The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association

l'Association royale de numismatique du Canada

GENERAL OPERATING BY-LAW NO. 100



GENERAL OPERATING BY-LAW NO. 100

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

The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association

l'Association royale de numismatique du Canada

(a federal corporation)

(the “Corporation”)

INDEX

SECTION I INTERPRETATION   

1.01    Definitions   

1.02    Interpretation   

SECTION II MEMBERS   

2.01    Classes, Conditions and Rights of Membership   

2.02    Admission to be Members   

2.03    Membership Dues   

2.04    Code of Ethics   

2.05    Termination of Membership   

2.06    Discipline of Members   

SECTION III MEETINGS OF MEMBERS   

3.01    Meeting of Members   

3.02    General Meetings and Separate Class Meetings   

3.03    Annual Meetings   

3.04    Special Meetings   

3.05    Place of Meetings   

3.06    Special Business   

3.07    Notice of Meetings   

3.08    Proposals at Annual Meetings   

3.09    Record Date   

3.10    Waiving Notice   

3.11    Persons Entitled to be Present   

3.12    Chairperson of the Meeting   

3.13    Quorum   

3.14    Participation at Meetings by Electronic Means   

3.15    Meeting Held by Electronic Means   

3.16    Voting by Electronic Means   

3.17    Absentee Voting by Mailed-In Ballot or Electronic Ballot   

3.18    Votes to Govern   

3.19    Show of Hands   

3.20    Ballots   

3.21    Resolution in Lieu of Meeting   

3.22    Rules of Order   

3.23    Adjournment   

SECTION IV CONVENTIONS   

4.01    Time and Place of Annual Conventions   

4.02    Hosting Conventions   

4.03    Auctioneer   

SECTION V DIRECTORS   

5.01    Powers   

5.02    Number   

5.03    Qualifications and Composition   

5.04    Election, Appointment and Term   

5.05    Consent   

5.06    Nomination of Directors   

5.07    Ceasing to Hold Office   

5.08    Resignation   

5.09    Removal   

5.10    Filling Vacancies   

5.11    Remuneration of Directors   

5.12    Remuneration of Officers, Agents, Employees   

5.13    Delegation   

5.14    Committees   

SECTION VI MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS   

6.01    Place of Meetings   

6.02    Calling of Meetings   

6.03    Notice of Meeting   

6.04    Waiving Notice   

6.05    First Meeting of New Board   

6.06    Regular Meetings   

6.07    Quorum   

6.08    Participation at Meeting by Telephone or Electronic Means   

6.09    No Alternate Directors   

6.10    Chairperson of the Meeting   

6.11    Votes to Govern   

6.12    Dissent at Meeting   

6.13    Dissent of Absent Director   

6.14    Resolutions in Writing   

6.15    Meetings In Camera   

6.16    Disclosure of Interest   

6.17    Confidentiality   

SECTION VII OFFICERS   

7.01    Offices, Election and Vacancy   

7.02    Description of Offices   

7.03    Term of Office   

7.04    Vacancy in Office   

7.05    Remuneration of Officers   

7.06    Agents and Attorneys   

7.07    Disclosure (Conflict of Interest)   

SECTION VIII PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS   

8.01    Duties of Directors and Officers   

8.02    Limitation of Liability   

8.03    Indemnity of Directors and Officers   

8.04    Insurance   

8.05    Advances   

SECTION IX GENERAL   

9.01    Registered Office   

9.02    Corporate Seal   

9.03    Execution of Documents   

9.04    Board Policies   

9.05    Official Publication   

9.06    Association Year   

SECTION X FINANCIAL MATTERS   

10.01    Financial Year   

10.02    Banking Arrangements   

10.03    Public Accountant and Financial Review   

10.04    Annual Financial Statements   

10.05    Borrowing   

SECTION XI NOTICES   

11.01    Method of Giving Notices   

11.02    Computation of Time   

11.03    Undelivered Notices   

11.04    Omissions and Errors   

11.05    Waiver of Notice   

SECTION XII AMENDMENTS   

12.01    Amendment of Articles   

12.02    Amendment of By-laws   

SECTION XIII TRANSITION PROVISIONS   

13.01    Effective Date of General Operating By-law No. 100   

13.02    Members   

13.03    Executive Committee, Members of Executive Committee and Officers   

SECTION XIV IDENTIFICATION AND REPEAL OF FORMER BY-LAWS   

14.01    Repeal of Former General Operating By-law   



GENERAL OPERATING BY-LAW NO. 100

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

The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association

l'Association royale de numismatique du Canada

(a federal corporation)

(the “Corporation”)

WHEREAS the Corporation was granted Letters Patent by the federal Government of Canada under the Canada Corporations Act on the  31st day of January, 1963;

AND WHEREAS the Corporation has applied for articles of continuance to be continued under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED as a general operating By-law of the Corporation to take effect immediately upon the issuance of certificate of continuance by the federal Government under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act as follows:  

1. 
   INTERPRETATION

1. Definitions

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

1. “Act” means the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, S.C. 2009, c. 23, including any regulations made pursuant to the Act and any statute or regulations that may be substituted, as amended from time to time.

