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REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT PACIFIC REGION ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Pamela Abbott Item 9.1

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 16 – 28 Bargaining

OCTOBER 9 – 11 Term Sub-Committee Ottawa 12 – 14 Regional Conference Vancouver 15 – 26 Bargaining Ottawa 27 National EO Conference Ottawa

NOVEMBER 1 – 3 Technological Change Committee Ottawa 7 Discipline Hearing Vancouver 8 Ratification Vote Victoria 9 Travel Home 13 – 15 Ratification Vote Surrey 19 Travel Vancouver 20 RUMC AM Vancouver Ratification Vote Vancouver 21 Meeting Member AM Surrey Meeting Burnaby PM Surrey Meeting Host Committee Vancouver 22 Travel Home 26 Travel Prince George 27 Meeting Member AM Prince George Ratification Vote PM Prince George 28 Meeting Director AM Prince George

Respectfully submitted,

Pamela Abbott Regional Vice-President, Pacific Region

ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Terry Dupuis Item 9.2

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 17-19 Executive Council - Ottawa 20-22 Presidents’ Conference - Ottawa 23-24 Regional meeting with Locals - Ottawa

OCTOBER 16 Grievance Hearing 3rd level - Winnipeg 17-18 RUMC – Winnipeg 24-28 National E.O. Conference – Ottawa 29-31 Honor and Awards Committee - Ottawa

NOVEMBER 12-16 Ratification Votes, Edmonton, Calgary 19 Ratification Votes - Red Deer 20 Ratification Votes - Saskatoon

Respectfully submitted,

Terry Dupuis Regional Vice-President, Rocky Mountains Region

PRAIRIES REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Shawn Bergeron Item 9.3

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 16-29 Ottawa Negotiations

OCTOBER

14-26 Ottawa Negotiations 27-28 Ottawa UTE EO Conference

NOVEMBER

7 Winnipeg Ratification Vote 8 Thunder Bay Ratification Vote 12-13 Edmonton Ratification Vote 14-16 Calgary Ratification Vote

Respectfully submitted,

Shawn Bergeron Regional Vice-President, Prairie Region

GREATER REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Jerry Dee Item 9.4

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER

17-23 Executive Council & Presidents’ Conference Ottawa 26 Local 051 – Council Meeting Mississauga

OCTOBER

01 Local 013 – Council Toronto 02 Monthly Union Conference Call Toronto 04 Local 001 – Council Scarborough 10 Local 048 – Council North York 11-14 Duty to Accommodate Course Huntsville 15 RUMC Mississauga 16 UTE EAP Committee Meeting Toronto 17 EAP Advisory Committee Meeting Toronto 24 Local 051 AGM Mississauga 25-28 National EO Conference Ottawa 29-31 Honors and Awards Committee Ottawa

NOVEMBER 01 Meeting - Local 013 Toronto 05 Day of Discovery Mississauga 05 Local 013 – Council Toronto

Respectfully submitted,

Jerry Dee Regional Vice-President, Greater Toronto Region

NORTHERN & EASTERN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Cosimo Crupi Item 9.5

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 17-23 Executive Council & Pres. Conference Ottawa 27 HR Teleconference/region

OCTOBER 14-15 Regional UMC Mississauga 18-21 Regional Staffing Course Halifax 23 Regional Conference Call 25-28 National EO Conference Ottawa 29-31 Finance Committee Meetings Ottawa

NOVEMBER 01 Travel Home from Ottawa 4-5 Day Of Discovery (Resourcing) Mississauga 08 Ratification Vote Thunder Bay 26-30 Ontario Federation of Labour Toronto

Respectfully Submitted,

Cosimo Crupi Regional Vice-President Northern & Eastern Ontario Region

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Nick Stein Item 9.6

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 16-29 Ottawa Negotiations

OCTOBER 10-11 London Meeting with member re: harassment 14-26 Ottawa Negotiations 27-28 Ottawa UTE National EO Conference

NOVEMBER 05 Windsor Teleconference – ORO re: T/L Forum 05 Windsor Teleconference – ORO re: WFA F&A 06 London Ratification vote 07 Kitchener Local AGM & Ratification Vote 08 Windsor Local AGM & Ratification Vote 13 St.Catharines Ratification Vote 14 Hamilton Ratification Vote 15-16 Sudbury Ratification Vote 25-Dec. 1 Toronto OFL Convention

Respectfully Submitted,

Nick Stein, Regional Vice-President, Southwestern Ontario Region

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Chris Aylward Item 9.7

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 10 Regional WFA Committee – Ontario Region – Mississauga 11 Regional Day of Discovery – Compensation – Mississauga 12 Participant of MG Forum on Disability Issues – Toronto West 13 3rd Level Grievance Hearing 14 Meeting A/C F&A Branch Re; Ergonomic Section 17 – 28 Bargaining

