Hi Chris:
The only issue is quorum.
We active governors cannot force deadwood governors (shows the problems with some provincial affiliates) to do the job they made a commitment to do. The active governors are the important ones and they are competent to decide.
Of course, governors don't attend for many reasons. That is why, when I was posting secretary in these meetings, I use to send out daily or every 2 or 3 days, e-mail updates to ALL governors. The point was to alert the deadwood to wake up!
Bob
I am sorry for being AWOL last night. I have been fighting a muscle strain and/or a possible pinched nerve that has been causing a great deal of pain and consequent disruption of my sleep patterns. It has also made it difficult to type at times. Of course this also has negatively impacted my blood sugar readings. Last night, after returning from lessons, I took some over the counter pain reliever (Tylenol for back and muscle ache) contrary to doctor's orders (because of effects on blood pressure of such meds) and slept. This morning my blood sugar was normal and the best reading I have had in some weeks and the pain is at least for now greatly reduced.
John Coleman has suffered a fall on the ice and broken his hip (a clean break fortunately if you can use that word about this set of circumstances) and will be in a hospital bed for the next several weeks. I am going to have to pick up some of the slack for him and direct the practice tournaments that he set up leading up to the Windsor Chess Challenge at the end of February. John is hoping that he will be able to attend the Chess Challenge in a wheel chair.
I would like the governors who have a specific concern to post them here ASAP. If possible I will address it here now or at least make sure they are addressed in the February meeting. The special February meeting will deal only with matters NFP and at the end we should have what we need to proceed with the application for continuation of the CFC into the new act (ie articles, bylaws approved by a two thirds margin of the governors). At the end of this process, once the government gives us the certificate of continuance into the new act the governors will become class A voting members and the CFC members will become class B non-voting members. Until then we will continue to be governed under the old act.
I will wind up this meeting and present my closing remarks in the next day or two unless it gets lively again. Please watch the governors forum as I will be posting there and answering any questions in the interim.
Please look after your health, Vlad.
I have been doing my best. The major snowfalls of the last week or so put a crimp in things though that may be offset by the exercise shovelling snow. Once the weather gets nicer I will probably do a better job of taking care of myself by getting the required exercise. John Coleman's experience has shown how this is not always the best practice this time of year. I will probably visit him tonight if I can figure out the visiting hours at the hospital that currently is his temporary prison...
Pierre Dénommée has sent me the following message. I have deleted the Wavepoint Consulting URL for model bylaws which doesn't appear to work anymore. I agree that we will have to individually vote on each of the optional bylaws though there are some required bylaws which will be lumped together since by definition they are required by the government. I will also group noncontroversial measures together for voting to speed up the process.
For the optional bylaws the sequence will be to present the recommended options. If there is enough support we will vote on accepting them. Some of the options can be accepted by a simple majority vote but I think it would be better if we can achieve a two thirds majority in each case. I hope the governors are ready for a significant number of votes as there may be as many as twenty or more of them.
In the case of the non-voting members it will be necessary to insert the clauses which explicitly say that the non-voting members are not entitled to vote in instances of circumstances materially changing their membership. The provisions for obtaining addresses and contact information of members are in conjunction with an effort to notify or influence the voting members so I think the nonvoting members are relatively safe from those disclosure requirements. That is my interpretation at least and subject to change if someone points me to a regulation that would change my interpretation.
With respect to some of the other points, they will have to be addressed in the committee and in the coming month by the governors. Our implementation will probably not be perfect but it will get us past the October 17th deadline and allow us to continue as an organization. I remind everyone of the proverb:
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
If we wait until our implementation of the transition is perfect I am certain that we will miss the October 17th deadline. If we follow the more realistic path of aiming for a good implementation that will pass the government's scrutiny we will be able to later strive for perfection. Most changes that involve modification of bylaws do not appear to have a cost attached.
My reading of the previous Committee recommendations is that they largely followed the default regulations under the new act. Our discussions have focused on modifications to those rules which attempt to make the post new NFP CFC largely operate in the same way that the current governors are comfortable with while still remaining compliant.Originally Posted by Pierre Dénommée
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