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  1. Constitution
  2. By-Laws
  3. Membership
  4. Procedings at GM
  5. Procedings for Directors
  6. Duties of Officers
  7. By-Laws Conclusion

Part 2 - Membership

3. The Members of the Non-Profit Corporation are the applicants for incorporation of the Non-Profit Corporation, and those persons who subsequently have become Members, in accordance with these By-laws, and, in either case, have not ceased to be Members.
4. There are two (2) classes of Members: Voting Member (Corporate Members and Individual Members); and Non-Voting Member (Affiliated Members, and Honorary Advisors). A person may apply to the Directors or to their designate for membership in the Non-Profit Corporation and upon approval by the Directors, is a Member in the category determined by the Directors.
5. Every Member shall uphold the Constitution and comply with these By-laws.
6. The Directors may determine the amount of the membership dues, if any.
7. A person ceases to be a Member of the Non-Profit Corporation:
  1. if his resignation in writing is delivered to the Secretary; or
  2. on his death or, in the case of a corporation, on dissolution; or
  3. on being expelled; or
  4. on having been a Member not in good standing for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days.
8. All Members are in good standing except a Member who has failed to pay the current annual membership fee, if any, or any other subscription or debt due and owing by the Member to the Non-Profit Corporation and the Member is not in good standing so long as the debt remains unpaid.

Part 3 - Meeting of Members

9. General meetings of the Non-Profit Corporation shall be held at such time and place, in accordance with the Canada Corporations Act, as the Directors decide.
10. The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting.
11. Notice of a general meeting shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non receipt of a notice by any of the Members entitled to receive notice, does not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.
12. The first annual general meeting of the Non-Profit Corporation shall be held not more than eighteen (18) months after the date of incorporation and thereafter an annual general meeting shall be held at least once every calendar year and not more than fifteen (15) months after holding the last proceeding annual general meeting.