9.0 Hockey Executive, CYO By-laws (St Catharines CYO Minor Hockey)

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9.0 HOCKEY EXECUTIVE

9.1 The CYO Hockey League Executive shall consist of the following members:

9.1.1
The Board of Directors;
9.1.2 Hockey Council;
9.1.3 All other officers of the Corporation appointed by the Board pursuant to these By-laws.

9.2 MEETINGS

The President shall call a full Hockey League Executive meeting a minimum of seven times per year, excluding the annual budget during the hockey season and Hockey Council Meetings may be held simultaneously with meetings of the Hockey Council. 

9.3 PRMIARY PURPOSE

The primary purpose shall be to attend to Hockey Council matters and/or matters of common interest to the Board of Directors, the Hockey Council, and all the appointed Officers of the Corporation.

9.4 POLICIES

The Hockey League Executive, within areas of shared responsibilities of both the Board and Hockey Council, may establish and revise by majority vote and revise other written policies and Codes of Conduct to guide the operation of the CYO.
 
9.5 QUORUM

The required quorum for Executive is the presence at the commencement of the meeting of quorum of the Board of Directors and Quorum of Hockey Council. 

9.6 PARTICIPATION

For greater certainty, the following persons are non-voting members of the Hockey League Executive and may participate fully in its discussions and deliberations:

9.6.1 Officers of the Board who are non-voting members of the Board;
9.6.2 All Assistant Parish Leaders and Assistant Program Directors; and,
9.6.3 Any other appointed officers of the Corporation.
 
Under no circumstances shall any individual, other than the Chair, be entitled to cast more than one vote upon any matter to be decided by the Hockey League Executive.

9.7 OPEN MEETING

The meeting shall be open to all individual members of the Corporation for the purpose of observation only and the general membership shall be seated in an area designated by the Chairman.

9.8 NO REMUNERATION OF HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

All members of the Hockey League Executive shall serve without remuneration and no Executive member shall directly or indirectly receive any profit from his/her position as such; provided that an Executive member may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred by such member in the performance of their duties.

9.10 PROHIBITION ON PERSONAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT

Except as permitted by compliance with these By-laws, no Member of the Hockey League Executive, individual member or group of members shall use their position within Corporation for personal financial benefit.
 
9.11 EXCEPTION

If any director or officer of the Corporation shall be employed by or shall perform services for the Corporation otherwise than as director or officer or shall or have an interest in a person who is employed by or performs services for the Corporation, the fact of his/her being a director or officer of the Corporation shall not disentitle such director or officer or such person, as the case may be, from receiving proper remuneration for such services provided there is no conflict of interest as defined in these By-laws.

9.12 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 
In supplement of and not by way of limitation upon any rights conferred upon directors by section 71 of the Act, it is declared that no director or officer shall be disqualified by his/her office from, or vacate his/her office by reason of being in any way directly or indirectly interested or contracting with the Corporation either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise or being concerned in any contract or arrangement made or proposed to be entered into with the Corporation in which he is in any way directly or indirectly interested either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise nor shall any director be liable to account to the Corporation or any of its members or creditors for any profit arising from any such connection: and, subject to the provisions of section 71 of the Act, no contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Corporation in which any director or officer shall be in any way directly or indirectly interested shall be avoided or avoidable and no director or officer shall be liable to account to the Corporation or any of its members or creditors for any profit realized by or from any such contract or arrangement by reason of any fiduciary relationship. A director or officer who is in any way directly interested in a proposed contract with the Corporation shall make the disclosure required by the Act. He must submit a bid to be evaluated against other competitive bids in a formal selection process conducted by the Board of Directors. A majority vote will decide the successful candidate based on the merits of each bid. Except as provided by the Act, no such director or officer shall vote on any resolution to approve such contract.