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2023 Fall GM – Highlights

November 9, 2023 by Lynelle Yutani Leave a Comment

Na'tsa'maht - Working Together as One: Artist Butch Dick

Warm Greetings to all our Siblings!

Did you miss the Fall General Meeting on Thursday, November 9, 2023? We won’t have another one until March 7, 2024 (watch your college email account for the invite) and here are the highlights.

  • Executive Reports
    • President
      • Reminded members to pick up their Fair Employment Week 2023 Coffee Cards
      • New Administrative Services Coordinator starting in Young 221 on November 20
      • Invite Union Execs to your next Department Meeting
      • Keep in touch on Discord & be sure to fill out your Member Details Form
    • Contract Negotiations
      • New salary scale implemented, still waiting for retro pay dates, retro pay application still open
      • Adjustments necessary to one-time Lifestyle Wellness Savings Account benefit
      • Benefit improvements, including Health Care Spending Account live on Manulife
    • Contract Management
      • Two newly elected stewards, congratulations to Melissa Mills & Pei Mei Chia!
      • Collecting data for Inadequate Parking Grievance, Inequitable Workloads, & Right of First Refusal
      • New Medical Accommodations Procedure
    • Professional Development
      • Seeking new A&S Rep
      • Applications now due 9 AM Friday before each meeting
      • Next Long Term PD Infosession November 17
    • Sec/Treas
      • Overall budget deficit decreased $5000 from approved AGM Interim Budget, amended budget passed
  • 50th Anniversary Party Planning
    • 5 – 11 PM, May 4, 2024 – Ambrosia Banquet & Events Centre 638 Fisgard Street catered by Royal Spice
    • Tickets will be approximately $40 each and include Dinner, Music, Dancing, & Union Swag
    • Plus ones welcome & there will be a cash bar
  • Sneak Peek of 50th Anniversary Logo
Sneak Peek Image - deep purple CCFA lettering next to a silhouette of Salal leaves circled in deep purple background.

Commissioned logo and variations by Melissa Mills

Congratulations to our Door Prize Winners!

  • Stephen Lang
  • Katie Tanigawa
  • Blair Fisher
  • Diana Kohl
  • Stephen Fielding
  • Natasha Parrish
  • Kristina Andrew

Contact our office staff if you don’t hear from them about your prize in the next week or two! I hope you’ll stop in to see me whenever you’re walking by! Mondays I can be found at Interurban in the faculty office spaces on the third floor of the Center for Health & Wellness (317) and I’m at Lansdowne in Young 222 Tuesdays, Thursdays & most Fridays. You can also reach me on Camosun Teams or the CCFA Discord server!

Lynelle Yutani, CCFA President 2021-2023

Lynelle Yutani (she/they)
ac.ytlucafnusomac@tnediserp

President, Camosun College Faculty Association

Lynelle is a queer, leftist rabble-rouser galvanized to guard the rights of union members and is on a crusade to convince you that you get out of your Union what you put into it. Lynelle serves on Presidents Council of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE) and was elected to FPSE Executive as a Member-at-Large. She is on a number of FPSE affiliate committees, including the 2SLGBTQIA+ and Racialized Workers Caucuses for the BC Fed, and is active in the Victoria Labour Congress. Lynelle also serves as V.P. of her Strata Council & oversees a rooftop community garden which partners with Harvest & Share Food Aid Society to grow fresh produce for local foodbanks and community food security programs.

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