2. “Articles” means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of amendment, amalgamation, continuance, reorganization, arrangement or revival of the Corporation.

3. “Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

4. “By-law” or “By-laws” means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation as amended and which are, from time to time, in force and effect.

5. “Digital Member” or “Digital Membership” means those Members of any class who have elected to receive the official publication of the Association in digital format. The designation of a Member as a “Digital Member” shall not create an additional class of Members, or affect in any way the class of Members to which the Member electing to become a Digital Member would otherwise be a Member.

6. “Director” means a member of the Board.

7. “Member” means a member of the Corporation.

8. “Members” or “Membership” means the collective membership of the Corporation.

9. “Officer” means an officer of the Corporation.

10. “Ordinary Resolution” means a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast on that resolution.

11. “Regulations” means the regulations made under the Act, as amended, restated or in effect from time to time.

12. “Special Resolution” means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds (2/3rds) of the votes cast on that resolution.

13. “Standard Member” or “Standard Members” means those Members of any class who have not elected to receive the official publication of the Association in digital format.  The designation of a Member as a “Standard Member” shall not create any additional class of Members, or affect in any way the Class of Members to which the non-electing Member would otherwise be a Member.

2. Interpretation

In the interpretation of this By-law, unless the context otherwise requires, the following rules shall apply:

1. except where specifically defined herein, all terms contained herein and which are defined in the Act shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Act;

14. words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa;

15. the word “person” shall include an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, unincorporated association, unincorporated syndicate, unincorporated organization, trust, body corporate, and a natural person in his capacity as trustee, executor, administrator, or other legal representative;

16. words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;

17. the headings used in the By-laws are inserted for reference purposes only and are not to be considered or taken into account in construing the terms or provisions thereof or to be deemed in any way to clarify, modify or explain the effect of any such terms or provisions;

18. the By-laws of the Corporation shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to the purposes of the Corporation, which purposes for purposes of this By-law are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof; and

19. if any of the provisions contained in the By-laws are inconsistent with those contained in the Articles or the Act, the provisions contained in the Articles or the Act, as the case may be, shall prevail.

2. 
   MEMBERS

1. Classes, Conditions and Rights of Membership

1. Classes of Membership

Pursuant to the Articles, there shall be six (6) classes of Members in the Corporation as follows:

1. Regular Members;

1. Honorary Members;

2. Life Members;

3. Corporate Members;

4. Family Members; and

5. Junior Members.

1. Regular Members

1. Regular Members shall be those persons who are of good reputation, are eighteen (18) years of age or over, and have been accepted into Membership in the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.02.

6. As set out in the Articles, each Regular Member is entitled to all the privileges of the Corporation, including to receive notice of and attend all meetings of Members and each such Member is entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings (except meetings at which only Members of another class are entitled to vote separately as a class), hold office in the Corporation, and receive the official publication of the Corporation.

20. Honorary Members

1. Honorary Members shall be those persons who have made outstanding service to the Corporation or the science of numismatics, and have been accepted into Membership in the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.02.

2. As set out in the Articles, each Honorary Member is entitled to all the privileges of the Corporation, including to receive notice of and attend all meetings of Members and each such Member is entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings (except meetings at which only Members of another class are entitled to vote separately as a class), hold office in the Corporation provided that the Honorary Member was a Regular Member or Life Member at the time that Honorary Membership was conferred upon him/her, and receive the official publication of the Corporation.

21. Life Members

1. Life Members shall be those Honorary Members or Regular Members of the Corporation who have been members in good standing for one (1) year or longer, and have been accepted into Membership in the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.02.   

3. As set out in the Articles, each Life Member is entitled to all the privileges of the Corporation, including to receive notice of and attend all meetings of Members and each such Member is entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings (except meetings at which only Members of another class are entitled to vote separately as a class), hold office in the Corporation, and receive the official publication of the Corporation.

22. Corporate Members

1. Corporate Members shall be those non-profit clubs, societies, associations, corporations, museums, archives, public libraries or institutions of learning, interested in numismatics and whose officers are of good reputation, and have been accepted into Membership in the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.02.

