OSSTF District 12
STBU Council Meeting
District 12 Office
January 17, 2008
Members are reminded that any announcements for Council must be given to the Chair, along with details as to where supporting material can be found, prior to the commencement of the meeting. The Chair will then make the announcement and where the material is located. Members are also reminded that District 12 STBU allows the distribution of any material without the consent of the Executive or Chair of Council.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
4:30 pm 1. Call to Order
2. Announcements
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes of: December 13, 2007
4:45 pm 5. Executive Report
6. Questions to Executive
5:45 pm 7. On Time Motions
6:15 pm 8. Provincial Executive Report
9. Questions to Provincial Executive
10. Items of Concern to Branches
11. New Business and Notices of Motion
7:00 pm 12. Adjournment
ON TIME MOTIONS TO
JANUARY 17, 2008
STBU COUNCIL
From Executive:
1. BIRT all AMPA motions passed by STBU Council are binding on the STBU AMPA delegation.
Doug Jolliffe, Executive/Leslie Wolfe, Executive
MOTIONS FOR AMPA 2008
From Branches:
2. BIRT District 12 STBU Council endorse the following motion to AMPA 2008:
"BIRT Policy 8 - Educational Issues (EDIS Policy), 8.1 Goals of Education, be amended by addition of a new section following 8.1.1.4 to read:
Secularism - education should be free from the interference of any organized religion."
Birchmount Park CI Branch
From Individuals:
3. BIRT District 12 STBU Council endorse the following motion to AMPA 2008:
"BIRT AMPA 2008 instruct the Provincial Executive to:
a) Request the Liberal Government to take action to provide more and better HIV and AIDS prevention, support services to deal with stigma and discrimination.
b) Design or develop a simple activity kit to be used by classroom teachers on HIV and AIDS across different discipline areas.
c) Create "Take the Lead" poster that lists ways that colleagues and learners can get involved in taking action, which are divided into different categories."
Estimated cost: $ 30,000
Mulatu Mekonnen, Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI /Paul Kossta, Health & Safety Officer