OCTOBER 2 Meeting Re; Harassment OTC 3 Meeting A/C TSDM – Complaint 4 Harassment Complaint Issue – OTC 5 Regional HQ UMI Meeting 9 Regional Disability Management – Mississauga 10 3rd. Level Grievance Presentation Meeting Member – HQ 12 HR Consultations – OTC 15 – 26 Bargaining 26 – 28 National EO Conference 30 Meeting Director

NOVEMBER 1 Meeting Member – Staffing Issue – HQ 2 OTC IAQ Issue with Regional Office 5 Day of Discovery – Staffing – Mississauga 6 – 7 By-Laws Committee Meeting 8 3rd. Level Grievance Hearing 13 Ratification Vote – Moncton 14 Ratification Vote – Saint John 15 Ratification Vote – Halifax 16 Return Ottawa 20 Ratification Vote – St. John’s TSO 21 Ratification Vote – Charlottetown & Borden 22 Ratification Vote – Summerside 23 Return Ottawa 26 Ratification Vote – Ottawa Meeting OTC WHS Committee Re; IAQ Issue 27 Ratification Vote – Ottawa 28 Ratification Vote – Ottawa 29 Ratification Vote - Ottawa

Respectfully submitted, Chris Aylward, Regional Vice-President, National Capital Region

MONTREAL REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Sabri Khayat Item 9.8

DATE ACTIVITY

RACD : Regional Advisory Committee on Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17 – 23 Executive Council & Presidents’ Conference Ottawa 25 Investigation Committee – PSAC Montréal 26 UMI – Trainers Montréal 27 Meeting with A/Commissioner R. Office UMI – Trainers Montréal Presentation: Employees Technical Training R. Office 28 UMI Regional Committee Montréal

OCTOBER 01 – 03 National Staffing Committee Ottawa 03 Champions Meeting – Integrity R. Office 03 – 05 Investigation Committee – PSAC Montréal 15 UMI National Committee Ottawa Staffing: Employment for a determinate period Ottawa 16 Conference call RACD (Diversity) Montréal 17 – 18 Investigation Committee – PSAC Montréal 19 Preparation: Disciplinary Hearing Montréal 22 Meeting RACD (Diversity) Trois-Rivières 23 Investigation Committee – PSAC Montréal Preparation: Disciplinary Hearing Montréal 24 Disciplinary Hearing Montréal 25 – 28 National EO Conference Ottawa 29 Preparation Meeting: RACD (Diversity) Montréal 30 Staffing: Appendix J; Students Ottawa

NOVEMBER 01 Meeting Finance & Administration Montréal Meeting A/Commissioner R. Office 05 – 08 By-Laws Committee Ottawa 07 Follow up 2005 Survey (Conference call) Ottawa 09 UMI Regional Committee Montréal 13 Training the trainees – Harassment Montréal Meeting with A/Commissioner Montréal 14 – 17 Union Officers’ Training Québec 18 Meeting National Officers Québec 19 Ratification Vote – Montérégie Montérégie 20 Staffing: Taxpayer Services Debt Mngt Branch (TSDMB) Ottawa

Cont’d : S. Khayat

21 – 22 CCRD (Diversity) Montréal 21 Ratification Vote – Montréal Montréal 22 Ratification Vote – Outaouais 23 Meeting « performance indicator » Union/Mngt. Montréal 25 – 30 Québec Federation of Labour Convention Québec 27 Ratification vote Laval

Respectfully submitted,

Sabri Khayat, Regional Vice-President, Region

REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT – REGION ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Marcel Bertrand Item 9.9

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 17-19, 22 Executive Council - Ottawa 20-22 Presidents’ Conference - Ottawa 26 Meeting with member 27-28 Meeting with A/Commissioner - Québec Conference call - Integrity Committee

OCTOBER 05 Meeting Director TSO - Trois-Rivières 23-24 National WFA Committee - Ottawa 25-28 EO National Conference - Ottawa 29 Conference call with A/Commissioner - Québec Conference call CRA Program Director

NOVEMBER 05 Ratification Vote - Chicoutimi 06 Ratification Vote - Trois-Rivières 13-14 Monthly meeting with A/Commissioner - Québec 19 Ratification Vote - Shawinigan-Sud 20 Ratification Vote - Jonquière 23 Writing of this report

NO SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

Respectfully submitted,

Marcel Bertrand Regional Vice-President Quebec Region

ATLANTIC REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Doug Gaetz Item 9.10

