18. Discipline of members  Policy Home

The Board shall have authority to suspend or expel any member from the corporation for any one or more of the following grounds:

a.    violating any provision of the articles, By-Laws;

b.    carrying out any conduct which may be detrimental to the corporation as determined by the Board in its sole discretion;

c.    for any other reason that the Board in its sole and absolute discretion considers to be reasonable, having regard to the purpose of the corporation.

In the event that the Board determines that a member should be expelled or suspended from membership in the corporation, the president or such other officer as may be designated by the Board, shall provide twenty (20) days’ notice of suspension or expulsion to the member and shall provide reasons for the proposed suspension or expulsion. 

The member may make written submissions to the president, or such other officer as may be designated by the Board, in response to the notice received within such twenty (20) day period. In the event that no written submissions are received by the president, the president, or such other officer as may be designated by the Board, may proceed to notify the member that they are suspended or expelled from membership in the corporation.

If written submissions are received in accordance with this section, the Board will consider such submissions in arriving at a final decision and shall notify the member of such final decision within a further twenty (20) days from the date of receipt of the submissions. The Board's decision shall be final and binding on the member, without any further right of appeal.