4. As set out in the Articles, each Corporate Member is entitled to all the privileges of the Corporation available to Regular Members, except that each Corporate Member is entitled to receive notice of and attend all meetings of Members and each such Member is entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings (except meetings at which only Members of another class are entitled to vote separately as a class), is not eligible to hold office in the Corporation, and receive only one (1) copy of the official publication of the Corporation.

23. Family Members

1. Family Members shall be those to husband, wife and unmarried children under the age of eighteen (18) years, or any combination thereof, and have been accepted into Membership in the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.02.

7. As set out in the Articles, each Family Member is entitled to all the privileges of the Corporation available to Regular Members and/or Junior Members except that each such Family Membership is entitled to receive notice of and attend all meetings of Members and each such Members is entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings (except meetings at which only Members of another class are entitled to vote separately as a class), receive only one (1) copy of the official publication of the Corporation, and only the one (1) person of the Family Membership who has been designated at the time of application for membership and aged 18 years or over, may be eligible to hold office in the Corporation.  

24. Junior Members

1. Junior Members shall be those persons who are good reputation under the age of eighteen (18) years and have been accepted into Membership in the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.02.  

8. As set out in the Articles, each Junior Member who has attained the age of fourteen (14) is entitled to receive notice of and attend all meetings of Members and each such Member is entitled to one (1) vote at such meetings, (except meetings at which only Members of another class are entitled to vote separately as a class). If a Junior Member remains in good standing until his or her 18th birthday, he or she shall automatically be transferred to become a Regular Member.

2. Admission to be Members

1. Applications to become Honorary Members shall be made in writing on an official application form specified by the Board and nominated in writing by at least three Members of the Corporation, recommended by the Board and approved by an Ordinary Resolution at a Members’ meeting.

25. Applications to become Regular Members, Life Members, Family Members, or Junior Members, shall be made in writing on an official application form specified by the Board provided that

1. applications for Regular Membership shall state that he or she is 18 years of age or over; and

2. applications for Junior Membership shall be signed by the parent or guardian of the applicant agreeing to be responsible for the applicant’s actions to age 18.

26. Applications to become Corporate Members shall be made in writing on an official application form specified by the Board, signed by two of the applicant’s executive officers, sponsored by a Member of the Corporation in good standing, and bearing the endorsement of the said requisite sponsor. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the constating documents of the applicant.  

27. Applications to become Regular Members, Family Members, Junior Members or Corporate Members (but not Life Members or Honorary Members) shall be accompanied by one (1) year membership dues and be sent to the Executive Secretary, who shall cause notice of the application to be published in the next issue of the official publication of the Corporation. Applications to become Life Members shall be accompanied by the prescribed Life Member dues and be sent to the Executive Secretary, who shall cause notice of the application to be published in the next issue of the official publication of the Corporation.

1. If no written objection to such application is received by the Executive Secretary by the end of the next succeeding month following publication, the applicant shall be admitted to membership on that date and notice to this effect shall be published in the next succeeding issue of the official publication.

9. If written and timely objection to such admission is received, the Executive Secretary shall refer the matter to the President who shall thereupon inform the applicant of the nature of the objection and request an answer thereto not later than one (1) month after the sending of such notice. When this has been received, the Executive Secretary shall forward all the available information to the Board for consideration and action. The Board may either accept or reject such applications and in either event, the President shall notify the Executive Secretary of the decision. If the Board accepts the application, the applicant shall be admitted and notice thereof shall be published in the official publication. If the application is rejected, the applicant shall be so informed by the Executive Secretary and the advance dues shall be returned to the applicant. All decisions by the Board shall be final and binding without the need to give any reasons for the acceptance or rejection of any application.

28. The membership number given to a Life Member shall be preceded by the letters “LM.”

29. Memberships are not transferable from one person or organization to another.

3. Membership Dues

1. Honorary Members are not required to pay membership dues.

30. The dues for Life Members shall be determined by the Board, subject to approval by the Members at Members’ meeting before coming into force. The dues for Life members shall be payable either in a lump sum or in such other manner as may be determined by the Board from time to time. After payment of such sum or sums, Life members shall not be required to pay any additional membership dues during their lifetime.

31. Regular Members, Family Members and Junior Members shall be required to pay annual dues in such amount and manner of payment as may be determined by the Board from time to time. Digital Members shall be required to pay annual dues in such reduced amount from the dues paid by Standard Members of the same class of Members, as is determined by the Board, as reflecting the decreased cost to the Corporation of the publication of the print copy of the official publication of the Corporation.

32. Annual membership dues shall be payable to the Executive Secretary in advance of January 1st of each year.

1. Any Member who fails to pay his dues not later than February 1st in any year shall be liable to suspension, in which case, his name shall be dropped from the membership rolls and removed from the mailing list.

