AAPS 2007 Annual Report Coming to Your In-basket This Week

Dear AAPS Members:

I am really pleased to announce that this year’s edition of the AAPS Annual Report will be coming to your in basket via interoffice mail in the next few days. Many thanks to our editor Petra Ormsby, the members of the Communications Committee, our Executive Board and other AAPS members who made contributions, the rest of the AAPS office staff and the folks at Mediaworks for their great work. This is only the second annual report we have published and it follows on last year’s inaugural edition. We hope you find this version to be a significant improvement on last year with lots of useful information presented with colour and clarity.

We welcome your feedback on the Annual Report so please contact Petra at 822-9025 (or petra.ormsby@ubc.ca) if you have ideas or suggestions as to how we might improve this publication in future years.

Best regards,

David

David Harvey, B.Comm., M.Ed., CHRP
Executive Director, AAPS - UBC
Association of Administrative and Professional Staff
604-822-8230 www.aaps.ubc.ca

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AAPS Spring General Meeting Notice April 26, 2007 12:00pm-2:00pm

Dear AAPS Members:

This is your notice of the Spring General Meeting which will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2007 from noon to 2 pm in the Auditorium (Theatre) of the Student Union Building. The meeting will also be observable online by webcast (detailed instructions on how to access the webcast will be on our website under News Updates on April 16).

This meeting is open to AAPS members only. A bag lunch will be provided and due to the cost of catering, we are asking that members planning to attend RSVP as soon as possible, by replying to this email. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Spring General Meeting
Thursday, April 26, 2007
1200 – 1400
SUB Theatre & Webcast

Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of the Agenda

3. Approval of the Minutes of the Spring GM 2006

4. President’s Report: Review of the Year & Accomplishments 2006 – 07

5. Executive Director’s Report: Looking Ahead 3-Year Plan 2007 – 10

6. Treasurer’s Report:

a. Year-to-date Financial Performance

b. Budget 2007/08 Overview

c. Motion to Approve 2007/08 Budget (motion below)

7. 1% Benefits Fund - Make Change Permanent (motion below): George McLaughlin

8. Advocacy Report: Bernice Urbaniak & Anne-Marie Fenger

9. Member Professional Development Committee Report: Jason Congdon

10. Communications Committee Report: Wendy Ma

11. Volunteer Recognition & Request for Executive Board Nominees: Barbara Crocker

12. Question and Answer Session

13. Motion to Adjourn

Motions

Agenda Item 6.c.:

Motion to approve the 2007-2008 AAPS budget:

“Be it resolved that the 2007-2008 AAPS budget prepared by the Executive Board be approved as presented”.

Agenda Item 7:

Motion to make permanent changes in the 1% benefits fund:

“Whereas:

1. The 1% benefits fund was created to make improvements in the benefits provided to members; and

2. AAPS was notified in the fall of 2006 that the fund was in deficit position and that changes needed to be made to decrease the cost of the benefits improvements provided; and

3. The AAPS Executive Board made an interim decision in the fall of 2006 to cease the payment of ¼ of the MSP premiums out of the fund subject to member approval at this meeting; and

4. Ceasing payment of ¼ of the MSP premiums was the only change possible in the fund that spread the impact of change across the majority of the membership; and

5. Ceasing payment of ¼ of the MSP premiums should stabilize the fund for several years into the future;

Therefore be it resolved that the members of AAPS confirm and make permanent the ceasing of the payment of ¼ of the MSP premiums out of the 1% benefits fund.”

Note: Here are the videos from that meeting.

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AAPS Office
Gerald McGavin Building
Rm 312, 2386 East Mall
Campus Mail Zone 3
Ph 822-9025
Fx 822-4699
www.aaps.ubc.ca

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