Sail Canada Board of Directors - Second call for nominations

by Sail Canada on 3 Sep 2014 Nominations for two positions of Director at Large are to be received by Sail Canada no later than September 10, 2014.

The Nominating Committee of Sail Canada is calling for nominations from interested individuals for the above positions on the Sail Canada Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and strategic direction for Sail Canada. Sail Canada is a member based organization and is designated the National Sport Organization for the sport of Sailing in Canada. Candidates for election to the Board must be at least 18 and be a member in good standing of a member club, class or other member organization.

The Board consists of the President, six Directors at large and two Athlete Directors. Every year at the AGM, Board vacancies are replaced through an election by the Members. The term of office for the President is two years and is eligible to be elected for a second term. Directors at large serve for three years in rotation with two retiring each year.

Directors at large are eligible to be elected for a second term. Athlete Directors are elected by members of the Canadian Sailing Team in a separate process.

The 2014 Sail Canada Annual General Meeting will mark the end of the first three year term of one Director at Large position and the end of the second three year term for one Director at large position on the Board of Directors.

A nominating committee performs a recruiting role in accordance with the Sail Canada by-laws, issuing the call for candidates and publishing the list of candidates with brief biographies.

The election process must ensure that there are a minimum of two members of each gender on the board of directors, not including the Athlete Directors. The nominating committee are also tasked with ensuring that there is reasonable representation of official languages, regions and differing physical abilities amongst the candidates.

Interested persons should send their name, contact information and qualifications to:

Nominating Committee
sailcanada@sailing.ca

Or:

Nominating Committee
Sail Canada
53 Yonge Street, Kingston, ON, K7M 6G4
Any questions can be addressed to Nominating Committee Chair, Gerry Giffin at ggiffin@tallships.ca

The current Board of Directors and nominations received to date for election to the Board of Directors at the 2014 AGM are as follows:

Position	Current Board of Directors   (year term expires; term number)	Nominations (received to date)
President	Alan Lombard (’15; 2nd term) – QC
Directors at Large	Gillian Thomson (’14; 2nd term) – BC Kai Bjorn ('14; 1st term) – QC Christine Searle (’15; 2nd term) – ON John Kerr (’15; 2nd term) – ON Janet MacMillan (’16; 1st term) – NS Hugh McGugan (’16; 1st term) – ON	Kai Bjorn - QC     Danny McCoy – ON
Athlete Directors	Hunter Lowden – BC vacant position

 

The positions of the Board of Directors will be decided by means of a vote by the membership at the Sail Canada Annual General Meeting.

The 2014 Sail Canada Annual General Meeting will be held in Victoria, BC on Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Any Member entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting shall be entitled to appoint, in writing, a proxy to attend the meeting on that Member's behalf and to exercise all voting rights. Please see the Bylaws of the Association for detailed membership and voting information.

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