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Committees of the Board

Call for Volunteers for 2025
PIPSC Standing Committees of the Board of Directors 

If you are interested in participating as Chair, Member or Friend on a standing committee of the Board for 2025, you are invited to submit your expression of interest by completing the prescribed form by the deadline of Friday, October 4, 2024. 

Committees of the Board

Note 1 By-Law 17.1.3 Composition -  All Committees shall consist of five (5) to seven (7) members and, unless otherwise specified, shall include one (1) member from each Region. Where there is a Vice-President liaison to a committee, the Vice-President does not count as a member of the committee.

Note 2 A call for nominations will not be made for the Elections Committee until 2025 for a term of 3 years (2026-2028).

Note 3 There will be no solicitation process for members of the Executive Compensation Committee, or for the Training and Education Committee.  Institute By-Laws and policies require that members of these committees be selected from members of the Board of Directors and/or the designated individual from the Chair of the Regional Training Committee respectively.  However, members may indicate their interest in the position of Chair of the Training and Education Committee by filling out the appropriate form by clicking the following link: Nomination Form

Note 4 Only volunteers who have complied with the due-process call for nominations, and have adhered to the prescribed time lines, shall be deemed to be eligible candidates.

Application Process

Volunteers shall be limited to applying to two (2) Standing Committees of the Board, and must indicate their preferences in priority order. 

Fill out the prescribed form by clicking on the following link: Application form. The instruction process for applying is listed below:

NOTE: To be able to fill out the application, you must log in to Google with your PIPSC email account.

  • Clearly identify the committee(s) by title.  If requesting to volunteer on two (2) committees, rank these in order of preference.
  • Indicate your Group and Region.
  • State whether you are applying as Chair, Member or Friend. 

Note 5 As a condition of your appointment to one of the committees, you may be required to sign a confidentiality agreement and a conflict of interest declaration confirming that as a member of a committee you will declare any perceived conflict of interest or real with the issues discussed within the committee. In addition, you may be required to make yourself available for committee meetings at short notice, in accordance with the applicable By-Laws.

Note 6 If you are not selected as Chair, you will automatically be considered as a member or as a friend.

Note 7 A “friend” of a committee is a member interested in the activities of the committee, but who is unable to participate as an active member.  Note that there are no “friends” on the Executive Compensation Committee, the Elections Committee, the Elections Appeal Committee or the Finance Committee.

  • List any Committees of the Board on which you served for the past five (5) years.
  • Include a brief rationale (on the prescribed form) outlining the reasons why you wish to be considered and what you would bring to the work of the committee you are applying for.  
 

Deadline

The deadline for expressions of interest is no later than  Friday, October 4, 2024.

 

Information

Please consult the information on the Selection Process and Selection Criteria by following these links: Committees of the Board, Institute By-Laws and Policy on Committees of the Board of Directors.

If you have any questions, please contact us at: oes_bse@pipsc.ca.

 

NOMINATION FORMS

 

Application form 

Nomination Form (for Chair of the Training and Education Committee)