November 19, 2008

Executive Present: John Wight, Marlys LaBrash, Carl Johnson, Craig Penman.
Members Absent: Rosann Janis, Brian Johannson, Sherri-Ann Chisholm, Steve Gustard. On Annual Leave.

Number of Members Present: 17

Motions made to adopt the minutes from the October 22, 2008 meeting, adopted and seconded.

Correspondence: Signing up new members ongoing. A reminder, members that have not signed up are not eligible for the APOC Insurance coverage. “If you want to contact the Executive or just keep up to date on current issues visit Your Web Site” www.apocpacificcoast.com, or contact in writing at Pacific Coast Branch PO Box 82000, Burnaby, B.C V5C 5P2

Old Business: Currently no members from VMPP or VPDC are eligible. We as an executive will continue to encourage all members to attend General Meetings. We will be mailing out a $25.00 gift certificate to each member of the Pacific Coast Branch. Wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and a message to get involved "Attend a General Meeting". The next one will be January 14, 2009.

Sales Report: John Wight: No Report. No consultation was held.. A motion was made to accept the nil report. Adopted and seconded.

Treasurer Report: Brian Johannson: B. Johannson on Annual Leave. No Report. A motion was made to accept the nil report. Adopted and seconded.

VMPP Report: Sherri-Ann Chisholm: S. Chisholm on Annual Leave. No Report. A motion was made to accept the nil report. Adopted and seconded.

VPDC Report: John Wight: Consultation was held. Re organization under way involving shift changes and a realignment of positions. No loss of positions. Discussion ongoing. A motion made to adopt the report. Adopted and seconded.

Vancouver R&D Report: Marlys La Brash: Consultation will be held with regards to Annual Bids. Concerns discussed regarding Supervisors workload, Health and Safety on road Supervision. If you are overloaded speak up let your Superintendant/ Manager know if there are workload issues. A motion was made to adopt this report. Adopted and seconded.

Fraser Valley Report: Carl Johnson: Consultation will be held with regards to the Annual Leave Bids. There was a realignment of Offices in the Eastern Zone, Maple Ridge, Mission, Abbotsford and Chilliwack are moving from Vancouver C&D to BCOPS. APOC will be involved in consultation with regards to impact on our members. A motion was made to adopt this report. Adopted and seconded.

Grievances: Steve Gustard: Grievances continue to be filed regarding uncovered known absences of 5 or more days. Please let Steve know when positions are not covered. A motion was made to adopt this report. Adopted and seconded.

Health & Safety: Nil

New Business: The floor was open to the members to put forward ideas to generate more interest by the members of APOC and discuss ways to get more of our members involved. Many good ideas were put forward. One was to invite members to let the executive know if they would be interested in attending the Spring 2009 DVP meeting. We need to create more Learning Opportunities for our members. We need to get our members attention and try to get them involved. Craig Penman will gather information and cost regarding the possibility of arranging a Vancouver Harbour Cruise, Dinner and Dance for September 2009. We have done this in the past and the members enjoyed a night out. If you have any other ideas please send them to the Executive. Contract Negotiation update: The APOC Negotiating Team has had their first meeting with the Corporation.

Move to adjourn meeting, Meeting adjourned.