By-Laws

A by-law relating generally to the conduct of the affairs of

Tri Area Warriors Volleyball Club (the "Corporation")

Date: April 25, 2016 (original). Updated September 14, 2023 at a meeting of the members.

BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Corporation as follows:

Definition In this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act S.C. 2009, c. 23 including the Regulations made pursuant to the Act, and any statute or regulations that may be substituted, as amended from time to time;
"Articles" means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of amendment, amalgamation, continuance, reorganization, arrangement or revival of the Corporation;
"Board" means the board of directors of the Corporation and "director" means a member of the board;
"By-law" means this by-law and any other by-law of the Corporation as amended and which are, from time to time, in force and effect;
"Meeting of members" includes an annual meeting of members or a special meeting of members; "special meeting of members" includes a meeting of any class or classes of members and a special meeting of all members entitled to vote at an annual meeting of members;
"Ordinary resolution" means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than 50% plus 1 of the votes case on that resolution;
"Proposal" means a proposal submitted by a member of the Corporation that meets the requirements of section 163 (Member Proposals) of the Act;
"Regulations" means the regulations made under the Act, as amended, restated or in effect from time to time; and
"Special resolution" means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast on that resolution.
"Corporation" and "Association" will be synonyms and mean Tri Area Warriors Volleyball Club including abbreviations as: TAWVC or TAW.
"Board Member" means individual elected or appointed to serve on the board of the Corporation pursuant to these By-laws.
"Officer" means an individual elected or appointed to serve as an Officer of the Corporation pursuant to these By-laws.
"Electronically" means by email, text or any up dated technology which comes available.
“President” and “Chair of the Board” can be used interchangeably.
"Chair of the meeting” means any Class A member that chairs a meeting of the members, which may or may not be the President.

Interpretation
In the interpretation of this by-law, words in the singular include the plural and vice-versa, words in one gender include all genders, and "person" includes an individual, body corporate, partnership, trust and unincorporated organization. Other than as specified above, words and expressions defined in the Act have the same meanings when used in these by-laws.

Execution of Documents
Deeds, transfers, assignments, contracts, obligations and other instruments in writing requiring execution by the Corporation may be signed by any two (2) of its officers upon authorization of the Board. Any two (2) as above, officers may certify a copy of any instrument, resolution, by-law or other document of the Corporation to be a true copy thereof.

Financial Year
The financial fiscal year of the Corporation shall be September 1^st - August 31^st, unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Banking Arrangements
The banking business of the Corporation shall be transacted at such bank, trust company or other firm or corporation carrying on a banking business in Canada or elsewhere as the board of directors may designate, appoint or authorize from time to time by resolution. The banking business or any part of it shall be transacted by an officer or officers of the Corporation and/or other persons as the board of directors may by resolution from time to time designate, direct or authorize.

Borrowing Powers
The directors of the Corporation may, without authorization of the members, but upon authorization of the Board,

borrow money on the credit of the corporation;
issue, reissue, sell, pledge or hypothecate debt obligations of the corporation;
give a guarantee on behalf and
mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any property of the corporation, owned or subsequently acquired, to secure any debt obligation of the corporation.

Annual Financial Statements
The Corporation may, instead of sending copies of the annual financial statements and other documents referred to in subsection 172(1) (Annual Financial Statements) of the Act to the members, publish a notice to its members stating that the annual financial statements and documents provided in subsection 172(1) are available at the registered office of the Corporation and any member may, on request, obtain a copy free of charge electronically.

Membership Conditions
Subject to the articles, there shall be two classes of members in the Corporation, namely, Class A members and Class B members. The board of directors of the Corporation may, by resolution, approve the admission of the members of the Corporation. Members may also be admitted in such other manner as may be prescribed by the board by resolution. The following conditions of membership shall apply:

Class A Members

Class A voting membership shall be available only to individuals who have applied and have been accepted for Class A voting membership in the Corporation
An elected and voting “Member at Large” which does not require application and shall not exceed two (2) persons.
The term of membership of a Class A voting member shall be a maximum of a 3-year term, subject to renewal in accordance with the policies of the Corporation.
As set out in the articles, each Class A voting member is entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at all meetings of members and each such Class A voting member shall be entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings.

Class B Members

Class B non-voting membership shall be available only to individuals who have applied and have been accepted for Class B non-voting membership in the Corporation.
The term of membership of a Class B non-voting member shall be annual, subject to renewal in accordance with the policies of the Corporation.

Subject to the Act and the articles, a Class B non-voting member shall be entitled to receive notice of and attend meetings of the members of the Corporation, but are not entitled to vote at meetings of the members of the Corporation.
Pursuant to subsection 197(1) (Fundamental Change) of the Act, a special resolution of the members is required to make any amendments to this section of the by-laws if those amendments affect membership rights and/or conditions described in paragraphs 197(1)(e), (h), (l) or (m).