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER

17-23 Executive Council/President’s Conference Ottawa 25 Pandemic Planning Meeting Halifax 28 Bi Weekly Conference call AC Atlantic Halifax

OCTOBER

2 National EAP Conference Call Halifax 4 Grievance Hearing 3rd level Halifax 10 AGM Halifax Halifax 10-12 Regional EE Meeting Halifax 16-18 National EAP Meeting Toronto 18-21 Regional Staffing Course Halifax 22 AGM Saint John NB Saint John 23-24 AGM Charlottetown Charlottetown 25-28 National EO Conference Ottawa 29-Nov1 National Finance Committee Meeting Ottawa

NOVEMBER

2 Regional EO Video Conference call Halifax 2 Grievance Hearing 3rd level Halifax 5-6 AGM Sydney Sydney 7 AGM Bathurst Bathurst 8-9 AGM Moncton Moncton 13 Conference Call Regional Director HR on call Centers Halifax 14 AGM St. John’s TC St. John’s 15-16 AGM St. John’s TSO St. John’s

Respectfully submitted,

Doug Gaetz Regional Vice-President Atlantic Region

ALTERNATE TO REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT – QUEBEC REGION ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Jocelyn Bouchard Item 9.9-1

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 17-23 Executive Council & Presidents’ Conference Ottawa

NOVEMBER

25-30 QFL Convention Québec 27 Ratification Vote 10006 Québec

Respectfully submitted,

Jocelyn Bouchard Alternate to Regional Vice-President Quebec Region

ALTERNATE ATLANTIC REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Madonna Gardiner Item 9.10.1

DATE ACTIVITY

Respectfully submitted,

Madonna Gardiner Alternate Regional Vice-President Atlantic Region

ALT. REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT NORTHERN & EASTERN ONTARIO ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 John Kosiba Item 9.5-1

DATE ACTIVITY

No Report

Respectfully submitted,

John Kosiba Alternate to Regional Vice-President Northern & Eastern Ontario

ALTERNATE REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT PACIFIC REGION ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Johann Ackermann Item 9.1.1

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 18-23 Executive Council and President’s Conference Ottawa

OCTOBER 03 (CRA) PWD RAC Conference call 04 (CRA) Pacific Region EE Mid Year Review Surrey 09 (CRA) Aboriginal RAC Conference call 28 Pacific Regional meeting at the National EO Conference

NOVEMBER 08 (CRA) Women’s RAC Conference call

Respectfully submitted,

Johann Ackermann Alternate Regional Vice-President, Pacific Region

ALTERNATE TO SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Norbert Wenzel Item 9.6-1

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 18-19 Executive Council 20 Regional Caucus 20-22 President’s Conference & Executive Council

Respectfully Submitted,

Norbert Wenzel Alternate to Regional Vice-President Southwestern Ontario Region

ALTERNATE TO MONTREAL REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Denis Brunette Item 9.8.1

DATE ACTIVITY

No Report

Respectfully submitted,

Denis Brunette Alternate to Regional Vice-President Montreal Region

ALTERNATE REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT NCR ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Hugh McGoldrick Item 9.7-1

DATE ACTIVITY

No Report

Respectfully submitted,

Hugh McGoldrick Alternate to Regional Vice-President National Capital Region

ALTERNATE GREATER TORONTO REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Robin Johnson Item 9.4.1

DATE ACTIVITY

SEPTEMBER 25 Meeting with member North York

OCTOBER 02 Meeting with member North York 5 Meeting HR Toronto 19 Conference call w/Assistant Commissioner Larry Hillier Mississauga 22 3rd Level Grievance w/L. Hillier Mississauga 23 Conference call w/L. Hillier Missauga

Respectfully submitted,

Robin Johnson Alt. Regional Vice-President, Greater Toronto Region

ALTERNATE PRAIRIES REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Gary Esslinger Point 9.3.1

DATE ACTIVITIES

SEPTEMBER 17 - 23 Executive Council/Presidents’ Conference Ottawa

OCTOBER 17 Regional UMC Winnipeg

17 Attend Local 50031 AGM Winnipeg

17 Attend Local 50032 AGM Winnipeg

23 Meeting with CCSC Local President Winnipeg Re: Financial Statements

NOVEMBER 6 Meeting with CCSC Local President Winnipeg Re: Financial Statements

Respectfully submitted,

Gary Esslinger Alternate to Regional Vice-President Prairie Region

ALTERNATE ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2007 Lori Hall Point 9.2.1

DATE ACTIVITIES

Respectfully submitted,

Lori Hall Alternate to Regional Vice-President Rocky Mountains Region