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Hi UTKC members,
Wolud you chek about this NKA matter and give me your opinion to me or KO president Mr. Dragan Kljenak ( info@... )
Suenori Tominaga
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From: dragan kljenak
Cc: Sensei Celebija ; President Karate Ontario ; Sensei A.Tanzadeh ; Sensei Antonio Terra ; Sensei Joshua Drury S ; NKAVPJoy Ang ; Sensei Sebastian Pirrone ; Sensei Suenori Tominaga ; Sensei Alex Waith ; Sensei Isao Yabunaka ; Sensei Kam Arefi ; Sensei Romualdo Ferri ; Sensei Brad Jones ; Kathy Waterworth ; Sensei Ed Docherty ; Sensei Howard Crocker ; Sensei Jim Jennings
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:41 AM
Subject: Fw: Our By-laws
FYI
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From: dragan kljenak
To: Wendy Oliver NB ; Tsuruoka Sensei FP ; Sensei N. Gillies PPNKA ; Meron Solonyka M ; Ken Roper PEI ; Derek Ryan NL ; Dan Wallis BC ; Brent Gibert NWT ; Kristel Larouche AR ; Joe Alfonso AL ; NKAVPJoy Ang ; NKA President R.Khoury ; Roy Tippenhauer 2VP ; Dave Kelly T ; Russ Reid S
Cc: Audry Chung Dn ; Jim Hayes T ; Sensei Craig Vokey VP ; Sensei Joshua Drury S ; NKAVPJoy Ang ; Sensei Mark Pridham Dn ; Sensei Miro Pusic M ; Sensei Roman Saltikov Ar
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: Our By-laws
National Council Members,
Constitution of 1979 that we are using now is indeed old and needs updating. We must acknowledge effort of the Executive to bring forward proposal for the reform.
(There was a fairly good version of revised by-laws prepared but not ratified: was this version given a consideration while proposal was prepared?)
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These are Karate Ontario concerns regarding proposal for the adoption of the new by-laws.
General concerns are:
-disappearance of the National Council as a body that includes representatives of all member Provinces and Territories
-disappearance of the standing Committees that are specialist, competent ,bodies for their respective disciplines
- extreme concentration of decision making power solely in the hands of the Board
- restructuring of the voting process that enables easy dominance of one or two Provinces over all others
-unprecedented economical/financial power is invested in the Board
Specific concerns are:
(I will try to give comments as short as possible assuming that we are all familiar with the proposed text)
4.1 we are missing student, associate and life members?
4.2.3. we are asking applicant provincial member to be recognized by their respective Province rather than recognizing them by first by KC?
4.3.f no rationale given for negative -final- decision by the Board?
4.3.2. all members re-apply every year?
4.3.4 membership dues are set annually by the Board?
4.4.2 Board determines sanction; one appeals to the Board; the Board decision is final?
5.1.2 Special meetings may be outside of Canada; 1/3 of voting members may call the meeting (two Provincial Presidents ?)?
5.4 waiver of notice?
5.7 quorum ; again 1/3 of voting members...?
5.9 vote procedure?
5.15.1 voting privileges; b,c,d are not entitled to vote but their votes are given to President or delegate?
6.2 eligibility; persons not allowed to vote are eligible for the office of director?
6.8 directors may get paid for work done?
7.5 directors may amend by-laws?
8.6 borrowing powers? (again in 11.9)
9.1.5 remuneration?
10.1 committees?
We in Karate Ontario are deeply concerned with this proposal and wish to call all the members of the NC to ask the Executive to prepare a new version of the proposal in order to better reflect needs and character of Karate Canada.
Regards,
Dragan Kljenak
President
Karate Association of Ontario
160-2 County Court Blvd.
Brampton,ON
L6W 4V1
905.274.7852
info@...
President
Karate Association of Ontario
160-2 County Court Blvd.
Brampton,ON
L6W 4V1
905.274.7852
info@...
----- Original Message -----From: Rébecca KhouryTo: National CouncilSent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:49 AMSubject: Our By-lawsHello everyone,
We are very excited to send you the general by-laws that we have been working on for months with several legal consultants to better fit our association. Please review and send any questions you might have so we can clarify prior to the SGM as much as possible. Lets give each other a full week, until next Friday, July 3rd, at which time we will then have it translated and put on the web site for all the membership to peruse prior to the SGM of July 22nd, 2009.
Remember that this is a very important change but that it is needed for our association to be able to move ahead with new challenges. All the input that we gathered through the strategic planning session and our questionnaires were taken into account, as well as the valuable input of legal consultants involved in the governance of amateur sport and not-for-profit organisations for the last 20 years.
Please read carefully and send your comments.
Thank you
rébecca
Rébecca Khoury
Présidente / President
National Karate Association
Karate Canada
www.nka.ca
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