President MacLennan called the meeting to order at 9:07 a.m. During discussion on the President's Report, Pat Newell (Local 106 - Royal Alex Hospital) and Kishan Sri Thakur (Local 054 - University of Alberta Hospital) thanked the President and Executive for all their help in the 'job action' taken by their Locals as well as Local 056 (Glenrose Hospital).

Under the Finance Committee Report, Colin Reichel of the Job Safety Skills Society provided a brief presentation followed by questions. The following motions were made and all were defeated:

· That AUPE donate $15,000.00 per year for the next 3 years to the Job Safety Skills Society.

· That the Locals be approached to donate monies to the Job Safety Skills Society.

· That AUPE purchase the Job Safety Skills' reference material (8 videos and 3 manuals) and make these available to interested parties for information.

It was felt that the emphasis must be on courses for our members including health and safety training before we commit funding to organizations external to AUPE. PE members did however state the importance of getting occupational health and safety training into Alberta classrooms. There was discussion on the steward's courses and the ongoing "worksite" educationals happening across the Province.

Union Representative, Ron Hodgins, attended the meeting and provided a brief update on the recent productive Health Services Conference.

AFL President, Audrey Cormack, attended briefly providing greetings from the AFL as well as congratulations in the solidarity of all involved in the strikes in Edmonton.

Through the Membership Services Committee Report, a new new union publication will be produced entitled "Direct Impact".

An Education Program calendar was carried. Training will be provided as per resources and available union representatives.

The meeting adjourned at 4:11 p.m.

The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 1998, commencing at 9:00 a.m. in Boardroom #112 at AUPE Headquarters.