Bylaws Update - AGM May 19th 2022

We will ask the membership to vote on the following minor updates to our bilaws.
Changes are - strike through depicts a removal, italic and bold depict an addition/change.

1. Elections - paragraph 37:
Nomination Criteria.  No person shall be eligible for nomination or election to any committee unless such person is a member of GCRA or is a resident within GCRA’s boundaries as defined above. Eligible persons may be nominated for any council position as long as they meet, if applicable, the experience requirements. Any nominated person who has resigned or been removed from a GCRA Council position within the last 2 years shall be required to answer questions from the floor as to why they have resigned or been removed.
2. Elections - paragraph 44:
Term of Office.  The positions of the newly elected Council Members become effective on June 1 in the year of the election and expire on May 31 of the year that the term expires, except as per sub paragraph 44c.
a.       Executive Council members are elected for a term as specified in Appendix A.
b.       Terms of office for all other council members are part of Appendix 1 and are not part of these bylaws.
c.       The term for the position of Director of Competitive shall become effective on August 1 in the year of the election and expire on July 31 of the year that the term expires.
3. Appendix A - Terms of office:
 

	Position	Year	Term	Experience
Executive Council (defined in Bylaws):
Elected	President	Even	2 years	2 years GCRA Council experience
n/a	Past President	n/a	1 Year	President
Elected	Executive Vice President	Odd	2 years	2 years GCRA Council experience
Elected	Secretary	Even	2 years	2 years related experience
Appointed	VP Finance	Odd	2 years	2 years related experience
Elected	Director of Accounting	Even	2 years	2 years related experience
Elected	VP Operations	Odd	2 years	1 year GCRA council experience
Elected	Director Competitive	Even	2 years	Related experience
Elected	Director Regional	Odd	2 years	Related experience
Elected	Director Novice	Even	2 years	Related experience
Elected	VP Administration	Odd	2 years	1 year GCRA council experience
Elected	VP Development	Even	2 years	1 year GCRA council experience
Elected	Director of Safety, Disciplines and Appeals	Odd	2 years	Related experience
Appointed	Ice Scheduler	2 years		On contract
Elected	Director at Large	Annual		n/a