The APEGS Council met December 5 – 6, 2019 in Regina. The meeting was attended by 16 of 19 councillors and the director to Engineers Canada. Alex Chabun, APEGS Registration Assistant, attended the meeting as a guest. Tracey Bakkeli, the APEGS governance review consultant, attended a portion of the meeting as a guest. Council will meet next February 6 – 7, 2020 in Saskatoon.
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.
- The Executive Director and Registrar provided council with an update on staffing and the co-op students hired to provide IT support.
- Tracey Bakkeli, the APEGS governance review consultant, provided council with a presentation on the governance report “APEGS Volunteer Governance Review – Assessment and Recommendations”, dated November 25, 2019.
- The Manager of Communications presented the 2020 strategic communications plan.
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The Director of Special Projects briefed council on the progress with the implementation of the member database.v
The APEGS Director to Engineers Canada reported on the activities at the national organization. - The APEGS Director to Geoscientists Canada provided a written report on the activities at the national organization.
- The Director of Registration reported on the PNWER winter meetings.
Council passed motions as follows:
- Approving the revised criteria for the seven APEGS Awards, removing the Saskatchewan residency requirement to be eligible to receive an award.
- Approving the revised Terms of Reference for the Education Board.
- Approving the Association’s 2020 budget with revisions.
- Approving version 13 of the Competency Assessment Guide for Applicants, Validators and Assessors.
- Requiring committee members on the Experience Review Committee and the Licensee Admissions Committee that assess experience to be professional members, which includes engineering licensees or geoscience licensees.
- Approving the project timeline for adoption of competency-based assessment of geoscience work experience. The competency-based assessment of geoscience work will become effective January 1, 2021, conditional on the online reporting system provided by Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia becoming available by that date.
- Approving the revised Terms of Reference for the Academic Review Committee.
- Approving the revised Terms of Reference for the Professional Practice Exam Committee.
- Approving the revised policy PPE2.0 – Professional Practice Exam Eligibility.
- Approving 60 Continuing Professional Development credits for the publication of a technical textbook to be claimed over two years under the category of Contribution to Knowledge.
- Instructing the Experience Review Committee to look at other alternatives to interim assessments, noting that Competency-based Assessment applicants are no longer able to receive an interim assessment.
- Requiring all Engineers-in-Training being assessed in the Competency-based Assessment system to demonstrate competencies in a Canadian or Equivalent-to-Canadian work environment, to take effective January 1, 2020.
- Approving an updated process for reviewing reports submitted under the Competency-based Assessment system.
- Approving the updated policy PPE3.0 – PPE Candidate Conduct.
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Approving the updated policy CPD6.0 – CPD Review and CPD6.1 – CPD Registrar’s Action.
Approving Life Membership for the following members:
Fetsch, David J., P.Eng., Hantke, Glenn M., P.Eng.,
Lett, G. Glenn, P.Eng., Mann, Sarla D., P.Eng. and
Petzold, Bryan E., P.Eng. - Appointing Peter Jackson, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) to the Discipline Committee for a three-year term.
- Approving the updated policy Admin6.0 – Administration of Fees.
- Appointing Andrew Lockwood, P.Eng., FEC, as Chair of the Audit Committee for a two year term. Stormy Holmes, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) and Wendell Patzer were appointed as members of the Audit Committee for a one year term and Jessica Theriault, P.Eng. as a member of the Audit Committee for a two year term.
Council noted and received the following reports:
- Registrar’s reports for August through October 2019.
- The report on compliance activities from September 1 to November 18, 2019.
- The unaudited financial statements for September and October 2019.
- Executive Committee minutes, Board minutes and the reports from the committees and task groups, Abridged Investigation Committee minutes, and the Discipline Committee minutes.
- The Governance Review Report from Tracey Bakkeli.