CIAO Constitution Clauses to Be Amended

CIAO Constitution Clauses to Be Amended
Present Clause in force:
6.01 Definition: The CIAO Board of Directors shall be comprised of the Association’s elected
Officers and the Immediate Past President.
Proposed New Clause: (“and the Immediate Past President” to be deleted)
6.01 - The CIAO Board of Directors shall be comprised of the Association’s elected Officers.
Present Clause in force:
6.02 Number and Titles: “The total number of the CIAO Board of Directors shall not
exceed ten (10). The minimum shall be six (6): President, Immediate Past President, Vice-
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director in charge of Membership, and four (4) Directors at
large.”
Proposed New Clause: (“Immediate Past President” to be deleted)
6.02 “The total number of the CIAO Board of Directors shall not exceed ten (10). The
minimum shall be six (6): President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director in
charge of Membership, and four (4) Directors at large.”
Present Clause in force:
6.03 Qualifications, Election, and Term of Office
(a) Qualifications: A candidate for CIAO Board for Directors must be an accredited
member of the Association for at least the preceding twelve (12) months and cannot
be a board member of another professional Interpreters’ or Translators’ Association
or an employee of the Crown in a managerial position.
A candidate for the office of President shall have served for at least one (1) year as a
Member of the Board at the time of election.
Proposed New Clause: (“accredited member of the Association for at least the preceding
twelve (12) months” and the entire Second Paragraph to be deleted)
6.03 Qualifications, Election, and Term of Office
(a) Qualifications: A candidate for CIAO Board of Directors must be a CIAO member
listed in the registry of freelance interpreters of the Ministry of the Attorney General
and cannot be a board member of another professional Interpreters’ or Translators’
Association or an employee of the Crown in a managerial position.
Requested By:
1- Mohammad Mashari
2- Mani Velupillai
3- Amin Shoukri
4- Candiah Nadarajah
5- Anthony Anthonipillai
6- Shaminder Jhooty
7- Amirthalingam Chanmugalingam
8- David Gnanaratnam
9- Juliana Arasaratnam
10- Amirthalingam Chanmugalingam
11- Rajee Sabaratnam
12- Cecilia Arce-Conover
13- Florinda Peschisolido
14- Saghi Jaihoon
15- Hamid Rezvani
16- Faezeh Kashaninejad
17- Morteza Abdolalian
18- Alex Medviadyuk
19- Joseph Gunaratnam
20- Siva Thiyagarajah
21- Bahram Kashani