CCA Board of Governors Elections Begin Today

Bul­letin 7/05

Ottawa, Feb­ru­ary 7, 2005 — It’s time to chose the hearts and minds that will help guide the

Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts over the next three years. Elec­tions for the CCA’s board of

gov­er­nors begin today,  and the vot­ing period will run through Feb­ru­ary 25, 2005.

Indi­vid­ual and orga­ni­za­tional mem­bers can cast their bal­lots at the CCA’s elec­tion website

(www.ccarts.ca/vote). At the elec­tion web­site, you will find the full slate of 16 candidates,

along with a brief bio and a per­sonal state­ment of intent for each individual.

 

CCA mem­bers have been pro­vided with user­names and pass­words by email and “snail” mail

over the last few weeks that will allow them to log into the vot­ing site. A reminder is being

sent with the Win­ter 2005 edi­tion of Bliz­zart, which will be mailed to mem­bers this week. If

you have not received your vot­ing infor­ma­tion, please con­tact Julie Cay­ou­ette, Executive

Assis­tant (by phone at 613.238.3561 ext. 20, or by email at julie.cayouette@ccarts.ca).

How to vote

Vot­ing is easy! Just fol­low these sim­ple steps:

• Go to www.ccarts.ca/vote (or click on the Elec­tions icon at www.ccarts.ca)
• Log into the elec­tion site by enter­ing your user­name and pass­word and click­ing on the “Login” button.
• Get to know the can­di­dates by click­ing on their names.  A pop-up box will open, fea­tur­ing their bio­graph­i­cal infor­ma­tion and state­ments of intent.  (If you have a pop-up blockeron your web browser, you may have to tem­porar­ily allow pop-ups to see this information.)
• Select up to eight can­di­dates from the slate of nom­i­nees by check­ing the box beside their name.
• Logout when you have finished.

Why your vote counts

Select­ing the makeup of the board is a key ben­e­fit, and a deci­sive respon­si­bil­ity for CCA

mem­bers. The board of the CCA is respon­si­ble for the organization’s gov­er­nance, and is

entrusted with the organization’s high­est level of decision-making and legal author­ity. The

board estab­lishes pol­icy direc­tives for the orga­ni­za­tion in accor­dance with the CCA’s Strategic

Plan, and uses the exper­tise of indi­vid­ual board mem­bers to enhance the knowl­edge and

abil­ity of the board as a body, ensur­ing the orga­ni­za­tion con­tin­ues to thrive and progress.

 

The board of gov­er­nors is elected for a three year term, and may serve two con­sec­u­tive terms.

The board is com­posed of eight elected vot­ing mem­bers, and three to five vot­ing members

appointed by the board to ensure balance.

 

Results of the CCA elec­tions will be announced by Bul­letin to CCA mem­bers in March, 2005.

Have your voice heard

If you are not a mem­ber, but would like to have your voice heard on the future of the

orga­ni­za­tion, we encour­age you to join the CCA. Any indi­vid­ual or orga­ni­za­tion that joins the

CCA before Feb­ru­ary 25, 2005, will be eli­gi­ble to vote in these elections.

For infor­ma­tion on becom­ing a mem­ber of the CCA, visit the mem­ber­ship page on our

web­site at www.ccarts.ca/en/members/join/, or con­tact Jes­sica Pan­coe, CCA membership

coor­di­na­tor by phone at 613.238.3561 ext. 10, or by email at jessica.pancoe@ccarts.ca.