The APEGS Council held a virtual meeting via MicroSoft Teams on April 3, 2020. The meeting was attended by 18 of 19 councillors and the directors to Engineers Canada and Geoscientists Canada. One additional councillor joined the meeting via teleconference during the voting on proposed bylaw changes. Council will meet on June 11 – 12 via Microsoft Teams.
Council received the following presentations and information items:
- Activity updates from the constituent society liaisons, the ACEC-SK liaison and the 30by30 Champion’s Group liaison.
- Continuing Professional Development compliance statistics.
- 2020 communications plan update.
- The Director of Special Projects provided an update on the Governance Project.
- The APEGS Director to Engineers Canada provided a written report and a verbal update on the activities of the national organization.
- The APEGS Director to Geoscientists Canada provided a written report and verbal update on the activities of the national organization.
Council passed motions as follows:
- Approving revisions to the administrative bylaws to allow for postponement of the 2020 Annual Meeting as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Approving committee and board appointment terms that were to expire after the 2020 Annual Meeting, to take effect after the first meeting of the committee after May 2, 2020.
- Approving the Terms of Reference for the Nominating Criteria Task Group.
- Approving the Terms of Reference for an Inclusivity Champion.
- Approving the continued membership with PNWER and committing to an annual sponsorship of $5,000 US.
- Approving the 2020 Spring Law & Ethics Seminar in Saskatoon be rescheduled until the fall as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be two seminars offered (Regina and Saskatoon), assuming group gatherings are permitted.
- Approving the 2020 Spring Principles of Professional Practice Exam be cancelled and those registered be transferred to write in the fall of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, assuming group gatherings are permitted.
- Approving the waiving of the extra fee for alternate arrangement exams for those candidates registered for the spring exam that only have passing the PPE left to be able to apply for professional status or complete their application as a licensee.
- Approving amendments to the Competency Assessment Guide.
- Approving the new building enclosure competency indicators.
- Approving the extension of Malcolm Reeves’ term as Chair of the ARC to the end of 2020 to maintain continuity during development of the new ARC process.
- Approving updates to the CPD program document.
- Approving updates to the CPD Variation Approval matrix.
- Approving Life Membership for 27 members.
- Appointing Albert Munro, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) as Chair of the Awards Committee.
- Appointing Allison Hillmer, P.Eng. as Chair of the Professional Development Committee.
- Appointing Jodi Derkatch, P.Geo. as Chair of the K-12 Committee.
- Appointing Andrew Loken, P.Eng. to be the University of Saskatchewan Senator for a 3-year term.
- Approving the draft 2019 audited financial statements.
Council noted and received the following reports:
- Registrar’s reports for December 2019 (revised), January 2020 and February 2020.
- The unaudited financial statements for December 2019 (restated) and January 2020.
- Executive Committee minutes, board minutes and the reports from the committees and task groups and abridged Investigation Committee minutes.