Due to lack of quorum, the special meeting have been postponed to Monday (March 10th) at 8:00 pm EDT. Who scheduled a meeting on Friday night anyway. :)

The meeting is to approve sending a constitutional amendment to an all party ballot. The meeting should only take a few minutes if everyone shows up on time and we get quorum rightaway.

Reminder that the election for Executive Board and a constitutional amendment is ongoing and will close on Friday (March 7th) at 11:59 PM EST. Please don't forget to vote [here]

Here's the text of the amendment for Friday's meeting.

Summary:
The purpose of this amendment is to allow an individual member to serve on both the Political Council and the Executive Board.

Alterations:
1) From Article IV. Officers: Strike the phrasing "No Individual may hold more than one officer position."
2) From Article IV. Officers: Strike the phrasing "The positions of President, Vice-President and Secretary shall not be eligible to hold a position on the Political Council."
3) From Article IV. Officers: Append "Regardless of the number of positions held on the Executive Board, a member of the Executive Board has one vote." to the end of the second paragraph
4) From Article IV.1 Election: Add a new paragraph "Elections of officers must clearly indicate when a candidate is running for multiple positions."

New Articles with Compiled Alterations Reads as Follows:
Article IV. Officers

The officers of the party shall be the Leader, the President, the Deputy Leader, the Vice-President, and the Secretary. These officers shall perform the duties given to them by this document, by the Party, or by the parliamentary authority of the Party.

Officers of the party are the members of the Executive Council which comprise of the Leader, Deputy Leader, President, Vice President, and Secretary positions. Regardless of the number of positions held on the Executive Board, a member of the Executive Board has one vote.


IV.1 Election

All Executive Board positions shall be voted on by an all-Party Ballot as described in Article IX.2. The positions that may be run for are President, Secretary and Leader. These elections shall occur at the next regular general meeting immediately after the Political Council elections. In the event that a Leader or Deputy Leader is not re-elected to Political Council they will keep their positions in the Executive Board and Political Council until the their positions are brought up for election and the results are known.

The office of President shall be awarded to the person who wins the election for the office of President. The office of Vice President shall be awarded to the runner-up in the election for the office of President.

The office of Leader can only be run for by someone on the Political Council. The office of Leader shall be awarded to the person who wins the election for the office of Leader. The office of Deputy Leader shall be awarded to the runner-up in the election for the office of Leader.

If the Leader and/or Deputy Leader is a currently sitting member of the Parliament of Canada then so long as they retain their seat then elections for these two positions will only come once every 4 years or after a federal general election or under a vote of no-confidence issued at a general meeting by all-party ballot.

Candidates are individually responsible for complying with the financial administration requirements for leadership contestants set out in the Canada Elections Act.

Elections of officers must clearly indicate when a candidate is running for multiple positions.

You can view the current constitution [here]