5.1 Appointment of Class A Voting Members (Garland Best)

[Lyle Craver]

(If I do not receive a seconder by the start of the meeting I will second this motion for discussion purposes)

In any year the number of class A voting members eligible per province or territory will be one class A member for the first fifty or part thereof of class B members in said province or territory as of April 30 of the immediately proceeding fiscal year, and one additional class A member for each subsequent fifty or part thereof.

Class A members will be nominated by provincial or territorial affiliated associations. All persons nominated must be class B members in good standing, must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident in Canada, and must be 18 years of age or over to qualify.

The Directors as elected or acclaimed at the Annual General Meeting or otherwise shall be considered Class A members.

The Executive Director, full-time employees of the Chess Federation of Canada, and any part-time employees who receive a substantial fraction of their income from such employment are ineligible for Class A membership.

All those nominated for Class A membership shall be granted class A membership effective at the convening of the incoming assembly of the annual meeting of the Chess Federation of Canada. Class A membership lasts for approximately one year until the commencement of the incoming Assembly at the annual meeting in the following year.

Where a provincial or territorial association fails to nominate someone for class A membership, then the existing class A members may nominate some or all of that province's or territory's Class A members at the annual meeting, or may defer the decision to the President.

In addition the following persons are also granted class A membership provided said person also fufills the requirements for class B membership.

- the past Presidents of the Federation who have served as President for at least two full terms. A term is that period between one annual meeting and the next.

- the past Presidents of the Federation who have served as President for at least one full term in the immediately preceding five years.

- the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Chess Foundation of Canada.

- the President of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association.

- the reigning Canadian Closed Champion.

- the runner up at the Canadian Closed.

- the past Presidents granted the life title of Governor at Large as at September 1994.

Any class A member who has failed to maintain class B membership status shall have his/her voting privileges suspended. Once suspended, the member and related provincial association shall be notified and requested to bring his/her membership into good standing not later that 30 days from his/her expiration of membership. In the event that the membership is still not in good standing 30 days after suspension, the Class A voting membership will be revoked.

If at any time between annual meetings a person loses class A membership status, the membership remains unfilled until the next annual meeting.