CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CANADIAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION/ ASSOCIATION
CANADIENNE
POUR L'ÉTUDE DE L'ADMINISTRATION SCOLAIRE
(Adopted at the Annual General Meeting, Toronto, June 6, 1974)
ARTICLE 1: NAME
The name of the Association shall be: CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION (ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE
POUR L'ÉTUDE DE L'ADMINISTRATION SCOLAIRE) hereinafter
referred to as the Association.
ARTICLE 2: OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Association shall be:
2.1 To encourage scholarly study and research related to educational
administration.
2.2 To provide a national forum for reporting and discussing
research findings related to educational administration.
2.3 To associate with other national and international organizations
with similar purposes.
ARTICLE 3: GENERAL ORGANIZATION
3.1 The Association is one of several cooperating Associations
of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (Societe
Canadienne pour L'Étude De L'Éducation).
3.2 The Association shall hold meetings at the time of the Annual
convention of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education.
3.3 In the event of dissolution or winding up of the Association,
all its remaining assets, after payment of liabilities, shall
be granted to the Canadian Society for the Study of Education.
ARTICLE 4: MEMBERSHIP
4.1 Membership in CASEA is restricted to those who hold membership
in CSSE.
4.2 Candidates for membership shall be engaged in the study
or practice of educational administration, leadership, management,
or policy.
4.3 The amount of the annual dues shall be determined from
time to time by the membership in the Annual General Meeting.
4.4 All members of the Association in good standing shall
have the privilege of (1) voting at the Annual General Meeting,
(2)
nominating members for office in the Association, (3) standing
for office in the Association, (4) benefiting from the services
of the Association.
4.5 Members in good standing are regular members whose application
and fees have been accepted by the Association. Failure to
pay fees for any membership year by a date fixed by the Executive
constitutes withdrawal from the association.
ARTICLE 5: OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
5.1 The Officers of the Association shall be the (1) President,
(2) 1st Vice-President, (3) 2nd Vice-President, (4) Secretary-Treasurer,
(5) Past-President, and (6) one student representative.
5.2 The President shall (1) preside at meetings of the
Executive Committee and of the Association, (2) exercise
general direction
of the activities of the association, (3) represent the
Association before other organizations, (4) be a member
of all Committees
of the Association, (5) have responsibility for arranging
the Annual
General Meeting.
5.3 The 1st Vice-President shall assist the President in
the performance of his or her duties and shall assume the
duties of the President in the absence of the President.
The two vice-presidents shall act as programme chairs for
the Association.
5.4 The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for the
custody and maintenance of the records of the Association,
the collection of fees, and the performance of duties assigned
to him or her by the Executive.
5.5 Between annual meetings any post of officer of the
Association which becomes vacant may be filled by appointment
by the President. Should the post of President be vacated
during the year, the 1st Vice-President shall assume the
duties of the President until the next annual meeting.
ARTICLE 6: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION
6.1 The Executive shall consist of the Officers of the
Association.
6.2 The Executive shall propose policies and conduct
business related to the Association.
6.3 The Executive shall be responsible for (1) the finances
of the Association, (2) the creation of standing, nominating,
and ad hoc committees and the appointment of members
to these committees, (3) publications of the Association,
(4) the planning of the Annual General Meeting.
ARTICLE 7: REGULATIONS
7.1 The Association may at the Annual General meeting
make By-Laws and Regulations under the Articles of
this Constitution
to govern the business of the Association.
ARTICLE 8: AMENDMENTS
8.1 Amendments to this Constitution shall be made with
the approval of at least a 60 per cent vote of all
members in good standing who respond to a mailed
ballot. (Electronic
mailing also meets the requirements of this article.)
8.2 Written notice of motion for an amendment to
this constitution shall be distributed to all members
in
good standing sixty
days before the annual general meeting. Balloting
by mail (including electronic mail) shall take place
immediately
following the Annual General Meeting.
ARTICLE 9: COMMITTEES OF THE ORGANIZATION
9.1 Three committees are formed each year to make
selections for three awards: The Thomas B. Greenfield
Award Committee
to determine the best doctoral thesis/dissertation;
the Margaret Haughey Master’s Award Committee to select
the best thesis or project; The Distinguished Service Award
Committee to recognize exemplary service to CASEA. Although
the committees are required to sit and deliberate annually,
there is no requirement that an award be presented in any
given year.
9.2 Unless otherwise determined at the Annual General
Meeting, the selection of committee members will
be at the discretion
of the member designated as Chair of the committee.
9.3 Unless otherwise directed, each committee will
have at least three (3) members selected from among
the CASEA/ACEAS
membership.
9.4 On each committee, there will be a balance
in terms of sex and geographic representation.
9.5 On each committee, at least one francophone
member or a member who is fluent in French will
be selected.
9.6 Prior to starting their work, the Chairs of
each committee will forward the list of members
to the
Executive.
9.7 CASEA/ACEAS members approached to sit on either
the Thomas Barr Greenfield or Margaret Haughey
Master’s
Award Committee should not agree to participate if they
know that one of their students will be making a submission
to that committee.
9.8 For the Distinguished Service Award Committee,
a retired member will normally be included.
BY-LAWS OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION/ ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE
POUR L'ÉTUDE DE L'ADMINISTRATION
SCOLAIRE
1. Officers shall be elected for a two-year term,
with the exception of the student representative who shall be elected
for one year (with the possibility of a second year).
2. The terms of office shall begin the day following the close
of the Annual General Meeting.
3. A Committee of not fewer than three members of the Association
shall be appointed by the President, in consultation with the officers
of the Executive, to act as a Nominating Committee. Normally this
committee will be chaired by the Past-President.
4. The Nominating committee shall propose nominations of at least
two candidates for each office.
5. The election of officers shall be conducted by a mail ballot
(including electronic mail) at least 30 days before the Annual
General Meeting of the Association at which time the results shall
be announced.
6. The Executive shall appoint a Chair of a Communications Committee
which shall be charged with communicating with members by such
media as newsletters, electronic lists, websites, and so forth.
7. The annual membership fee for the Association shall be recommended
by the Executive Committee and approved by a vote of the membership
at the Annual General Meeting. Notice of a fee change shall be
provided at least two days in advance of the Annual General Meeting,
with any change voted at the Annual General Meeting to take effect
the following membership year.
8. The membership year shall be the same as that established for
the Canadian Society for the Study of Education.
9. Failure to renew the membership constitutes withdrawal from
the Association.
10. Cheques shall be cosigned by the President and Secretary-Treasurer
of the Association.
11. There shall be an annual audit of the financial statement of
the Association.
12. The quorum for the Annual General Meeting shall be ten members.
13. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting shall be distributed
to the membership by mail.
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