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British Columbia Association of International Baccalaureate World Schools (Revised Feb 2007)
1. The purposes of the society are:
Part 1 -Interpretation
"registered address" of a member means his address as recorded in the register of members.
Part 2 -Membership
Schools in British Columbia that are authorized IB Schools under the authority of the International Baccalaureate Organization may become members of The International Baccalaureate -British Columbia Society. A member school shall be represented by an IB Coordinator at the school, or by an administrator or teacher designated by the IB Coordinator. An IB Coordinator, or designate,
shall be the school representative for voting purposes.
Schools offering IB programs shall be granted membership in good standing in The International Baccalaureate -British Columbia under the following conditions:
i) Application submitted to The International Baccalaureate -British Columbia Society. ii) Provision of proof of authorization from the International Baccalaureate Organization. iii) Payment of the annual membership fee. iv) Acceptance of the terms of membership established by these by-laws. v) Regular attendance by the voting members of each member school.
An additional member shall be an administrator from a member school nominated, elected, or appointed by the society.
The membership of The International Baccalaureate -British Columbia may by a simple majority vote, confer honorary membership on an International Baccalaureate teacher, administrator, or parent, or an institution or corporation with or without payment of membership fee. Such honorary members shall have non-voting status.
{The following was added November 2005}
The membership of The International Baccalaureate -British Columbia may by a simple majority vote, confer associate membership on a school which has satisfactorily completed, and paid for, the first level of the IBNA application process. The annual membership fee for associate members shall be 75% of the full membership fee, rounded to the nearest $5, as established under Section 6 below. Such associate members shall have non-voting status. Once such an associate member school has been granted full authorization by the IBO, their status will be upgraded to full membership at the next subsequent annual general meeting.
The amount of the first annual membership dues shall be determined by the Executive and after that the annual membership dues shall be determined at the annual general meeting of the society.
A member ceases to be a member of the society
by delivering notice of resignation in writing to the secretary of the society or by mailing or delivering it to the address of the society;
on dissolution of the IB program at the school;
The member who is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.
All members are in good standing except a member who has failed to pay his current annual membership fee or any other subscription or debt due and owing by him to the society and he is
not in good standing so long as the debt remains unpaid.
Part 3 -Meetings of Members
10. (1) General meetings of the society shall be held at the time and place, in accordance with the Society Act, that the Executive decides.
The Executive may, when they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting.
(1) Notice of a general meeting shall specify the place, day and hour of meeting, and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business.
Part 4 -Proceedings at General Meetings
all business transacted at an annual general meeting, except, i) the adoption of rules of order; . ii) the consideration of the financial statements;
iii) the report of the Executive; iv) the report of the auditor, if any;
v) the election of the Executive Officers; vi) the appointment of the auditor, if required; and vii) the other business that, under these bylaws, ought to be conducted at an annual general meeting, or business which is brought under consideration by the report of the Executive issued with the notice convening the meeting.
16. (1) Business, other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or termination of the meeting, shall not be conducted at a general meeting at a time when a quorum is not present.
A quorum is 8 members present or a greater number that the members may determine at a general meeting.
If within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, shall be terminated; but in any other case, it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same day in the next week, at the
same time and place, and if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, the members present constitute a quorum.
Subject to bylaw 19, the chair of the society, the vice-chair or in the absence of both, one of the other Executive Officers present, shall preside as chair of a general meeting.
there is no chair, vice-chair or other Executive officer present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting; or
the chair and all the other Executive Officers present are unwilling to act as chair, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chair.
(1) A general meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be conducted at an adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
(1) A resolution proposed at a meeting need not be seconded and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
A corporate or institutional member may vote by its authorized representative, who is entitled to speak and vote, and in all other respects exercise the rights of a member, and that representative shall be reckoned as a member for all purposes with respect to a meeting of the society.
Part 5 –Directors and Officers
24. (1) The Executive officers may exercise all powers and do all the acts and things that the society may exercise and do, and which are not by these bylaws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the society in general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to
25. (1) The chair, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, and one or more other persons may be directors of the society.
The Executive officers shall consist of chair, vice chair, past-chair, secretary, and treasurer, a Diploma Program representative, a Middle Years Program representative, and a Primary Years Program representative.
An additional Executive officer shall be the administrator identified under Part 2, clause 4(b).
26. (1) An Executive Officer so appointed holds office only until the conclusion of the next following annual general meeting of the society, but is eligible for re-election at the meeting.
The position of past-chairperson may be left empty if the chairperson is re-elected.
The chairperson shall step down after a maximum of four consecutive terms. He or she may stand for re-election as chairperson after a minimum absence of one term from the position.
27. (1) If an Executive Officer resigns his or her office or otherwise ceases to hold office, the remaining Executive Officers may appoint a member to take the place of the former Executive Officer until the next annual general meeting.
The members may by special resolution remove an Executive officer before the expiration of his or her term of office, and may elect a successor to complete the term of office.
No Executive officer shall be remunerated for being or acting as an officer but an officer shall be reimbursed for all expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by him or her while engaged in the affairs of the society.
Part 6 -Proceedings of Directors
30. (1) The directors may meet together at the places they think fit to dispatch business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they see fit.
The directors shall elect from among themselves a chairperson to preside at meetings. The selected chairperson shall serve for one year.
A director may at any time, and the secretary, on the request of a director, shall convene a meeting of the directors
31. (1) The directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to the Executive or to committees consisting of at least one member of the Executive, one director and members at large as necessary.
A committee shall elect a chair of its meetings; but if no chairman is elected, or if at a meeting the chair is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee shall choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting.
For a first meeting of directors held immediately following the appointment or election of a director or directors at an annual or other general meeting of members, or for a meeting of the directors at which a director is appointed to fill a vacancy in the directors, it is not necessary to give notice of
the meeting to the newly elected or appointed director or directors for the meeting to be constituted, if a quorum of the directors is present.
A director who may be absent temporarily from British Columbia may send or deliver to the address of the society a waiver of notice, which may be by letter, telegram, telex, cable, fax, or email of any meeting of the directors and may at any time withdraw the waiver, and until the waiver is withdrawn,
a notice of meeting of directors is not required to be sent to that director; and
(1) Questions arising at a meeting of the Executive, the directors and or a committee of either shall be decided by a majority of votes.
No resolution proposed at a meeting of the Executive, the directors or a committee of either need be seconded and the chairman of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
A resolution in writing, signed by all members of the Executive or all the directors and placed with the minutes of the directors is as valid and effective as if regularly passed at a meeting of directors.
Part 7 -Duties of'Officers
39. (1) The chair shall preside at all meetings of the society and of the directors.
The vice-chair shall carry out the duties of the chair during his or her absence.
keep .minutes of all meetings of the society and directors;
render financial statements to the Executive, members and others when required.
Part 8 -Seal
The common seal shall be affixed only when authorized by a resolution of the directors and then only in the presence of the persons prescribed in the resolution, or if no persons are prescribed, in the presence of the Chair and secretary or Chair and secretary treasurer.
Part 9 -Borrowing
Part 10 -Auditor
At each annual general meeting the society shall appoint an auditor to hold office until the auditor is re-elected or a successor is elected at the next annual general meeting.
Part II -Notices to Members
Part 12 -Bylaws
On being admitted to membership, each member is entitled to and the society shall give the member, without charge, a copy of the constitution and bylaws of the society.