Recommendations of the Members By-Laws Review Committee 19 Current By-Laws (January 2023) (A) Board’s Proposed Change (B) Board’s Rationale (C) By-Law Committee’s Recommendation (D) By-Law Committee’s Rationale (E) stand adjourned to a date not more than thirty (30) days hence and at a time and place to be determined. For reconvening an abortive meeting at least three days’ notice shall be given. (3) If at the reconvened meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, the members present shall form a quorum. members present are not sufficient to form a quorum, such meeting shall be considered as dissolved. By-law 31(3) In all other cases the meeting shall stand adjourned to a date not more than two months thereafter at a time and place to be determined by the Board. For reconvening an abortive meeting no less than fourteen (14) days’ notice shall be given. By-law 31(3) Accepted as proposed. Agree with recommendation. New By-law 31(4) To ensure orderly discussion and decision making, at the beginning of a general meeting members will approve rules for the conduct of the meeting. New By-law 31(4) Accepted as proposed. Agree with recommendation. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By-law 32 32. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the general direction and management of the Society shall be entrusted to a Board consisting of nine (9) members. Five (5) shall form a quorum. (a) The Board shall at its first meeting, to be held within seven (7) days of the date of the Annual General Meeting elect from its own members a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. By-law 32(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the general direction and management of the Society shall be entrusted to a Board consisting of nine (9) members. Five (5) shall form a quorum. No member shall serve as President or Secretary of the Society, or hold position as an appointed officer of the Board of Directors during their first year and for any single period of more than three (3) consecutive years. By-law 32(1) Rejected. Original by-law 32(1) to remain. By-law 32(1) The proposed change can frustrate the members’ desire to decide who they may want to see in the executive roles on the Board. (The members and Board may desire a newly elected member as Chair).
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