2. Any Member suspended for non-payment of dues or who has resigned may be reinstated upon payment of arrears provided such payment is made before the expiration of the calendar year in which suspension or resignation took effect.

3. If a Member is in arrears for more than one (1) year, he/she may be reinstated on payment of one year’s dues and shall be assigned a new membership number, except that if he/she pays all arrears shall retain his/her original membership number. Notwithstanding the foregoing where a lapsed Member had been in good standing for at least 3 years immediately prior to the lapse in membership, the original membership number may be reassigned on payment of one and one half (1-1/2) years dues.

4. No Member shall be reinstated if there are any charges of impropriety pending against him.

5. Application for reinstatement, after a period of one (1) year, shall be published in the official publication of the Corporation and be subject to the same provisions applicable to a new member.

33. The money accruing from Life Members shall be invested as the Board considers appropriate and the income derived therefrom shall remain in the Life Membership Fund. For every active Life Member an amount, in lieu of annual dues, shall be determined by the Board and transferred annually to the General Accounts of the Corporation.

4. Code of Ethics

1. In order to remain in good standing, all Members shall abide by a Code of Ethics adopted by the Board and any breach of the Code of Ethics shall be considered conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Corporation and a cause for action of the Corporation.

34. The Code of Ethics of the Corporation shall read as follows”

As a member of The Canadian Numismatic Association:

I agree to support and be governed by the Articles and By-laws of the Corporation and such rules, policies and regulations as may be in force from time-to-time;

I agree to conduct myself so as to bring no reproach or discredit to the Corporation, or impair the prestige of membership therein;

I agree to base all my dealings on the highest plane of justice, fairness and morality;

I agree neither to buy nor sell numismatic items of which the ownership is questionable;

I agree to conform to the accepted standards of dignified advertising;

I agree to take immediate steps to correct any error I may make in any transaction;

I agree not to sell, exhibit, produce, nor advertise counterfeits, copies, restrikes, or reproductions of any numismatic items, even if bearing such stampings, including any reproductions of current circulating currency, non circulating legal tender (“NCLT”), and ancient to modern demonetized currency, or any reproductions of numismatic-related exonumia (i.e. tokens, medals/medallions, scrip), notaphily (i.e. paper/plastic currency, banknotes, cheques, credit cards), or scripophily (i.e. stocks and bond certificates). Excepted from the above are government and other official restrikes/re-issues, and items historically recognized as numismatic collectibles, and accepted by the numismatic community as such, and printed items that are either less than 75 percent or greater than 150 percent in size of actual pieces, or are clearly identified as “souvenir cards” and are printed on a different media than the originals; and, excepted from the above are government agencies, crown corporations, or employees thereof, and knowledgeable experts in counterfeits or counterfeiting, who are recognized by the numismatic community as such, who exhibit, advertise, or present items identified above for education purposes;

I agree to represent a numismatic item to be genuine only when, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is authentic;

I agree to fulfill all contracts made by me, either orally or written, to make prompt payments upon delivery and, to return immediately any item that is not satisfactory;

I agree to give aid to members in their quest for numismatic knowledge.

5. Termination of Membership

1. Membership in the Corporation is terminated when:

1. the Member dies;

10. the Member, who is not a natural person, is liquidated or dissolved;

11. the Member fails to maintain all of the conditions for membership set out in Section 2.01;

12. the Member resigns;

13. the Member is removed by the Board in accordance with Section 2.06;

14. the Member fails to pay membership dues, if applicable;

15. the Corporation is liquidated or dissolved under the Act.

35. Subject to the Articles, upon any termination of membership, all rights of the Member automatically cease to exist. Where a person is no longer a Member, then such person shall be deemed to have also automatically resigned as a Director, an Officer (if it is a requirement to be a Director to hold that particular Officer position) and/or a committee member, as applicable, provided that the Board may in its discretion subsequently re-appoint such individual as a committee member if the Board deems it appropriate in the circumstances.  

36. Upon termination, the terminated Member shall pay in full the amount of all outstanding membership dues and remain responsible to pay all dues during the period of time that the Member was a Member of the Corporation until such time as these obligations are fully satisfied.    

37. Upon termination, any portion of membership dues, in excess of the current year’s dues, owing to a Member (other than a Life Member) may, on request and at the sole discretion of the Board, be reimbursed to that Member.

38. Upon termination of a Life Member, the dues paid shall be forfeited to the Corporation. If a Life Member has resigned by “request” and no charges are pending, the dues may, at the discretion of the Board, be reimbursed after deducting the amount of dues he would have paid as a Regular Member since the Life Membership was granted.

