The number of votes received by each candidate will be reported at the next Representative Assembly. An advance poll and an election day poll will also be set up at the VTA Office to allow all Active Members, who either cannot or who choose not to vote at one or all of the school-based votes, to vote in the election for the President; The TTOC Representative shall be elected by OCTAV prior to the AGM. Should this not occur, a TTOC Representative will be appointed by the President; Officers of the Association shall take office on the first day of July following the AGM; Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the Executive Committee by death, resignation or by removal from the confines of the Association, the vacancy shall be filled by secret ballot by the Representative Assembly until the next AGM; (c) Duties of Executive Members: Shall attend all executive committee meetings, and General Meetings; RA’s (d) Duties of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the authority of general meetings of the Association and of the Representative Assembly, exercise all powers of the Association, the direction of and supervision of its business and the conduct of its affairs; (e) Quorum. A quorum of the Executive Committee shall be a majority of the members of same; (f) Voting Rights. Voting members of the Executive Committee shall be those members listed in By-law 4(a); (g) Appointments to the Executive Committee (Non-Voting). The President may appoint other Active Members to the Executive Committee in a non-voting capacity; (h) The conduct of the meetings shall be as defined in Robert's Rules of Order (as followed by the BCTF Executive) when not in conflict with any clause of this Constitution; (i) Any members of the VTA may bring a special resolution to a General Meeting to call for the removal of an Executive Committee member before the expiration of his/her term of office and the members present at that meeting may elect a successor to complete the term of office of the Executive Committee member should he/she be removed from office;
The number of votes received by each candidate will be reported at the next Representative Assembly. An advance poll and an election day poll will also be set up at the VTA Office to allow all Active Members, who either cannot or who choose not to vote at one or all of the school-based votes, to vote in the election for the President; The TTOC Representative shall be elected by OCTAV prior to the AGM. Should this not occur, a TTOC Representative will be appointed by the President; Officers of the Association shall take office on the first day of July following the AGM; Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the Executive Committee by death, resignation or by removal from the confines of the Association, the vacancy shall be filled by secret ballot by the Representative Assembly until the next AGM; (c) Duties of Executive Members: Shall attend all executive committee meetings, RA’s and General Meetings; (d) Duties of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the authority of general meetings of the Association and of the Representative Assembly, exercise all powers of the Association, the direction of and supervision of its business and the conduct of its affairs; (e) Quorum. A quorum of the Executive Committee shall be a majority of the members of same; (f) Voting Rights. Voting members of the Executive Committee shall be those members listed in By-law 4(a); (g) Appointments to the Executive Committee (Non-Voting). The President may appoint other Active Members to the Executive Committee in a non-voting capacity; (h) The conduct of the meetings shall be as defined in Robert's Rules of Order (as followed by the BCTF Executive) when not in conflict with any clause of this Constitution; (i) Any members of the VTA may bring a special resolution to a General Meeting to call for the removal of an Executive Committee member before the expiration of his/her term of office and the members present at that meeting may elect a successor to complete the term of office of the Executive Committee member should he/she be removed from office;
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