MINUTES Branch MEETING No.4

MINUTES – Branch MEETING No.4

Date of Meeting:
Location:
Chaired by:
Recorded by: / Wednesday, February 9 at 12:00 p.m.
Room 204-G1, Engineering Building, Université de Moncton, NB.
Réjean Hall, Chair
Hélène Thériault, Secretary
Attendees: / Position
Dr. Réjean Hall / Chair
Véronique Haché / Vice-Chair
Maryse Doucet / Provincial Councilor
Mark Bellefleur / Branch Councilor
Geneviève McIntyre / Social / Professional Development
Tina Levesque / Communications & Web site
Joël Vallée / UdeM Student Representative
Hélène Thériault / Secretary
Robert Omoko / Volunteer
Absentees: / Position
Mathieu Breau / Provincial Councilor
Serge Doucet / Branch Councilor
Dr. Marise Gallant / UdeM Faculty Representative
Jocelyn Martin / Social / Professional Development
David Kozak / Past Chair
Tony Desjardins / Treasurer
Key Items discussed: / fax: 506.658-0468
Item / Description / Action by
1.1 / Welcome and call to order
Meeting called to order by Réjean Hall. / Record
1.2 / Approval of the Agenda
Moved by Mark Bellefleur, seconded by Tina Levesque. / Record
1.3 / Approval of minutes of last meeting – December 10, 2010
To modify 1.4 - Business arising from the minutes of last meeting
a) “ingénierie” for “ingénieire”.
To modify 1.7 – New Business
a) “contacted” for “has contacted”.
Moved by Véronique Haché, seconded by Tina Levesque
1.4 / Business arising from the minutes of last meeting
· Geneviève had contact Tony and provide the breakdown of costs of the Golf tournament, the revenue of the “blackjack for Scholarship”.
· Réjean will follow up with Tony regarding the donation of 250$ to the SAE “Supermileage” UdeM Team.
Moved by Véronique Haché, seconded by Tina Levesque / Tony/Geneviève
Réjean
1.5 / Treasurer’s Reports
Tony Desjardins provides the Treasurer’s Report for the period ending October 29th, 2010. The attached report didn’t include financials of the golf tournament held September 24, 2010.
Tony will have to supply the final Treasurer’s Report for the next meeting.
Moved by Mark Bellefleur, seconded by Helene Thériault / Record
Tony
1.6 / Committee Reports
Provincial Council
N/A
Professional Activities
· Jocelyn and her committee members will look into the options of organizing a tour at the new Casino, Pump House Brewery, Molson Brewery or a conference regarding the Petitcodiac River.
· Réjean will follow up regarding the U de M new stadium tour. The propose site visit will be this spring.
Social Activities
· Member’s Reception on January 19, 2011, was a success again this year even with the weather condition. During the reception Mr. Joel Vallée did a presentation on the volunteer work he did with mondiale solidarité, when they went to Cuzco, Peru.
· Serge mentioned that a member hockey tournament will be held this winter on April 8 & 9, 2011 in Halifax, N.S. They are looking for players.
· The next event will be the Family Fun Day at the end of this month. This event would be a sleigh ride and BBQ at the Rotary Park in Dieppe. The proposed date is Sunday February 27, 2011.
Web/Communication/Advertisement
Tina will send e-mails to branch members for upcoming activities: member’s Family Fun Day and the curling activity in Fredericton.
Université de Moncton
· Joël couldn’t reserve ice time at the UdeM arena for the game between the Engineering students vs APEGNB Members hockey game.
Moved by Tina Levesque, seconded by Véronique Haché / Record
Réjean
Record
Record
Geneviève
Tina
Record
1.7 / New Business
a) Réjean will send the applications for scholarships to the university students.
b) Request for financial support from two UdeM winning Teams for the Atlantic engineering competition that was held last weekend at the University of Moncton. The branch Executive agreed to donate 200$ to each team.
Moved by Veronique Haché, seconded by Hélène Thériault / Tony
1.8 / Next meeting
The next meeting will be held Wednesday March 23, 2011 at noon. Location is room 204-G1, Engineering Building, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB. / Record
1.9 / Adjournment
Meeting Adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
Moved by Véronique Haché, Seconded by Tina Levesque / Record

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