Submit by May 31st: Securing the Present, Shaping the Future: Nominations Open for Board Directorship

Call For Nominations

CPS-ECP gets its legal right to exist from Canada’s Not-For-Profit Act. As a corporation, CPS-ECP is governed by directors. The Act states that the directors can elect a management committee of directors to take on most of the governance work, subject to board review and oversight.

May 24, 2023

CPS-ECP gets its legal right to exist from Canada’s Not-For-Profit Act.

 

As a corporation, CPS-ECP is governed by directors. The Act states that the directors can elect a management committee of directors to take on most of the governance work, subject to board review and oversight. CPS-ECP has done that by electing directors to the Executive Committee (ExCom).

The following is a list of some of the experiences, skills and attributes that contribute to the selection of the best possible CPS-ECP director candidates.

•Ability to get along with others, leadership qualities, experience, and initiative
•Ability to think independently and not “follow the crowd”
•Breadth of CPS-ECP experience
•Interest in boating education – grade achieved, taught one or more classes
•Evidence of administrative ability (within CPS-ECP or outside)
•Enthusiasm, time available, merit mark record, attendance at National or District meetings,
National Committee experience
•Commitment to CPS-ECP and passion for the CPS-ECP mission
•Leadership record at the Squadron and District levels
•Formal education
•Geographic location
•A thorough understanding of Squadron and District operations
•Completion of CPS-ECP ‘Officer Training’ seminar

All candidates applying for nomination as a director are requested to complete and submit the following items of documentation:
•Director’s Application Form
•A current resumé or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
•Skills self-assessment questionnaire
•A Statement of Vision outlining your personal views of the short- and long-term future of CPS-ECP

The above documents can be found on the CPS-ECP website at www.cps-ecp.ca  and are available in hard copy from our national office.

If you have some ideas about what CPS-ECP should be doing now, or where it should be going in the future, consider applying to become a director. The term is for three years, and you can apply for a second three-year term.

The application form can be found on the website at:
https://www.cps-ecp.ca/about/call-for-applications-for-nominations

All applications must be submitted to the chair of the Nominating Committee by May 31, 2023.

Applications can be submitted online to nomcom@cps-ecp.ca or as a hard copy marked ‘Confidential’ to:
Chair of the Nominating Committee,
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons,
26 Golden Gate Court, Toronto, Ontario, M1P 3A5.

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