Admission of Members
No individual, club or group will be admitted as an Active Class A, Class B, Director, Officer of the Association in “Good Standing” unless:

The candidate has made an application for membership in a manner prescribed by the Corporation;
The candidate qualifies for membership as stated in these By-laws;
The candidate has agreed to comply with the By-laws, policies, rules and regulations of the Corporation;
If the candidate was at any time previously a Member and was a Member in Good Standing at the time of ceasing to be a Member, unless approved otherwise by the Board;
The candidate member has been approved by majority vote as a member by the Board or by any committee or individual delegated this authority by the Board; and
The candidate member has paid dues as prescribed by the Board.
Non-attendance at three board meetings over the course of one fiscal year will result in termination of board status (removal from the board without notice).

Membership Transferability
Membership may only be transferred to the Corporation through approval from "Volleyball Alberta Association".

Transferability of release must be approved by the club before transferring to another club and subsequent approval from “Volleyball Alberta Association”.

Pursuant to Section 197(1) (Fundamental Change) of the Act, a special resolution of the members is required to make any amendment to add, change or delete this section of the by-laws.

Notice of Members Meeting
Notice of the time and place of a meeting of members shall be given to each member entitled to vote at the meeting by telephonic, electronic or other communication facility to each member entitled to vote at the meeting, during a period of 21 to 35 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If a member requests that the notice be given by non-electronic means, the notice will be sent by mail, courier or personal delivery.
Pursuant to subsection 197(1) (Fundamental Change) of the Act, a special resolution of the members is required to make any amendment to the by-laws of the Corporation to change the manner of giving notice to members entitled to vote at a meeting of members.

Members Calling a Members' Meeting
The Board shall call a special meeting of members in accordance with Section 167 of the Act, on written requisition of one or more member. If the Board does not call a meeting within twenty-one (21) days of receiving the requisition, any member who signed the requisition may call the meeting.

Membership Dues
Membership fees and fee schedules shall be posted on the Corporations website and electronically available to any member at all times upon request. Such requests will be sent within a reasonable time. If any member has not paid within one (1) calendar month of any fee schedule payment the membership is in default and such member shall automatically cease to be a member of the Corporation.

Termination of Membership
A membership in the Board is terminated when:

the member dies, or, in the case of a member that is a corporation, the corporation is dissolved;
a member fails to maintain any qualifications for membership described in the section on membership conditions of these by-laws;
the member resigns by delivering a written resignation to the chair of the board of the Corporation in which case such resignation shall be effective on the date specified in the resignation (must be given 30 days notice to the President);
the member is expelled in accordance with any discipline of members section or is otherwise terminated in accordance with the articles or by-laws;
the member's term of membership expires; or
the Corporation is liquidated or dissolved under the Act.

Effect of Termination of Membership
Subject to the articles, upon any termination of membership, the rights of the member, including any rights in the property of the Corporation, automatically cease to exist.

Discipline of Members
The board shall have authority to suspend or expel any member from the Corporation for any one or more of the following grounds:

violating any provision of the articles, by-laws, or written policies of the Corporation;
carrying out any conduct which may be detrimental to the Corporation as determined by the board in its sole discretion;
for any other reason that the board in its sole and absolute discretion considers to be reasonable, having regard to the purpose of the Corporation.

In the event that the board determines that a member should be expelled or suspended from membership in the Corporation, the president, or such other officer as may be designated by the board, shall provide fifteen (15) days notice of suspension or expulsion to the member and shall provide reasons for the proposed suspension or expulsion.

The member may make written submissions to the president, or such other officer as may be designated by the board, in response to the notice received within such fifteen (15) day period.

In the event that no written submissions are received by the president, the president, or such other officer as may be designated by the board, may proceed to notify the member that the member is suspended or expelled from membership in the Corporation.
If written submissions are received in accordance with this section, the board will consider such submissions in arriving at a final decision and shall notify the member concerning such final decision within a further fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of the submissions.

The board's decision shall be final and binding on the member, without any further right of appeal.

Proposals Nominating Directors at Annual Members' Meetings
Any nomination of the election of open positions of Class A Members (Officers) can be presented by any member and needs to be supported by a second vote and brought before the Board at the Annual Member’s Meeting and any subsequent board meeting as required.

Cost of Publishing Proposals for Annual Members' Meetings
The member who submitted the proposal shall pay the cost of including the proposal and any statement in the notice of meeting at which the proposal is to be presented unless otherwise provided by ordinary resolution of the members present at the meeting.

Place of Members' Meeting
Subject to compliance with section 159 (Place of Members' Meetings) of the Act, meetings of the members may be held at any place within Canada determined by the board or, if all of the members entitled to vote at such meeting so agree, outside Canada.

