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Bylaws

7. Duties of the Executive Committee

  1. The Executive Committee shall:
    1. advise and assist the President in the duties of that office;
    2. between meetings of Council shall have all the powers of Council except the power to pass By-Laws;
    3. the Executive Committee, through the President, shall report to each meeting of Council;
    4. meet for the dispatch of business as it deems fit. Quorum necessary for the transaction of matters of the Executive Committee shall be five voting members thereof, or 50% plus one voting members of the Executive Committee.
    5. Members of the Executive Committee may participate in the Executive Committee meetings in person, by telephone, video conference or other real-time electronic means.
  2. Meetings of the Executive Committee may be called by the President or by any other three voting members thereof, or by 25% of the voting membership of the Executive Committee, upon giving seven days’ written notice to the other members of the Executive Committee.
  3. The Executive Committee may propose names or appoint candidates for positions on any Committee of the Branch, the Association, or Committee which the Branch has been asked to provide representation, not otherwise provided for in these By-laws. To include the provincial representative on the Canadian Bar Insurance Association and the Branch representative on the Newfoundland and Labrador Access to Justice Steering Committee.