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Call for Nominations to MEA's Board of Directors (2024/2025Term)
August 1, 2024
The MEA is seeking interested members as candidates to potentially serve on its Board of Directors for the 2024/2025 term. The MEA Nominating Committee is currently addressing the number of vacancies at the end of the current Board term and will be searching for eligible candidates to fill these spots.
To be considered by the MEA's Nominating Committee for election to the MEA Board of Directors, which will occur at the AGM during the MEA's 2024 Conference at the Delta Marriott City Center Hotel in downtown Ottawa, on November 21, 2024, Section 6.04 of the MEA Constitution/By-Law specifically states the following:
Additional candidates for the vacant positions on the Board may be nominated but such additional candidates must be Voting Members (excluding Life Members) nominated by their fellow Voting Members. Such nominations shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director, comprised of the signatures of five (5) other Voting Members, representing five (5) separate municipalities, at least seventy-five (75) days prior to the Annual Meeting of the Members. Such nomination and sponsorship must be in writing and filed with such officer as the Board shall direct and within the time period therein prescribed. In the event the Nominating person is a Life Member and is retired, the requirement that a Nominator represent a municipality is waived.
The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024/2025 Board term is midnight, Saturday Sept. 7, 2024 (at least 75 days prior to the AGM). Please submit nominations to admin@municipalengineers.on.ca
If you have any questions regarding the process, please direct them to the above email.