Originally Posted by
Bob Armstrong
Hi Fred:
A while ago, I brought in amendments to the CFC Handbook to make it clear that the CFC demands that CFC members have the right to elect the CFC governors in their province, or region.
I did this specifically to avoid the provinces being able to affect the rights of CFC members. At the time Ontario had legislation that took the CFC member right away. It had the CFC governors elected by the Ontario Chess Association.
So, though the Provinces have CFC Governors, they are elected according to the CFC Handbook. So CFC seems to have determined so far ( without likely realizing it - I didn't ) that child members have a vote for their CFC Governors.
So, for example, the GTCL has child members as well, it seems. Here are the relevant sections of the GTCL Constitution:
Article 3. The Membership
3.1 Individuals are the GTCL members provided:
3.1.1 they are members in good standing of the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC);
3.1.2 they live or work in the GTA, as defined in this Constitution.
Article 8. The Annual General Meeting
8.1 All GTCL members in good standing may attend this meeting.
8.2 All GTCL members in good standing shall be able to nominate for, stand for, and vote in the election of executive officers, which shall be held at the Annual General Meeting. The election of the executive shall be by secret ballot if there is more than one nominee for an executive position.
8.3 All GTCL members in good standing shall be entitled to vote on any motions referred to the Annual General Meeting by the Board.
8.9 Only the GTCL members who are also CFC members in good standing, shall stand for, nominate and elect the CFC governors for the GTCL, and the OCA Governors for the GTCL, pursuant to the OCA Constitution/Bylaws. The election shall be by secret ballot if there are more nominees than governor positions
Bob A