¨      BY-LAW 8 – Proposed Amendment

 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

 

Section 1

The officers of the Local shall be elected by ballot in accordance with the following schedule:

 

  1. The President, 2nd Vice-President and the Executive Steward to serve two year terms with terms expiring when the Annual General Meeting is held on even numbered years.

 

  1. The 1st Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer to serve two year terms with terms expiring when the Annual General Meeting is held on odd numbered years.

 

  1. All officers will be elected at the Annual General Meeting coinciding with the expiry of the term for the office.

 

Section 2

Nominations for officers to be elected will be accepted from the floor at the Annual general Meeting or by submitting a written nomination including the name of the person being nominated, the position to which they are being nominated, the name of the person nominating the candidate and the name of the person who has seconded the nomination to the Secretary at least 7 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.  

 

Section 3

The Chairperson of the nominations committee shall preside at the election of the officers and they shall appoint the necessary scrutineers to distribute, collect and count the ballots.  A Chairperson of Scrutineers shall report the results of each ballot taken to the Chairperson of the nominations committee.

 

Section 4

Election to any office shall be by majority vote only; i.e. 50% plus one, of the total votes cast.  Where more than two nominees stand for election to any office, and no one received a majority vote on the first ballot, the nominee receiving the lowest number of votes shall be dropped and balloting shall continue until one nominee receives a clear majority. Elections will be held by secret ballot.

 

 

Whereas the executive positions for the local expire after a 2 year term

 

Be It Resolved that By-Law 8 section 1 be worded to define what positions will be elected for at each AGM as underlined in Section 1.

 

Whereas the statement that is currently in Section 2 “Elections will be held by secret ballot at this meeting”, and

 

Whereas the statement would better fit with Section 4 which pertains to the actual voting at ballot,

 

Be it Resolved that the statement be moved to Section 4 of By-Law 8 as, “Elections will be held by secret ballot.”