Second call for nominations - Sail Canada Board of Directors

by Sail Canada on 3 Sep 2015 Nominations for President and two positions of Director at Large are to be received by Sail Canada no later than September 10, 2015.

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 Annual General Meeting, 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 2015 Sail Canada Annual General Meeting (October 31, 2015) will mark the end of the second two year term of the President and the second three year terms for two Director at large positions on the Board of Directors.

The Nominating Committee performs a recruiting role in accordance with 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.

The current Board of Directors and nominations received to date for election to the Board of Directors at the 2015 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	Todd Irving - ON
Directors at Large	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 ('17; 2nd term) – QC Richard Ballantyne (’17; 1st term) – BC	Geoff Webster - 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 2015 Sail Canada Annual General Meeting will be held in Ottawa, ON on Saturday, October 31, 2015.

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.