Dear Members,

This is simply a reminder that Clause 32.20 in the Collective Agreement provides for reimbursement for allowable professionally-related expenditures which are not otherwise reimbursed by the University and which relate to the Member’s responsibilities to the University. Members may apply once during the period 1 January to 28 February. The full text of Clause 32.20 (with PDA amounts) is noted below.

The application form for the PDA may be found on Dalhousie University Financial Services' web site:

http://aso1.ucis.dal.ca/fs/pdf/PDA2008.pdf

32.20 The Board recognizes that Members face various expenses related to their occupation.  For the fiscal years 2008/09 and 2009/10 and 2010/11 and 2011/12 the Board, therefore, agrees to reimburse Members for allowable professionally-related expenditures which are not otherwise reimbursed by the University and which relate to the Member’s responsibilities to the University.

Allowable professionally-related expenditures are limited to the following: membership fees for professional and/or learned societies, subscriptions to professional and/or learned journals, purchase of books, equipment, and/or other items related to the Member’s research or scholarly activities and registration fees for attendance at scholarly conferences. Members’ eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $319 in the fiscal year 2008/09, in addition to any unspent monies from the fiscal year 2007/08 and $329 in the fiscal year 2009/10 in addition to any unspent monies from 2007/08 and 2008/09 and $339 in the fiscal year 2010/2011 in addition to any unspent monies from 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 and $351 in the fiscal year 2011/2012 in addition to any unspent monies from 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11, shall be reimbursed. Members may apply once during the period 1 January to 28 February for reimbursement up to the maximum amount and shall provide receipts and relevant information regarding their application. Professionally-related expenses may pertain to any expense incurred since 1 January 2007. The Member’s application shall be considered by the relevant Faculty-level committee established pursuant to Clause 30.33 and, if approved, shall be paid by the Board.