Persons Entitled to be Present at Members' Meetings
All members are entitled to be present at a meeting of members. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chair of the meeting or by resolution of the members.

Quorum at Members' Meetings
A quorum at any meeting of the members (unless a greater number of members are required to be present by the Act) shall be 50% (fifty percent) of the Class A members of the board ( whether in person attendance or virtually (electronic or telephonic) attendance. If a quorum is present at the opening of a meeting of members, the members present may proceed with the business of the meeting even if a quorum is not present throughout the meeting.

Votes to Govern at Members' Meetings
At any meeting of members every question shall, unless otherwise provided by the articles or by-laws or by the Act, be determined by a majority of the votes cast on the questions. In case of an equality of votes either on a show of hands or on a ballot, the chair of the meeting in addition to an original vote shall have a second or casting vote.

Participation by Electronic Means at Members' Meetings
Participation at meetings of members may be by telephonic, electronic or other communication facility.

Members' Meeting Held Entirely by Electronic Means
Meetings of members may be held entirely by telephonic, an electronic or other communication facility.

Number of Officers
One position on the Board cannot be held by more than one (1) Officer. One Officer can hold more than one (1) position on the Board, but would only have one vote.

Term of Office of Officers
Officer(s) shall be elected or elected by acclamation for a three-year term. Consecutive terms are permitted. Only if a Officer resigns, with written submission, will a re-placing Officer be elected to finish the leaving Officer’s term or start a new three-year term as approved by the officers of the Board and in accordance of elected Officers of these by-laws.

Calling of Meetings of Board of Directors
Meetings of the Board may be called by any officer of the Board or director(s) at any time.

Notice of Meeting to Board of Directors
Notice of a meeting shall not be necessary if directors are present, and none objects to the holding of the meeting, or if those absent have waived notice of or have otherwise signified their consent to the holding of such meeting. Notice of an adjourned meeting is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting is announced at the original meeting. Unless the by-law otherwise provides, no notice of meeting need specify the purpose or the business to be transacted at the meeting except that a notice of meeting of directors shall specify any matter referred to in subsection 138(2) (Limits on Authority) of the Act that is to be dealt with at the meeting.

Votes to Govern at Meetings of the Board of Directors
At all meetings of the board, every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting in addition to an original vote shall have a second or casting vote.

Class B Members of the Board
Members who are appointed and elected to sit on the Corporations Board Class B members shall be by appointment:

One (1) head coach of every team in the Competitive Indoor Season (CIS)

To a maximum of two (2) team manager(s) of each Competitive Indoor Season team.
To a maximum of two (2), if any, coaches and/or managers of all other programs within the Corporation including: Atomic, Beach, Recreation, etc.

Committees of the Board of Directors
The board may from time to time appoint any committee or other advisory body, as it deems necessary or appropriate for such purposes and, subject to the Act, with such powers as the board shall see fit. Any such committee may formulate its own rules of procedure, subject to such regulations or directions as the board may from time to time make. Any committee member may be removed by resolution of the board of directors.

Appointment of Officers
The board may designate the offices of the Corporation, appoint officers on an annual or more frequent basis, specify their duties and, subject to the Act, delegate to such officers the power to manage the affairs of the Corporation. A director may be appointed to any office of the Corporation. An officer may, but need not be, a director unless these by-laws otherwise provide. Two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Description of Offices
Unless otherwise specified by the board (which may, subject to the Act modify, restrict or supplement such duties and powers), the offices of the Corporation, shall be elected, shall have the following duties and powers associated with their positions:

Chair of the Board - The chair of the board, shall be the President and be elected and be the Director. The chair of the board shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and of the members. and shall be responsible for implementing the strategic plans and policies of the Corporation. The Chair shall, subject to the authority of the board, have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation. The Chair shall be the custodian of all books, papers, records, documents and other instruments belonging to the Corporation. The chair shall have such other duties and powers as the board may specify.
Vice-Chair of the Board - The vice-chair of the board is the Vice President. If the chair of the board is absent or is unable or refuses to act, the vice-chair of the board, if any, shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the board of directors and of the members. The vice-chair shall have such other duties and powers as the board may specify. The Vice Chair of the board shall give custody of all books, papers, records, and documents of the Corporation to the Chair/President at the end of their term.
Secretary - After elected, the secretary shall attend and be the secretary of all meetings of the board, members and committees of the board. The secretary shall enter or cause to be entered in the Corporation's minute book, minutes of all proceedings at such meetings; the secretary shall give, or cause to be given, as and when instructed, notices to members, directors, the public accountant and members of committees; the secretary shall give custody of all books, papers, records, and documents of the Corporation to the Chair/Director at the end of their term.
Treasurer - After elected, the treasurer shall have such powers and duties as the board may specify. The Treasurer shall give custody of all books, papers, records, and documents of the Corporation to the Chair/President at the end of their term.

