BY-LAWS / MEETING OF MEMBERS
a. Place of Members’ Meetings
Subject to compliance with section 159 of the Act, meetings of the members may be held at any place within Canada determined by the Board or, if all of the members entitled to vote at such meeting so agree, outside Canada. The Board or the president or vice president shall have power to call, at any time, a general meeting of the members of the Corporation.
b. Persons Entitled to be Present
The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of members shall be those entitled to vote at the meeting, the directors and the public accountant of the Corporation and such other persons who are entitled or required under any provision of the Act, Articles or By laws of the Corporation to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chair of the meeting or by ordinary resolution of the members.
c. Waiving Notice
A member and any other person entitled to attend a meeting of members may in any manner and at any time, whether before or after the meeting, waive notice of the meeting. The member’s or other person’s attendance at the meeting is a waiver of notice of the meeting, unless the member or such person, as the case may be, attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.
d. Chair of the Meeting
The president will chair a meeting of the members. If the president and the vice president are absent, then the members who are present and entitled to vote at the meeting shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting.
e. Quorum
A quorum at any meeting of the members (unless a greater number of members are required to be present by the Act) shall be a majority of the members entitled to vote at the meeting. If a quorum is present at the opening of a meeting of members, the members present may proceed with the business of the meeting even if a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If the Corporation has only one member, the member present in person or by proxy constitutes a meeting. For the purpose of determining quorum, a member may be present in person, or, if authorized under Section 4.10 of this By law, by telephone or by other electronic means.
f. Votes to Govern
At any meeting of members every question shall, unless otherwise provided by the Articles or By laws or by the Act, be determined by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes either on a show of hands or on a ballot or on the results of electronic voting, the chair of the meeting in addition to an original vote shall not have a second or casting vote.
g. Show of Hands
Subject to the Act and this By law, except where a ballot is demanded, voting on any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of members shall be by show of hands, and a declaration by the chair of the meeting as to whether or not the question or motion has been carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the motion.
h. Ballots
For any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of members, either before or after a vote by show of hands has been taken, the chair of the meeting, or any member or proxyholder may demand a ballot, in which case the ballot shall be taken in such manner as the chair directs and the decision of the members on the question shall be determined by the result of such ballot.
i. Resolution in Lieu of Meeting
Except where the Act requires a meeting of members with respect to the matter to be voted on by the members, a resolution in writing, signed by members entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of members, is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of members. A majority vote of the members shall be required to approve any matter that can be voted on by written resolution. A copy of every resolution referred to above shall be kept with the minutes of meetings of members.
j. Participation by Electronic Means at Meetings of Members
If the Corporation chooses to make available a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during a meeting of members, any person entitled to attend such meeting may participate in the meeting by means of such telephonic, electronic or other communication facility in the manner provided by the Act. A person participating in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, any person participating in a meeting of members pursuant to this section who is entitled to vote at that meeting may vote, in accordance with the Act, by means of any telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that the Corporation has made available for that purpose.
k. Meeting of Members Held Entirely by Electronic Means
If the Board or the members of the Corporation who are entitled to vote call a meeting of members pursuant to the Act, those directors or members, as the case may be, may determine that the meeting shall be held, in accordance with the Act and the Regulations, entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting.