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An “Associate Member” is a non-voting class of annual membership open to individual child care professionals working in the school age care field, and to students who are studying to become child care professionals, and is also open to other non-profit organizations, whose objectives align with that of the Society in the Province of Alberta, which has met all membership criteria established by the Board from time to time and who's application for membership has been approved by the Board.

Associate members receive a discount at our annual school-age conference, as well as at our monthly ‘Laugh & Learn’ sessions, and have access to our electronic resources and email distributions. Associate members are not entitled to vote at meetings of the Board of Directors or Annual General Meetings, cannot serve on the Executive Committee.; and

• Associate Members are not entitled to vote at any Annual General Meeting, Special General Meeting, or other proceeding of the Society.

• Any Member wishing to withdraw from membership may do so upon written notice to the Board through the Secretary, including a notice by electronic means.

• Any Member may, upon an Ordinary Resolution of the Board at a meeting of the Board, be expelled from membership for any cause which the Board may deem reasonable. The Member shall be given 14 days notice in writing of the meeting and shall be afforded a full hearing before the Board.

• Any Member who resigns, withdraws, or is expelled from the Society, or whose annual membership expires without being renewed, thereupon forfeits all rights, claims and any interest they might have had arising from or associated with membership in the Society.

• The Board shall be entitled to set the membership criteria and fees for each class of Members, which criteria and fees need not be the same for each class.

Board: Election

• The Associate Members shall not be eligible to elect the members of the Board at the Annual General Meeting.

• The election of the members of the Board shall be by way of secret ballot, with each Officer or Director-at-Large being voted upon separately, one office at a time by Voting Members.

•  Each Voting Member may cast a single ballot for each office for the individual of their choice. Such ballots may be cast either physically in person or using electronic means, as may be appropriate under the circumstances.

General Meetings of Voting Members

The Society shall hold an Annual General Meeting of Voting Members on or before October 31^st of each year, at such place in the Province of Alberta, at such time and place as may be determined by the Board, to:

                        A.        elect the directors of the Society;

                        B.         receive the audited financial statements of the Society;

                        C.         receive any reports related to the previous year’s activities; and

                        D.        transact such other business as may properly come before it.

Notice in writing of the Annual General Meeting shall be given to all Members and Directors at least 14 days prior to the meeting.

Special Meetings of the Society may also be called at any time by the Secretary on 21 days written notice to Voting Members and Directors:

                        A.        on instructions from the Chairperson;

                                  B.         upon receipt by the Secretary of a petition signed by one-third of the Society’s Voting Members, setting forth the reasons for calling such meeting.

Twenty (20%) percent of the Society’s Voting Members shall constitute quorum at any Annual General Meeting or Special Meeting.

In the case of an equality of votes on any vote at the Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting the Chairperson shall have a casting vote.

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The mission of the School Age Care Directors Association Of Alberta (SACDA) is to provide school age care programs with a province-wide network of community-based support, and to improve the availability of quality, affordable school age care for Alberta families. In support of that mission, the Society has four primary objectives:

•  To provide professional networking opportunities for its Members through regular meetings and other professional development activities

•          To create a dialogue with other stakeholders with a view to raising awareness of the challenges faced by the school age care sector

•          To develop relationships with other professional organizations and work together towards common goals

•          To assist Members in staying abreast of current research findings and new, innovative approaches to school age care.

ALL Members must sign and agree to abide by the Code of Conduct attached to this purchase.