6. Discipline of Members

The Board may suspend or remove any Member from the Corporation for any one or more of the following grounds:

1. violating any provision of the Articles, By-laws, or policies of the Corporation;

39. failing to abide by a Code of Ethics adopted by the Board;

40. carrying out any conduct which may be detrimental to the Corporation as determined by the Board in its sole discretion;

41. for any other reason that the Board in its sole and absolute discretion considers to be reasonable, having regard to the purposes 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 shall provide twenty (20) days notice of suspension or removal to the Member and shall provide reasons for the proposed suspension or removal. The Member may make written submissions to the President in response to the notice received within such twenty (20) day period. In the event that no written submissions are received by the President, he/she may proceed to notify the Member that the Member is suspended or removed from membership in the Corporation. Where 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 twenty (20) days from the date of determination by the Board. The Board’s decision shall be final and binding on the Member, without any further right of appeal. A Member who has been suspended may apply to be reinstated to good standing in the Corporation after the time of suspension has expired.

3. 
   MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

1. Meeting of Members

A “meeting of Members” or “Members’ meetings” shall include an annual meeting of Members and a special meeting of Members.

2. General Meetings and Separate Class Meetings

Subject to the Act, the Articles and By-laws, Members meetings shall be general meetings involving all classes of Members. Members who constitute any class of Members as described in Section 2.01 shall be entitled to vote as a class at a separate meeting only where required by the Act, the Articles or By-laws. The provisions of this SECTION III shall apply, with all necessary changes, to such class meetings.

3. Annual Meetings

An annual meeting of Members shall be held at such time in each year, as the Board may from time to time determine, provided that the annual meeting must be held not later than 15 months after holding the preceding annual meeting but no later than 6 months after the end of the Corporation’s preceding fiscal year. The annual meeting shall be held for the purpose of considering the financial statements and reports of the Corporation required by the Act to be presented at the meeting, electing Directors, appointing the public accountant and transacting such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or is required under the Act.  

4. Special Meetings

1. The Board, the President, or a majority of the Directors may at any time call a special meeting of Members for the transaction of any business which may properly be brought before the Members.

42. The Board shall call a special meeting on written requisition of not less than five percent (5%) of the votes that may be cast at a meeting of Members sought to be held for any purpose connected with the affairs of the Corporation that does not fall within the exceptions listed in the Act or is otherwise inconsistent with the Act, within 21 days from the date of the deposit of the requisition. The requisition may consist of several documents of similar form each signed by one or more Members, shall state the business to be transacted at the meeting and shall be sent to each Director and to the registered office of the Corporation.

5. Place of Meetings

Meetings of Members may be held at any place within Canada as the Board may determine or outside Canada if all of the Members entitled to vote at such meeting so agree. A Member who attends a meeting of Members held outside Canada is deemed to have agreed to it being held outside Canada except when the Member attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully held.

6. Special Business

All business transacted at a special meeting of Members and all business transacted at an annual meeting of Members, except consideration of the financial statements, public accountant’s report, election of directors and re-appointment of the incumbent public accountant, is special business.  

7. Notice of Meetings

1. Notice of the time and place of a meeting of Members shall be given to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting by the following means in addition to publishing a notice in the official publication of the Corporation at least one (1) month before the date of such meeting:

1. by mail, courier or personal delivery to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting, during a period of 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held; or

5. 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.

43. Where the Corporation provides notice electronically referred to in Section 3.07(a)(ii) and if a Member requests that notice be given by non-electronic means, the Corporation shall give notice of the meeting to the Member so requested by in the manner set out in Section 3.07(a)(i).

44. Notice of a meeting of Members shall also be given to each Director and to the public accountant of the Corporation during a period of 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held.

45. Notice of a meeting of Members at which special business is to be transacted shall state the nature of that business in sufficient detail to permit a Member to form a reasoned judgment on the business; and state the text of any Special Resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

8. Proposals at Annual Meetings

Subject to compliance with, and limitations contained in, the Act, a Member entitled to vote at an annual meeting may submit to the Corporation notice of any matter that the Member proposes to raise at that annual meeting and discuss at the meeting any matter with respect to which the member would have been entitled to submit a proposal. A proposal that includes nominations for the election of Directors must be signed by at least five percent (5%) of the Members entitled to vote at that meeting. Subject to the Act, the Corporation shall include the proposal in the notice of meeting and, if so requested by the Member, shall also include a statement by the Member in support of the proposal and the name and address of the Member, provided that the statement and the proposal shall together not exceed five hundred (500) words. 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 Member present at the meeting.  

9. Record Date

The Directors may fix a record date for determining Members entitled to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members, provided that the record date must be between 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. The Directors may fix a record date for determining Members for any other purpose provided that the record date must not be more than 60 days before the day on which the determination is made. If the Directors fixed a record date for the determination of Members entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Members but not for the determination of Members entitled to vote at a meeting of Members, then the record date for the latter shall be 10 days after the record date for the determination of Members entitled to receive notice. If no record date is fixed by the Directors, the record date for the determination of Members entitled to receive notice of and vote at a meeting of Members is at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the notice is given, or, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held; and the record date for the determination of Members for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Directors pass the resolution relating to the record date.  

