B-1 BY-LAW 10.4 – ADVISORY COUNCIL - Election of AC Director
10.4.4.1 AC Director Only representatives of the Advisory Council shall be eligible to run for, vote for and hold the position of AC Director. The AC Director shall be elected in even numbered years as provided for in these By-Laws and Regulations 10. The AC Director shall have the right to vote at AC meetings.
10.4.4.2 AC Steering Committee (Except AC Director) Each year, there shall be an election of Officers of the Advisory Council. The newly elected Officers shall take office immediately following the meeting at which they were elected. The Chair, the Treasury Board representative and the Federal Government Agencies representative shall normally be elected in even-numbered years. The Vice-Chair and separate employers’ representative shall normally be elected in odd-numbered years.
10.4.4.3 10.4.4.2.1 (Renumbered) Notice of the election shall be included with the agenda for the meeting at which the election takes place. Nomination for election is not contingent upon attendance at the meeting, but candidates must indicate, in writing, a willingness to stand for election.
10.4.4.4 10.4.4.2.2 (Renumbered) The election shall be conducted by a members of the Advisory Council who is are not a candidate in the election. The election shall be by secret ballot. The candidate who receives the plurality of legal votes shall be deemed elected. Following completion of the election, the ballots shall be destroyed.
R10.4.4.1.1 Timing of Election The AC Director shall be elected by secret ballot at the last regularly scheduled AC meeting in even years. BOD 2006 (e)
R10.4.4.1.2 Eligibility For the purposes of By-Law 10.4.4.1, the incumbent AC Director shall be considered a Group representative to the AC and shall be eligible to stand for re-election.
R10.4.4.1.3 Term of Office The AC Director shall serve for a 2 year term commencing on the January 1st immediately following his election. BOD 2006 (e)
R10.4.4.3 Nominations Nominations for the position of AC Director may be submitted in writing to the Chair of the AC or may be made from the floor. BOD 2006 (e)
22.1.2 Nominations Nominations must be in writing, signed by at least one hundred (100) members for candidates for the office of President, fifty (50) for the office of Vice-President, and twenty-five (25) for the position of Regional Director, and contain the consent of the nominees attested to by their signature. Such nominations must be received at the National Office not later than 5.00 p.m. on the day fixed for the close of nominations. Both original nomination forms and nominations submitted by facsimile transmission shall be accepted as official nominations. The date fixed for the close of nominations shall be not less than ten (10) weeks before the date fixed for the election.
Resolutions Sub-Committee Comments- This By-Law amendment is meant to address the requirement that the election of Directors take place at an Annual General Meeting, pursuant to subsection 128 (3) of the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act.