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One of the keys to understanding the actions of any organization is to understand the way it works. The Central Canadian Exhibition Association has produced the Central Canada Exhibition each year since 1888. The Association is divided into two main parts: the Board of Directors, who make all the decisions concerning the fair, and the office staff, who ensure that the daily operations of the Association run smoothly. The president of the Association is the head of the Board of Directors, and the general manager is the head of the office staff. In this section we are concerned primarily with the Board of Directors. In 1887, the CCEA was incorporated as a non-profit organization under the Agriculture Societies Act of the Province of Ontario; as such, the members of the board have always been unpaid. Prospective directors have to be members of the CCEA, and, currently, elections are held each year for one third of the director positions, rotating so that every three years all of the directors have gone through elections. Only members may vote in these elections. |
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 The only board members who do not volunteer their time are the politicians appointed by City Council. In 1889, the city appointed Mayor Jacob Erratt and three members of council, Aldermen Roger, Heney and Hutchinson. In 1950, the appointees were six aldermen, the mayor, and one controller (from the Board of Control). In 1967, the mayor and seven city council appointees joined the Board of Directors under the authority of the CCEA's constitution. It said that each of the four sections of the Board of Directors (agriculture, merchants, manufacturing, and general) required eight directors, plus the eight appointed directors from city council, including the mayor. The constitution did not change again until 1996, when the number of city appointees on the board was drastically reduced. The amendments of 1996 stipulated that only three politicians were to be appointed: the regional chair, the councillor representing the Lansdowne Park ward and the mayor. City appointees to the board, as a result of a decision in 1965, still cannot vote on CCEA issues in city council sessions. 
 The duties of directors on the Board has not changed much over the years. From the early years of the fair, the CCEA has had an extensive list of committees, ranging from the horse show committee to the Where It's At youth pavilion committee. In 1996, the list was nowhere near as extensive, and only five committees were stuck: the agricultural committee, the entertainment and hospitality committee, the programming committee, the marketing committee and the concessions committee. For more information on the new structure of the CCEA, check out the interview with Cheryl McBain, the fair's Acting General Manager. |
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