10. Waiving Notice

A Member and any other person entitled to notice of a meeting of Members may in any manner and at any time waive notice of a meeting of Members, and attendance of any such person at a meeting of Members is a waiver of notice of the meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

11. Persons Entitled to be Present

The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of Members shall be those entitled to vote at the meeting, the Directors, the public accountant of the Corporation and such other persons who are entitled or required under any provision of the Act, Articles or By-laws of the Corporation to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chair of the meeting or by resolution of the Members.

12. Chairperson of the Meeting

The chairperson of Members’ meetings shall be the President, or the First Vice President if the President is absent or unable to act. In the event that the President and the First Vice President are absent, the Members who are present and entitled to vote at the meeting shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting.

13. Quorum

1. A quorum at any meeting of the Members (unless a greater number of Members are required to be present by the Act) shall be at least sixteen (16) Members consisting of:

1. six (6) Members entitled to vote at the meeting who are Directors of the Corporation with at least one (1) of them holding the Officer position of President, First Vice President or Second Vice President; and

16. ten (10) additional Members entitled to vote at the meeting.

2. In the event of a class meeting, the quorum at any meeting (unless a greater number of Members are required to be present by the Act) shall be ten percent (10%) of the Members entitled to vote at the meeting.

3. 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. If a quorum is not present at the opening of a meeting of Members, the Members present may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business and the provisions of Section 3.23 with regard to notice shall apply to such adjournment. At the adjourned meeting, 5 percent (5%) of the Members entitled to vote at the meeting shall constitute quorum.  For the purpose of determining quorum, a Member may be present in person, or by telephonic and/or by other electronic means, or any absentee voting permitted by this By-law.

14. Participation at Meetings by Electronic Means

If the Corporation chooses to make available a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during a meeting of Members, any person entitled to attend such meeting may participate in the meeting by such means in the manner provided by the Act and the Regulations. A person participating in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting.  

15. Meeting Held by Electronic Means

Notwithstanding Section 3.14, if the Directors or Members of the Corporation call a meeting of Members, those Directors or Members, as the case may be, may determine that the meeting be held, in accordance with the Act and the Regulations, entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting.  

16. Voting by Electronic Means

Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, voting carried out by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility referred to in Section 3.14 and Section 3.15 is permitted only if that facility enables the votes to be gathered in a manner that permits their subsequent verification; and permits the tallied votes to be presented to the Corporation without it being possible for the Corporation to identify how each Member voted.

17. Absentee Voting by Mailed-In Ballot or Electronic Ballot

A Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members may vote by mailed-in ballot or may vote by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility if the Corporation has a system that enables the votes to be gathered in a manner that permits their subsequent verification, and permits the tallied votes to be presented to the Corporation without it being possible for the Corporation to identify how each Member voted. Votes by mailed-in ballot or votes by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility shall be collected, counted and reported in the manner in such manner as the chair of the meeting directs or such manner as many be adopted by the Board from time to time.

18. Votes to Govern

At any meetings of the 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 question. In case of an equality of votes, the chairperson of the meeting, in addition to an original vote, shall have a second or casting vote. Unless required by the Act, the Articles or By-laws, all Members shall vote collectively (with each Member having one vote) regardless of their membership class, rather than to vote separately by the Members in each class.

19. Show of Hands

Subject to the Act and except in the case of a meeting held by electronic means, any question at a meeting of Members shall be decided by a show of hands unless a ballot has been demanded by a Member entitled to vote at the meeting or otherwise required. Unless a ballot is demanded, a declaration by the chair of the meeting as to whether or not the question or motion has been carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the motion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any vote may be held entirely by means of a telephonic, an electronic or other communication facility, if the Corporation makes available such a communication facility, in accordance with Section 3.14, Section 3.15 or Section 3.16.  

20. Ballots

On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of Members, and whether or not a show of hands has been taken thereon, the chair of the meeting may require a ballot or any Member entitled to vote on such question at the meeting may demand a ballot. A ballot so demanded shall be taken in such manner as the chair shall direct. A demand for a ballot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the taking of the ballot. The result of the ballot so taken shall be the decision of the Members on the question.

1. Resolution in Lieu of Meeting

A resolution in writing signed by all the Members entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of Members is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members, unless a written statement is submitted to the Corporation by a Director in relation to his/her resignation or removal or by the public accountant in relation to his/her resignation, removal or replacement. A copy of every resolution of the Members shall be kept with the minutes of meetings of Members.