Vacancy in Office
In the absence of a written agreement to the contrary, the board may remove, whether for cause or without cause, any officer of the Corporation. Unless so removed, an officer shall hold office until the earlier of:

the officer's successor being elected,
the officer's resignation,
such officer ceasing to be a director (if a necessary qualification of appointment) or
such officer's death.

If the office of any officer of the Corporation shall be or become vacant, the Officers may, by resolution, elect a person to fill such vacancy.

Method of Giving Any Notice
Any notice (which term includes any communication or document), other than notice of a meeting of members or a meeting of the board of directors, to be given (which term includes sent, delivered or served) pursuant to the Act, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise to a member, director, officer or member of a committee of the board or to the public accountant shall be sufficiently given:

if delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be given or if delivered to such person's address as shown in the records of the Corporation or in the case of notice to a director to the latest address as shown in the last notice that was sent by the Corporation in accordance with section 128 (Notice of directors) or 134 (Notice of change of directors);
if mailed to such person at such person's recorded address by prepaid ordinary or air mail;
if sent to such person by telephonic, electronic or other communication facility at such person's recorded address for that purpose; or
if provided in the form of an electronic document in accordance with Part 17 of the Act.

A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been given when it is delivered personally or to the recorded address as aforesaid; a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a post office or public letter box; and a notice so sent by any means of transmitted or recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when dispatched or delivered to the appropriate communication company or agency or its representative for dispatch. The secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any member, director, officer, public accountant or member of a committee of the board in accordance with any information believed by the secretary to be reliable. The declaration by the secretary that notice has been given pursuant to this by-law shall be sufficient and conclusive evidence of the giving of such notice. The signature of any director or officer of the Corporation to any notice or other document to be given by the Corporation may be written, stamped, type-written or printed or partly written, stamped, type-written or printed.

Invalidity of any Provisions of this By-law
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this by-law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this by-law.

Omissions and Errors
The accidental omission to give any notice to any member, director, officer, member of a committee of the board or public accountant, or the non-receipt of any notice by any such person where the Corporation has provided notice in accordance with the by-laws or any error in any notice not affecting its substance shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting to which the notice pertained or otherwise founded on such notice.

Mediation and Arbitration
Disputes or controversies among members, directors, officers, committee members, or volunteers of the Corporation are as much as possible to be resolved in accordance with mediation and/or arbitration as provided in the section on dispute resolution mechanism of this by-law.

Dispute Resolution Mechanism
In the event that a dispute or controversy among members, directors, officers, committee members or volunteers of the Corporation arising out of or related to the articles or by-laws, or out of any aspect of the operations of the Corporation is not resolved in private meetings between the parties then without prejudice to or in any other way derogating from the rights of the members, directors, officers, committee members, employees or volunteers of the Corporation as set out in the articles, club policies, by-laws or the Act, and as an alternative to such person instituting a law suit or legal action, such dispute or controversy shall be settled by a process of dispute resolution as follows:

1. In a meeting with an impartial person, such as a member at large.

2. The dispute or controversy shall first be submitted to a panel of mediators whereby the one party appoints one mediator, the other party (or if applicable the board of the Corporation) appoints one mediator, and the two mediators so appointed jointly appoint a third mediator. The three mediators will then meet with the parties in question in an attempt to mediate a resolution between the parties.

3. The number of mediators may be reduced from three to one or two upon agreement of the parties.

4. If the parties are not successful in resolving the dispute through mediation, then the parties agree that the dispute shall be settled by arbitration before a single arbitrator, who shall not be any one of the mediators referred to above, in accordance with the provincial or territorial legislation governing domestic arbitrations in force in the province or territory where the registered office of the Corporation is situated or as otherwise agreed upon by the parties to the dispute. The parties agree that all proceedings relating to arbitration shall be kept confidential and there shall be no disclosure of any kind. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding and shall not be subject to appeal on a question of fact, law or mixed fact and law.

All costs of the dispute resolution shall be borne equally by the parties to the dispute or the controversy.

By-laws and Effective Date
Subject to the articles, the board of directors may, by resolution, make, amend or repeal any by-laws that regulate the activities or affairs of the Corporation. Any such by-law, amendment or repeal shall be effective from the date of the resolution of directors until the next meeting of members where it may be confirmed, rejected or amended by the members by ordinary resolution. If the by-law, amendment or repeal is confirmed or confirmed as amended by the members it remains effective in the form in which it was confirmed. The by-law, amendment or repeal ceases to have effect if it is not submitted to the members at the next meeting of members or if it is rejected by the members at the meeting.

This section does not apply to a by-law that requires a special resolution of the members according to subsection 197(1) (fundamental change) of the Act because such by-law amendments or repeals are only effective when confirmed by members.