Board Meeting Reports

June 24, 2004

Results of June 17/18, 2004 meeting of PEO Council
The Board along with S. Glover moved in camera to discuss this issue.

Joint Relations Committee – Terms of Reference
The Board approved the terms of reference for the OSPE – PEO Joint Relations Committee. Peter DeVita and Chris Cragg were appointed to this committee.

Policy Statements
The Board adopted the amended policy statement regarding foreign trained engineers as the policy of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.

OPE Awards and OSPE General Assembly
Discussion ensued as to value of having the 2005 OSPE General Assembly in collaboration with the 2005 OPE Awards. Directors questioned other conferences that may conflict with the OSPE General Assembly, the main one being the PEO Chapter Leaders Conference. The Board decided that they did not want to offend the PEO Chapter Leaders by scheduling an event at the same time and therefore withdrew the motion to collaborate.

* Editors comments: It was revealed after this Board meeting to the OSPE CEO that the PEO Chapter Leaders Conference had been rescheduled in order to accommodate the OSPE General Assembly. The OSPE Board then approved the motion to hold the 2005 OSPE General Assembly in collaboration with the 2005 OPE Awards.

OSPE 2005 AGM and Canadian Society of Civil Engineers – Collaboration
The CEO discussed pros and cons of collaborating with CSCE and it was decided not to hold the OSPE 2005 AGM in conjunction with the CSCE.

Joint Review Board Decisions
The CEO discussed the decisions made by the Joint Review Board with respect to PIPEDA. As per the Joint Review Board decision OSPE needs to put together a plan for information retrieval until data from PEO is received.

With respect to the Advertising issue it was the unanimous decision of the JRB that to the extent to which such advertising has occurred PEO has contravened the provisions of the PEO/OSPE agreement of November 2000. The Board discussed taking this issue to Binding Arbitration. The issue of taking PEO to Binding Arbitration with respect to advertising was tabled until the next Board meeting.

Maritime Life Administration Fees
At the June 18, 2004 meeting of PEO Council it was decided that PEO would not be transferring funds to OSPE with respect to Maritime/Manulife.

The Board approved taking the issue of Maritime/Manulife Administration Fees to the Joint Review Board as required pending negotiations at the Joint Relations Committee in July 2004.

Healthy Cities
Discussion ensued regarding the prospect of going forward with the Healthy Cities conference. Concern was expressed as to whether OSPE could afford to put on such an event. The CEO noted that this event would be scaled down to one day and she would like to try to go forward. It was decided to start up the committee and propose a plan of action. The Executive Committee will give final approval as to whether or not the conference will continue this fall.

The Board approved the formation of a Healthy Cities Committee.

BRRAG
CEO/OSPE/PEO have been invited to speak to the Ministry regarding the issue of BRRAG on July 6, 2004. Kim Allen sent a request to OSPE on June 24, 2004 to attend a briefing session with PEO and CEO at the PEO offices on June 30, 2004. It was agreed that someone should attend the June 30, 2004 briefing session at PEO from the OSPE Board.

Report from the Treasurer
Financial Report for January to April 2004
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Report from the Finance Committee
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Report from the Chair
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Report from the CEO
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Staff Reports
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Report from the Audit and Investments Committee
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Report from the Executive Committee
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Report from the PEO/OSPE Negotiating Committee
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Report from the Joint Management Board (JMB)
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Report on PEO Appointment Process
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Report on PEO Arbitration
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Report from the Membership Advisory Committee
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Report from NEWOSC
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Report from the Professional Development Advisory Committee
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Report from the Employer Salary Survey Advisory Committee
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Report from the Safe Water Task Force
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Report from the Brownfields Working Group
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Report from the QBS and Innovation Task Force
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Report from the Energy Working Group
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Report from the Government Relations Committee
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Report from the Globalization and Mobility Task Force
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Labour Relations Act as it applies to Ontario Engineers
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Report from WEAC
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Joint Review Board Appointees
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Equity and Diversity – Terms of Reference
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Professional Engineers Act Working Group – Terms of Reference
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Sub-Surface Utility Engineering Working Group – Terms of Reference
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Land Drainage Committee – Terms of Reference
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ARIDO Self-Regulation
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