The CPAWS Annual General Meeting will be held by conference call on Monday, September 24, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. To confirm your attendance, please contact Andrée Charlebois at acharlebois@localhost and she will provide you with call-in information and circulate the AGM agenda in advance of the meeting.
Nominations for the CPAWS National Board
Under CPAWS’ bylaws, members of the Board of Trustees are elected for three-year terms. Trustees can be re-elected for a maximum of nine years. All trustees are volunteers.
Each year, the Board chooses a Nominations Committee to recommend candidates to fill vacancies arising from trustees reaching their term limits or deciding to resign. The Committee follows policies which are intended to ensure that the Board has a combination of relevant skills, experience at the chapter level, and geographic balance. It seeks suggestions through the CPAWS website and from current and past Trustees, Chapter Directors, and friends of CPAWS.
Proposed Nominees for Election to the CPAWS Board of Trustees, Sept.2018
The following are the Governance Committee’s proposed nominees for election as national trustees this year. There will be 5 vacancies on the board, one of which we are reserving for an Inuk candidate (recruitment underway). Two vacancies have been filled on an interim basis by the recent appointments of Richard Paisley and Don McMurtry. Two vacancies will be created as both Erik Val and John Grandy complete their first three-year terms.
Richard Paisley (standing for first term)
Based in Vancouver, BC, Richard Paisley is a practicing lawyer and the Director of the Global Transboundary International Waters Governance Initiative at UBC. His current research, teaching, graduate supervision and advisory interests include
domestic and international water and energy law and policy, international business transactions, international negotiations and environmental mediation /conflict resolution. Richard served as a board member od CPAWS BC for 7 years. He is an avid downhill and cross-country skier, cyclist, backpacker, and kayaker.
Don McMurtry (standing for first term)
Based in Waterloo, Ontario, Don has been a CPAWS major donor for 19 years. After his retirement from RIM (VP Sales) in 2006, he served on the board of Ontario Nature for 6 years. He is actively involved with Engineers without Borders and is on the Board of Directors of Ridley College where he serves on the Advancement Committee. He is an avid canoeist and has visited a provincial or national park or remote wilderness areas in every province and territory.
John Grandy (standing for second term)
John is a retired financial services executive and research analyst, based in Toronto. He is now dedicating his life to working with Canadian environmental causes. In addition to his work with CPAWS, John is a Director of the Ontario regional board of Nature Conservancy of Canada, Executive Vice President of the Bruce Trail Conservancy, and a director of Wildlife Preservation Canada. In 2013, he wrote Environmental Charities in Canada, the first research report on the Canadian environmental not-for-profit sector, on behalf of Charity Intelligence Canada. John serves on the Finance and Governance Committees as well as Ad Hoc Committees. He is an avid hiker and outdoorsman.
Erik Val (standing for second term)
Erik is President of the CPAWS Yukon chapter. He is a retired parks director and superintendent (federal and territorial governments) with over 30 years experience in park administration and management, and aboriginal land claims research, negotiations and implementation. He has worked extensively with indigenous groups in northern Canada on traditional and contemporary land use and cultural resource mapping projects. He also has researched the economic and social benefits related to national, provincial and territorial parks in Canada. Erik has been leading the CPAWS National Board’s recruitment effort in Nunavut and Nunavik. Erik enjoys farming outside Whitehorse and padding the Yukon’s wild and scenic rivers.
While the Nominations Committee makes every effort to put together the best slate, our bylaws allow any member who feels that the slate falls short of the needs of CPAWS to submit alternative candidates. Any such nominations should be submitted no later than August 17th, to Aran O’Carroll, Interim National Executive Director, at aranocarroll@localhost. Nominations must include the name of the nominee, their written consent, address, phone number, email, and a brief biography.