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Pierre Dénommée
07-07-2014, 11:26 PM
The following motion is terrible.



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.


Currently, class B members can vote at the provincial AGM, With this new proposed motion, they would loose this right. The current wording would enable a provincial affiliate board of directors to nominate class A voting members without consulting the CFC class B members on their territory. It is the kind of motion that could lead to a class action against the CFC by all the current class B members.
Garland Best
07-08-2014, 09:17 AM
It does not take away that right. Class B members make up the provincial associations.

How would you word it?
Fred McKim
07-08-2014, 09:33 AM
How about:

Class A members will be nominated by provincial or territorial affiliated associations, from elections held there by the Class B members.
Pierre Dénommée
07-08-2014, 02:36 PM
This is nice.


How about:

Class A members will be nominated by provincial or territorial affiliated associations, from elections held there by the Class B members.
Garland Best
07-08-2014, 05:13 PM
It may work. Fred, you can ask for an ammendment to my motion if you wish.

I'm a little concerned though about these "elections". AFAIK the provincial associations do not run formal elections, with notices to all of the related members. Usually it's a show of hands at some meeting that many members can't even attend.
Vladimir Drkulec
07-18-2014, 03:05 PM
It may work. Fred, you can ask for an ammendment to my motion if you wish.

I'm a little concerned though about these "elections". AFAIK the provincial associations do not run formal elections, with notices to all of the related members. Usually it's a show of hands at some meeting that many members can't even attend.

In some cases it is much worse than that. Perhaps we should require online voting and meetings to ensure an open and transparent process.