Proposed CFC Policy with respect to class A voting members
It is the policy of the Chess Federation of Canada that upon transition to the new not for profit act all governors shall immediately become class A voting members as described in the current CFC bylaw with their term ending at the next AGM as has been the usual practice for many years for the governors. Life governors who remain active will continue to be reappointed to a one year term as class A voting members as long as they remain active within the last two years. The CFC will not appoint new life governors unless the class A voting members decide to do so. It is proposed that class A voting members at the 2014 AGM and beyond be elected in the same manner that governors were elected in the past through the provincial associations as described in the handbook. This policy can be changed only by a two thirds majority vote of the class A voting members at a meeting of the Class A voting members.
I propose that the above become the policy of the Chess Federation of Canada upon successful adoption by two thirds of the governors voting at this meeting. I further propose that upon successful adoption this motion have force as a bylaw which will be submitted to the government as required by the new not for profit act. I suggest that we form a committee of class A voting members to propose a new NFP act compliant process for election of Class A voting members to replace this policy.
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More discussion with Pierre
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Originally Posted by Pierre Dénommée
You are totally right that Class A members designation must be specified in the Act of Incorporation. The proposed text give the directors absolute power on the nomination of class A members which is totally unacceptable. The directors could nominate any number of class A members, totally unrelated to the number of class B member and totally unrelated to the vote of the class B members.
The proposed text is also inadequate because it fails to mention the Chess Foundation of Canada whose purpose is to protect the money of the Life Members. If the CFC close after a life member has paid 500$, he should get something back. There is nothing in the text to ensure that.
The CFC created by this text will have no structures: no NAC, no Ethics Committee, no Olympic Commitee, no Chess Foundation and so on. Any real organization has a permanent structure that that is protected from modification by the directors.
I believe that my proposed policy for the election of class A voting members addresses these concerns without unnecessarily jeopardizing our application for a continuation or taking us to a situation of unnecessary brinksmanship which could lead to our doom. Hopefully we can convene a committee of governors/class A voting members to address the issue and develop a long term solution. Note that each of the provincial associations will need to transition to their own new not for profit acts and these will in all likelihood have some significant impact on the way the provincial associations operate.