The handbook was the law of the CFC. It is still looked to for guidance on the policy of the CFC. It is not the law of the CFC because it is clearly not compliant with the NFP act. With respect to the officers of the corporation the act says


  • 138. (1) Directors of a corporation may appoint from their number a managing director or a committee of directors and delegate to the managing director or committee any of the powers of the directors.

Limits on authority


(2) Despite subsection (1), no managing director and no committee of directors has authority to
(a) submit to the members any question or matter requiring the approval of members;
(b) fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of public accountant or appoint additional directors;
(c) issue debt obligations except as authorized by the directors;
(d) approve any financial statements referred to in section 172;
(e) adopt, amend or repeal by-laws; or
(f) establish contributions to be made, or dues to be paid, by members under section 30.

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Officers

142. Subject to the articles, the by-laws and any unanimous member agreement,
(a) the directors may designate the offices of the corporation, appoint as officers persons of full capacity, specify their duties and delegate to them powers to manage the activities and affairs of the corporation, except powers to do anything referred to in subsection 138(2);
(b) a director may be appointed to any office of the corporation; and
(c) two or more offices of the corporation may be held by the same person.

When we were voting on the continuation Pierre made a big deal of the fact that under the NFP act directors (members of the board) could not delegate their authority to non-members of the board.

TOURNAMENT COORDINATOR


8E. The Tournament Coordinator will help to develop and train tournament organizers and directors across the country.

I think we can agree that without a significant budget this is simply impossible.

The Tournament Coordinator will be responsible for soliciting individuals to bid on and organize major tournaments in Canada, including, but not limited to:


The Canadian Open Championship


The Canadian Closed Championship


The Tournament Coordinator shall have delegated to him/her by the Executive, their obligation under section 1201 of the Olympiad Regulations to appoint the Olympiad Coordinator. The Tournament Coordinator will then oversee and work with the Olympiad Coordinator re the National and Women's Olympiad Teams. [Motion 2010-15]

The problem with this is that there is no section 1201 of the Olympiad Regulations. I do not believe that you can require the directors to delegate their authority on any matter to a non-director since they will still have the liability as a director.