National By-Laws - The Navy League of Canada

THE NAVY LEAGUE OF CANADABY-LAWSLeague; to add, change or remove any of the Purposes and Objects; to change the SupplementaryLetters Patent; to revoke, diminish or enlarge any authority conferred by the Supplementary LettersPatent or these By-Laws; or to otherwise make any fundamental changes to The League. Amajority vote of sixty-seven percent (67%) of all those entitled to vote is required to pass a SpecialResolution..11 VOTES ON GENERAL QUESTIONS AND RESOLUTIONSEach question for which the law does not require a Special Resolution shall be decided by amajority of votes, by a show of hands, or casting of ballots if directed by the Chairman. Subject toSub-Clause 4.23.13, each Member of the Board has one vote..12 VOTES ON SPECIAL QUESTIONS AND RESOLUTIONSQuestions which require a Special Resolution shall be passed only if sixty-seven (67) percent of thevotes by a show of hands, or casting of ballots if directed by the Chairman, favour the SpecialResolution. Subject to Sub-Clause 4.23.13 each Member of the Board has one vote..13 WEIGHTED VOTENotwithstanding the provisions of Sub-Clauses 4.23.11 and 4.23.12, with respect to questionsrelating to the expenditure of money, including the purchase or sale of real or personal property, if aWeighted Vote is requested by a Division President:(a)Each Member of the National Board of Directors shall have one (1) vote; and,(b) Each Member of the National Board of Directors who is also a President of aDivision shall have one (1) additional vote for each One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) (or partthereof) which the audited statements for the immediately preceding fiscal year show that hisor her Division contributed in assessment to the National Board of Directors in that year..14 EQUALITY OF VOTESIn case of equal votes on each side of any question before a meeting, the Chairman of the meetingshall be entitled to an additional, or deciding, vote..15 RESOLUTIONS IN WRITINGIf approved by the National President or by two (2) Division Presidents, the powers of the NationalBoard of Directors may be exercised by an ordinary, or Special (if the context so requires),Resolution In Writing signed by all members of the National Board of Directors who would beentitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting. A Resolution In Writing may be signed incounterpart, but all counterparts together shall form only one Resolution In Writing. Within thirty (30)days of the completion of a Resolution In Writing, copies shall be forwarded to each Member of theNational Board of Directors..16 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONEWith the consent of the Chairman of a meeting, or a majority of those present and entitled to vote, aMember may participate in a meeting by telephone or other communication that permits all personsparticipating to hear each other. A Member participating in such a meeting in such a manner shallbe considered present at the meeting..17 ADJOURNED MEETINGSA meeting may be adjourned, or recessed, from time to time by the Chairman of the meeting. Atthe time of adjournment the Chairman shall specify where and when the adjourned meeting is toNL(18)E – 7 Feb 2012 19