2. Rules of Order

Any questions of procedures at or for any meetings of the Members, which have not been provided for in this By-law or by the Acts, shall be determined by the chairperson of the meeting in accordance with the most current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order.

3. Adjournment

The chair of any meeting of Members may with the consent of the meeting adjourn the same from time to time to a fixed time and place and no notice of such adjournment need be given to the Members provided that the meeting of Members is adjourned for less than thirty-one (31) days. If a meeting of Members is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of more than thirty (30) days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be in the manner as if it is an original meeting. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at any adjourned meeting which might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same.

2. 
   CONVENTIONS

1. Time and Place of Annual Conventions

The Corporation shall meet in a convention once every year, at such time and place as may be decided upon by the Board. The time and place thereof shall be announced by the President in at least three (3) issues of the official publication prior to said convention. For greater certainty, the annual convention is not the same as Members meetings of the Corporation for purposes of the Act, although a Members meeting may be held, at the discretion of the Board, at the same place and in and around the time when an annual convention is held.

2. Hosting Conventions

1. Applications for the privilege of hosting a convention may be made by any Corporate Member or group of Regular Members. Such applications should be made in writing on an official application form specified by the Board available from the Executive Secretary, and sent to the President at least two (2) years in advance.

1. In the event that no applications are received for the privilege of hosting a convention in any particular year, or if the circumstances should warrant it, the convention may be held under the aegis of a committee appointed by the President for that purpose.

2. The privilege of hosting a convention will be assigned by the Board at its sole discretion.

3. Responsibility for the successful operation of the convention shall be assumed by the Corporation in cooperation with the local host organization with the guidance and under the control of the Executive Secretary or such other person designated by the President. Any financial loss which may result from the operation of the convention shall be absorbed by the Corporation and any financial profit will be apportioned between the Corporation and the host organization as agreed by the Board and the host organization prior to the award of the Convention.

3. Auctioneer

The selection of an auctioneer to conduct the auction at a convention shall be determined at the sole discretion of the Board. The auctioneer’s fees for the privilege of conducting the convention auction shall be shared between the Corporation and the hosting organization on a basis decided by the Board.

3. 
   DIRECTORS

1. Powers

Subject to the Act and the Articles, the Board shall manage or supervise the management of the activities and affairs of the Corporation.

2. Number

The Board shall consist of the minimum and maximum number of Directors specified in the Articles. The precise number of Directors on the Board shall be determined from time to time by the Members by Ordinary Resolution or, if the Ordinary Resolution empowers the Directors to determine the number of the Directors, by resolution of the Board.  

3. Qualifications and Composition

1. Each Director shall be an individual who is at least 18 years of age, has not been found by a court in Canada or elsewhere to be mentally incompetent, does not have the status of a bankrupt, is in full agreement with the governing documents of the Corporation, and is a Member in good standing in any of the following membership classes at the time of election (or within 10 days after election) and during the term of office;   

1. Honorary Members, who were Regular Members or Life Members at the time that Honorary Membership was conferred upon them;

1. Regular Members;

2. those persons of the Family Membership who have been designated at the time of application for membership pursuant to Section 2.01(f)(ii); or

3. Life Members.

1. The composition of the Board shall be as follows:

1. Three (3) Directors to be elected by the Members and shall also hold the Officer positions as President, First Vice President and Second Vice President of the Corporation as specified by the Members at the time of election, provided that as a qualification requirement, only persons who have previously served on the Board for a full two-year term in some capacity in order to be eligible to be elected as the Director to hold the Officer positions as President

1. Twelve (12) Directors (referred to as Canadian Directors) to be elected by the Members with two (2) Directors at large, and ten (10) being ordinarily a resident of, and representing, each of the following postal code areas:

1. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (Postal Codes A & B);

2. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (Postal Codes E & C);

3. Montreal, Quebec and suburbs (Postal Code H);

4. balance of the Province of Quebec (Postal Codes J & G);

5. Ontario - North and East (Postal Codes K & P);

6. Ontario – South-Central (Postal Codes L, M and N);

7. Manitoba and Nunavut (Postal Codes R & X);

8. Saskatchewan (Postal Code S);

9. Alberta and the North West Territories (Postal Codes T & X); and

10. British Columbia and the Yukon (Postal Codes V & Y).

4. Four (4) Directors (referred to as US Directors) from the United States to be elected by the Members, with two (2) Directors to represent the Western United States and two (2) Directors to represent the Eastern United States.

2. One of the Directors, as a qualification requirement, must have completed serving in the office of President in the immediately preceding term. This person shall hold the position as “Past President” but this person is not an Officer of the Corporation.

