CFUW members are reminded that the nominations are open for all CFUW board positions (excluding CFUW President), Committee Chairs and Regional Directors as named in the March 2011 Constitution and By-Laws which can be found here. The President has already been elected.

 

By-law VI Board of Directors

 

2.1   The Board of Directors consists of eleven (11) members: the President, the Vice President of Communications/Corporate Secretary, the Vice President of Finance, the Vice President of Membership, the Vice President of Advocacy, the Coordinator for International Relations and five (5) Regional Vice Presidents: one (1) from each of British Columbia, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic.

 

The duties of the Board of Directors are contained in Standing Rule B.1 and following.

 

The committees to be elected are:

 

By-law viii Standing committees

 

The twelve (12) Standing Committees of CFUW shall be: Education, Fellowships, Finance, Governance, International Relations, Libraries and Creative Arts, Membership, Public Affairs, Regional Directors Development/Training, Resolutions, Strategic Planning, and Status of Women and Human Rights.

 

The duties of these committees are described in standing rule D.1and following.

 

By-law X. Regional Directors:

 

1.The nineteen (19) Regional Directors shall be: one (1) from each of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador; two (2) from the province of Quebec; four (4) from the province of British Columbia; and six (6) from the province of Ontario. Clubs in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut may be assigned to the appropriate Regional Director by the Board of Directors.

 

A job description has been prepared by the Regional directors and is found in Appendix A.

 

The nominations form found on this page is used for all these positions and should be forwarded to the nominations chair before February 15. Clubs must nominate a candidate and sign the nomination form before submitting it.

 

Should an election for any of these positions be required, Clubs will be notified as soon as possible after this date.

 

Any of the members of the nominations committee would be happy to discuss any of the positions available as well as the personal satisfaction from serving in some capacity beyond the local club in the best women's organization in Canada.

 

The members are: Gladys Utendale, Myra Willis, Karen Dunnett, Liette Michaud, Brenda Wallace and myself.