Equity Governance

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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How Equity is governed

Equity is a democratically structured organization run by artists for artists. It is entirely self-supporting, funded by members' initiation fees and dues. Equity is the united voice of its members, and its strength lies in the collective support given by its members to its members.

The government of Equity is vested in a national Council of 22 members from across Canada. The number of councillors from each region is proportional to the number of members in each region.

In 2005 Equity's national Council voted to implement Policy Governance as the operating structure of the Association. Policy Governance went into effect on January 1, 2006. Click here for further information on Equity's Policy Governance governing structure.

The current Council is elected for a three year term beginning November 2006 and lasting until November 2009. Council meets 10 times per year and is responsible for policy decisions. Two meetings per year are face-to-face and held in Toronto, and seven more are conducted by telephone conference call. Council also holds one face-to-face meeting each calendar year in a city other than Toronto. The 2007 meeting will be in Halifax, Nova Scotia in October.

Requests for Council Consideration

Councillors, CPAG members and members-at-large may submit topics to Council for discussion by using the Request for Council Consideration form. Once completed, a copy of the form will be forwarded to Equity's President, Secretary-Treasurer and to the Executive Director.

For information on how Council deliberates requests for consideration on any matter, please see Policy Governance Document - GP#4 - Agenda Planning, Article 7

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Council meetings in 2008/2009

November 24	Teleconference
January 26	Teleconference
February 22, 23 & 24	Toronto, ON (National AGM - delayed from 2008 - on February 23)
March 30	Teleconference
April 27	Teleconference
May 25	Teleconference
June	21 & 22
August 31	Teleconference
October 4 & 5	Montreal, QC (September meeting held in October for 2008 only - National AGM on October 5)
October 26	Teleconference
November 29, 30 & December 1	Toronto, ON (2009-2012 Council - 2009 Honours Awards presentations on November 30th)

The officers of the Association, including President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer were elected at Council's inaugural meeting in November 2006.

Council Officers for 2006-2009:

President	Allan Teichman	Councillor for the Stage Management region
1st Vice-President	Kerry Davidson	Councillor for British Columbia and the Yukon
2nd Vice-President	Dawn Obokata	Councillor for Ontario
Secretary/ Treasurer	Hal Kerbes	Councillor for Southern Alberta

Councillors and CPAG members are volunteers and are not paid for their service, although reasonable out of pocket expenses are reimbursed. The President receives an honorarium set by Council.