2. The Board may adopt policies from time to time to govern the composition of the Board, including but not limited to regional diversity, personal skills, and needs of the Corporation. Copies of such policies shall be available to Members upon request.  

4. Election, Appointment and Term

1. Subject to the Articles, Directors shall be elected by the Members by Ordinary Resolution at each annual meeting of Members at which an election of Directors is required. The Directors’ term of office shall be two (2) years calculated from the date of the meeting at which they are elected until the close of the second (2nd) annual meeting next following or until their successors are elected.   

4. A Director not elected for an expressly stated term ceases to hold office at the close of the first (1st) annual meeting of Members following the Director’s election. If Directors are not elected at a meeting of Members, the incumbent Directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.

5. The whole Board shall retire at the annual meeting at which the election of Directors is to be made but subject to the provisions of the By-laws, shall be eligible for re-election.

6. There is no maximum term of office for a Director and as such, a Director will be eligible for re-election on a consecutive basis thereafter provided that such Director continues to meet the qualification requirements to be a Director.

5. Consent

An individual who is elected or appointed to hold office as a Director is not a Director, and is deemed not to have been elected or appointed to hold office as a Director, unless:

1. the individual was present at the meeting when the election or appointment took place and did not refuse to hold office,

2. the individual was not present at the meeting when the election or appointment took place and consented to hold office in writing before the election or appointment or within ten (10) days after the meeting, or

7. the individual was not present at the meeting when the election or appointment took place and has acted as a Director pursuant to such person’s election or appointment.

6. Nomination of Directors

1. Subject only to the Act and the Articles, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at any annual meeting of Members, or at any special meeting of Members if one of the purposes for which the special meeting was called is the election of Directors:

1. by or at the direction of the Board, including pursuant to a notice of meeting, in accordance with the nomination process set out in Section 5.06(b);

5. by or at the direction or request of one or more Members pursuant to a proposal made in accordance with the Act, or a requisition of the Members made in accordance with the Act; or

6. by any person who intends to nominate from the floor at Members meeting and has followed the process set out in Section 5.06(c).

8. The nomination policies of the Corporation shall be as follows:

1. In the November issue of the official publication of the Corporation, in the year preceding an election, the President shall make a call for nominations to the election of Directors.

7. In the same issue of the official Publication, the President shall appoint a “Nominating Committee” consisting of a chairman and two members. The duty of this committee shall be to ensure that all elective offices have at least one valid nominee for each position.

8. The President shall, prior to April 1st of an election year, appoint an “Elections Committee,” consisting of a chairman and two members. This committee will have the responsibility of opening, counting and reporting the results of such an election at the annual Members’ meeting.

9. All nominations shall be made in writing, signed by one member in good standing and sent to the chairman of the Nominations Committee. Both the nomination and the acceptance of the nomination by the nominee may be transmitted to the Nominating Committee by electronic mail if desired. Each nomination shall be accompanied by a written acceptance from the nominees and, if desired, a resume (275 words or less) outlining numismatic and administrative experience or any proposed platform for the betterment of the Corporation. This resume, subject to space and time limitations, may be published in the official publication of the Corporation. A photograph of the individual may also be included.

10. The chairman of the Nominations Committee shall cause the names of the nominees to be published in the June issue of the official publication.

11. Nominations shall close 90 days prior to the opening of the annual Members meeting.

9. Any person who intends to nominate from the floor at Members meeting (“Nominating Member”) is limited to those (A) who, at the close of business on the date of the giving of the notice provided for below and on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the Corporation’s membership records being entitled to vote at such meeting; and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set out below:

1. Timely Notice - In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Member, the Nominating Member must have given timely notice in proper written form to the Executive Secretary at the registered office of the Corporation. To be timely, a Nominating Member’s notice to the  Executive Secretary must be made:

1. in the case of an annual meeting of Members, not less than 30 nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of Members; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting of Members is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the Notice Date) on which notice of the annual meeting was made, notice by the Nominating Member may be made not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the Notice Date; and

1. in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of Members called for the purpose of electing Directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting of Members was made;

in no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting of Members or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Nominating Member’s notice as described above.

12. Proper Form - To be in proper written form, a Nominating Member’s notice to the Executive Secretary must set forth:

1. as to each person whom the Nominating Member proposes to nominate for election as a Director: (A) the name and address of the person; (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person; and (C) any other information confirming that the person meets all of the qualification requirements of Directors set out in the By-laws of the Corporation and such other applicable policies of the Corporation; and

2. as to the Nominating Member giving the notice, (A) the name residential address of the person; (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person; (C) the class of membership of the person of the Corporation, if applicable; and (D) confirmation that the person has the right to vote at the meeting of Members where election is to be held;

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