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45 Day Notice of 2016 annual General Meeting/Call for Nominations- 2016-2017 Badminton BC Board of Directors

45-DAY NOTICE OF CONGRESS & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE is hereby given to all members of Badminton BC the 2016 Congress & Annual General Meeting will be held Saturday, September 17th 2016.  Stay tuned for full details.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

 

Badminton BC, the provincial governing body for badminton, is seeking individuals to stand for election to the Board of Directors at the September 17th, 2016 Annual General Meeting.  There are three (3) Directors positions available for interested and qualified candidates.

With its provincial head office located in Surrey, BC, Badminton BC serves a broad constituency of close to 1500 members throughout the province. 

Badminton BC’s Board of Directors is comprised of elected volunteers and is a working Board in transition to more oversight. Read more + Application

 

NOMINATION AND APPLICATION PROCESS

Badminton BC is seeking nominees who have business acumen, financial management, strategic thinking, policy development, and risk management experience and skills.  Candidates who are dependable, flexible and demonstrate good judgement; have time, and those who have the courage, willingness and ability to present their opinions, listen to others with sincerity, ask questions that encourages moving discussions forward, can work with consensus group decision making and is committed to learning.

To be eligible to stand for nomination, be elected, appointed or continue to serve as a Director, an individual must be a member in good standing and an eligible voting member of Badminton BC, in good standing (2016-2017) at the time of nomination, and must be 19 years or older at the time such person's proposed service on the Board is to commence (i.e. September 18th, 2016).

If any member wishes to apply for nomination please complete and forward the attached nomination form by email to nominations@badmintonbc.com.

Applications must be submitted by August 18th, 2016.

 

All nominations will be reviewed by the Committee to ensure the requirements of skills, knowledge, and experience is present to assist with the 2016-2017 work of the Board.

References will be contacted and if there are any follow up questions nominees will be contacted by the Board Secretary.  Nominees may contact the Board Secretary at alex.emlyn@badmintonbc.com if there are any questions on the process.

*If more eligible nominations are received prior to August 18th, 2016 than there are available positions on the Board of Directors, a vote will be held by email ballot (with mail out for those members in our database without email addresses who are 16 years of age or older and in good standing) to be sent out by August 25th, 2016 and received back by September 9th, 2016.

 

Application and more information included in the attachment.

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