Update
Reviewed the options available for LTD. Discussion of the various options.
Motion to consider changing carriers for LTD to OTIP Steve/Pat - Carried

Kids on the Block request
Motion to make a donation of $500 or the same amount as last year to Kids on the Block Meredith/Pat - Carried

Teacher Development Fund
The application must be into the office by June 20th.
Motion to reaffirm by memo to the members that applications for the Teacher Development Fund received after June 20th be rejected. Pat/Steve - Carried

1.1 Emergent Issue: Eric Wilson:OTIP

Sharing information about issues surrounding Long Term Disability.
There will possibly be a grievance with the board in regards to LTD issues.
Asked OTIP to review the plan and check the premium rating and review the plan design to see if it would meet teacher’s needs.
OTIP could underwrite the LTD plan at 19% less than the current carrier with no change in the design.
There may be a need to look at other alternatives within the design as there are some weaknesses in the current plan.
No one in ETFO receives information on who is on claim in order to represent them at this point.
Currently the Sunlife plan does not have a Cost of Living Adjustment.
OTIP’s recommendation of a 2% COLA will help to protect those on LTD and still maintain the rate well below Sunlife’s current rate.

2.0 Adoption of Agenda

Motion to accept minutes of the executive meetings:JeanAnne/Mike - Carried

4.1 motion to accept Treasurer’s report:denied on basis of not having full Treasurer’s Report

4.2 motion to pay outstanding bills:Steve/Darline Carried

5.0 Grievances (Dave)

Motion: to move into committee of the whole:Dave/Peter
Motion to move out of committee of the whole:Dave/Steve

6.0 Committee Reports

6.1 Awards (Darline)

Nothing new to report

6.2 Collective Bargaining (Mark)

Nothing new to report.

6.3 EIP, Health and Safety (Steve)

EIP-exhausted all funds. Did find about $2000.00 unclaimed which may result in a
surplus in the fall. Cheques are coming in more quickly.

Health and Safety-Allan attended the Health and Safety meeting today.

6.4 Political Action (Steve)

Binders are going to Jeff and things will be in order for the fall. Thanks from Steve for the support.

6.5 Equity (Darline)

Met June 14th-future plans discussed.
Planning an event to invite equity community based groups
Occasional teachers are informally invited to attend the equity committee meetings

6.6 Professional Development (Dave)

Final meeting and set some tentative directions for next year.
Viamede for weekend with the Arts is available
Most of the committee is returning.

6.7 Social Committee (Mark)

Not enough for the Ball game
Wonderland tickets sold well

6.8 Status of Women (Pat)

Pinestone is currently booked under no obligations at this point.
The new Chair will be able to decide the future of the event with the Status Committee in the Fall.

7.0 Emergent Issues

7.1 Teacher Development Fund

Deadline is now closed.
We will possibly have a surplus.
Will have a reconciled report for the fall.

7.2 President/subsequent elections

Nomination of Dave Wing for President Pat/Jean Anne
Position accepted
Nomination of Michelle Maker for First Vice President Regina/Meredith
Position Accepted

Motion to Replace Secretary on the Executive for September: Peter/Meredith

Motion to provide two names for consideration for Secretary for September Darline/Nancy
Names considered for Secretary on the Executive: Sue Harffman and Meredith Jessop

8.0 Motion to adjourn: Steve/Peter