As readers of the Wannigan know, the Executive of the Rideau Valley Field Naturalists has long been appealing for new people to join in sharing the work of running the club and its programs. There has been little response.
The current Executive consists of Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, and committee chairs for Membership, Outings, Flora and Fauna, Newsletter, Ontario Nature Representative and Librarian-Historian. Publicity is handled by the Past President. Our Program Chair recently resigned due to heavy personal work commitments.
Article V of our Club's Constitution stipulates that:
"1) The Executive of the organization shall consist of the following: Immediate Past President, President, Vice- President, Secretary, Treasurer, and committee chairs for Program, Outings, Membership, Flora and Fauna, Newsletter, Refreshments, Publicity, Ontario Nature Representative and Librarian-Historian.
2) The Executive may appoint up to two members-at-large to serve as part of the Executive.
3) The Executive shall be elected at the January meeting.
4) The Executive term of office shall be one year.
5) The President may hold office for a maximum of two consecutive terms."
Article VI.2 states that "At any meeting of the Executive, four members shall constitute a quorum and one of those must be the President or Vice-president." As there is no President or Vice-president, our meetings for the past season have been illegal!!
Discussion at the last Executive Meeting concluded with regret the decision that unless Club members came forward as candidates for President, Vice-president and Program Chair no later than the September 12 General Meeting, two members of the Executive would put forward the following motion for the Club members present to decide by open vote at that meeting.
"The Executive is instructed to wind up the affairs of the Club following our Annual Banquet on September 23 and to dispose of the Club's assets at their discretion."
Please seriously consider how important the Club and its activities are to you and act accordingly. If you can devote some time and effort to furthering the work of the Club, please contact Secretary Frank Roy at 613 264 8856 or froy@ripnet.com.