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Council Notes

January 26th, 2022

The APEGS Council held an in-person meeting with the option to participate virtually on Dec. 2 and 3, 2021 in Regina, Sask. The meeting was attended by Council and the Directors to Engineers Canada and Geoscientists Canada. The next Council meeting will be on Feb. 3 and 4, 2022 in-person in Saskatoon. Microsoft Teams will be made available for those unable to attend in-person.

 

Council received the following items:

  • Executive Committee minutes of November 19, 2021
  • Governance Board minutes of November 4, 2021
  • Professionalism Board minutes of November 18, 2021
  • Regulatory Board minutes of November 9, 2021
  • Investigation Committee (Abridged) minutes of November 19, 2021
  • Discipline Committee minutes of November 4, 2021
  • Corporate Registrant Task Group minutes of October 5 and November 17, 2021
  • Constituent Society Relationships Task Group minutes of November 17, 2021
  • Financial Statements – August, September and October 2021
  • Registrar’s Report and Statistics and Applications Received – September and October 2021
  • Regina Engineering Society report
  • Saskatoon Engineering Society report
  • Moose Jaw Engineering Society report
  • Saskatchewan Geological Society report
  • CIM Saskatoon GeoSection report
  • ACEC-SK report
  • Engineers Canada report
  • Geoscientists Canada report

 

Council approved the following motions:

  • Accept the 2022 budget.
  • Introduce a social media program.
  • Reduce the number of print issues of The Professional Edge and introduce monthly e-bulletins.
  • Select Ernest Barber as the Saskatchewan representative to Engineers Canada for their consideration.
  • Accept the government relations strategy and policy.
  • Amend the council meeting cycle to be quarterly with one special meeting in March to approve the audited financial statements.
  • Offer the National Professional Practice Exam (NPPE) five times a year. The exam will be 110 multiple choice questions. The time to take the exam will be 2.5 hours.
  • Offer the current available seminar content online five times a year until January 1, 2023 to allow Professional Practice Exam Committee (PPEC) to determine the best options for the future of the seminar.
  • Amend the Professional Practice Exam policy 1.0 to reflect the changes approved in the two above bullets.
  • Accept life member applications
  • Amend Equity and Diversity Committee terms of reference.
  • Investigate the conduct of the named person as outlined in a document submitted by an anonymous source at the University of Regina.
  • Revise Executive Committee terms of reference.
  • Accept the Corporate Registrant Task Group work plan.
  • Appoint Dustin Unger, P.Eng., Terry Werbovetski, P.Eng., and Sarah Yeo, Engineer-in-Training to the Constituent Society Relationships Task Group.
  • Amend student funding and student funding procedures.
  • Recommend Ian Sloman to the Engineers Canada Qualification’s Board Nominating Committee as the Saskatchewan and Manitoba CEQB representative for a third and final three-year term.

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