Governance

To CPRS Members

As you know, a Special Meeting of CPRS was held at 12 noon on March 31st 2004 to vote on the resolution submitted by the Governance Review Task Force, which included a reduction in the size of the CPRS National Board to12 members, each to serve three-year terms, and the formation of a Presidents Council.

CPRS Secretary Blair Peberdy, APR chaired the meeting. Executive Director Karen Dalton, APR reviewed the meeting procedures as per the CPRS bylaws and stated the purpose of the meeting. She announced that 434 proxies had been received and that the number of proxies and members present far exceeded quorum requirements.

Peberdy then read the resolution being put before the membership. Philip Boyd, Valerie Boyd and Wendy Wellington, of Philip Boyd & Associates, acting as scrutineers, declared that while 434 proxies had been received from members of all 17 Member Societies, six were unsigned and seven were received after the noon March 24th deadline. Of the remaining 421 eligible proxies, 418 voted in favour of the resolution and three against. Members present, Peberdy and Dalton, also voted in favour of the resolution. Peberdy declared the resolution carried with 99.3% of eligible votes being cast in favour of the resolution.

Appropriate bylaw amendments are now being prepared by the Society s legal counsel, Anderson, Bourdon, Burgess, for ratification at the annual general meeting in June.