Minutes of Council Meetings

Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council of the Ontario College of Teachers, held on Friday, October 1, 2004 in the Council Chambers, 121 Bloor Street East, Toronto

Table of Contents

1. Call to Order/Welcome

2. Agenda

3. Business

4. Adjournment

Present: Paul Brazeau, Donald Cattani, Ernie Checkeris, Janet Cornwall, Ted Coulson, Patrick Daly, Suzanne De Froy, Rosemary Fontaine, Gordon Hough, Nancy Hutcheson (Vice-Chair), Marilyn A. Laframboise (Chair), Anne Marie Levesque, Gail Lilley, Bill Matheson, Elayne McDermid, Karen Mitchell, Harry Mulvale, Iain Munro, Janet Ouellette, Elizabeth Papadopoulos, Jennifer Pitt, Patrick Slack, Rick Victor, Anne Vinet-Roy, Hilda Watkins, Lila Mae (Lou) Watson, W. Douglas Wilson (Registrar and Chief Executive Officer)

Regrets: Normand Fortin, Martin Kings, Don Watson

Presiding Officer: George Merrett

Guests: L. Thomas Forbes, McCarthy Tétrault

Staff: Margaret Aubé, Kim Bauer, Peter Brown, Rosemary Gannon, Myrtle Herzenberg, Richard Lewko, Lynda Palazzi, Brian McGowan, Charlie Morrison, Katherin Platt

1. Call to Order/Welcome

George Merret, Presiding Officer, called the meeting to order at 3:55 p.m.

2. Agenda (GC20041001-160)

It was moved by Steering, and

CARRIED,

That the Agenda for the October 1, 2004 Special Meeting of Council be approved.

3. Business

3.1 Bylaw Amendment — Section 21 re Annual Membership Fee (GC20041001-161)

It was moved by Patrick Daly, Chair, Finance Committee, “That section 21.04 of the bylaws of the Ontario College of Teachers be amended by substitution so that the section would read: 21.04 The annual fee shall be:

(a) $104 for 2005

(b) $104 for subsequent years or as may be amended from time to time, by the amendment of these bylaws.

This amendment shall not go into effect until the 2005 application year.”

It was moved by Janet Ouellette, seconded by Karen Mitchell, but

LOST,

That the question be put.

A vote was taken on the main motion, and

CARRIED,

That section 21.04 of the bylaws of the Ontario College of Teachers be amended by substitution so that the section would read:

21.04 The annual fee shall be:

(a) $104 for 2005

(b) $104 for subsequent years or as may be amended from time to time, by the amendment of these bylaws.

This amendment shall not go into effect until the 2005 application year.

Marilyn Laframboise requested a recorded vote.

Recorded Vote:

3.2 Bylaw Amendment — Section 22 re Application Fee (GC20041001-162)

It was moved by Patrick Daly, Chair, Finance Committee, and

CARRIED,

That section 22.01 of the bylaws of the Ontario College of Teachers be amended by substitution so that the section would read:

22.01 A person who submits an application for a certificate of registration shall pay, for the consideration by the Registrar of the application under section 18 of the Act, an application fee of $116.82.

This amendment shall not go into effect until the 2005 application year.

4. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.