We probably should defer to Les on this since he is a lawyer and I am not but my understanding is that the reason Governors / Voting Members must be adults is that there is a "fiduciary responsibility" to the CFC and the general membership that a person not legally of age is unable to give.

(Certainly this is true of other provincially chartered non-profits I am on the board of but again "IANAL" - I am not a lawyer!)