{"id":3049,"date":"2025-03-12T20:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/?page_id=3049"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:27:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwaverleycommunity.ca%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n\n<p>UPDATED BY-LAWS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waverley Community Association (WCA)<br>By-Laws<br>Revised March 2025<br>These by-laws closely follow model by-laws provided by the Registry of Joint Stocks<br>of the Province of Nova Scotia<br>Definitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>In these by-laws:<br>a) \u201cSociety\u201d means the Waverley Community Association<br>b)\u201cRegistrar\u201d means the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies appointed under the Nova<br>Scotia Companies Act.<br>c) \u201cSpecial Resolution\u201d means a resolution passed by not less than three-fourths of such<br>members entitled to vote as are present in person at a general meeting of which notice<br>specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly<br>given.<br>Membership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those to whom the Society is ultimately accountable shall be the members of the<br>Society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the purposes of registration, the number of members of the Society is unlimited.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership in the Society shall not be transferable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any individual residing in Waverley is able to attend any meeting of the Society and to<br>be a member of WCA, however only property taxpayers can be voting members at the<br>General Meeting and \/ or a special meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No formal admission to membership shall be required and the entry in a Register of<br>Members by the Secretary of the name and address of any individual shall constitute<br>admission to membership in the Society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership in the Society shall cease upon the death of a member, or if by notice in<br>writing to the Society, he\/she resigns his\/her membership, or if he\/she ceases to qualify<br>for membership in accordance with these by-laws.<br>Fiscal Year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fiscal year of the Society shall be the period from January 1 to December 31st.<br>Members\u2019 Meetings<br>This section refers to membership meetings, not Board of Directors\u2019 meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Members\u2019 meetings will include:<br>a)<br>The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Society which shall be held within three<br>months after the end of each fiscal year of the Society.<br>b)<br>Any special general meetings of the members may be called by the board chair or the<br>Directors, may be held at any time, and shall be called if requested in writing by 25%<br>of the members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every voting member shall have one vote and there shall be no proxy voting at<br>Members\u2019 meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An annual general meeting, or special general meeting of the members may, at the<br>discretion of the Board of Directors, be held by means of a video conference<br>communication system, or any other similar electronic communication facility, that<br>permits all members participating in such meeting to hear each other during the<br>meeting. An individual member, who, through such communication system attends a<br>meeting, shall be deemed to be personally present at that meeting for the purposes of<br>voting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seven (7) days\u2019 notice to members is required for an extraordinary or special general<br>meeting of the members. The notice must specify the date, place and time of the<br>meeting and in the case of special business, the nature of such business shall be given<br>to the members. Such notice is to be given to the members by means deemed by the<br>Directors to be effective. This may include the use of newsletters, posters, newspapers,<br>television, radio, public bulletin boards\/ signage, e-mail and\/or other electronic means.<br>The non-receipt of any notice by any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at<br>any general meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One (1) months\u2019 notice is required for an annual general meeting. The notice must<br>specify the date, place and time of the meeting and, in the case of special business, the<br>nature of such business shall be given to the members. Such notice is to be given to<br>the members by means deemed by the Directors to be effective. This may include the<br>use of newsletters, posters, newspapers, television, radio, public bulletin boards \/<br>signage, e-mail and\/or other electronic means. The non-receipt of any notice by any<br>member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any annual general meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the annual general meeting of the Society the following items of business shall be<br>dealt with and shall be deemed ordinary business:<br>a) Minutes of the previous annual general meeting<br>b) Consideration of the annual report of the Directors and other reports<br>c) Consideration of the annual financial report of the Society and, auditors report<br>d) Election of Directors and Chair<br>e) Special Resolutions (e.g. changes in by-laws)<br>f) Consideration of Area Rate and Annual Business Plan<br>All other types of business transacted at an ordinary general, annual general or special<br>general meeting of the members shall be deemed special business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chair for the Elections\u2009<br>a)\u2009presents a nomination report from the Board, normally including<br>(i) a summary of the current Directors and the expiry dates of their terms,<br>(ii) the number and term of Director\u2019s positions to be filled by election, and\u2009<br>(iii) introduction of\u2009a slate of candidates for election as Directors proposed by the<br>Board; and<br>b) reviews the processes to be used in the elections of Directors and the Chair.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No business shall be transacted at any members\u2019 meeting of the Society unless a<br>quorum of members is present at the commencement of business and such quorum<br>shall consist of a minimum of 20 members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If, within one-half hour from the time appointed for a members\u2019 meeting, a quorum of<br>members is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of the members,<br>shall be dissolved. In all other case it shall stand adjourned to such time and place as a<br>majority of the members then present shall direct. At such adjourned meetings the<br>members present shall constitute quorum only for the purpose of winding up the<br>Society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chair, or in his\/her absence, the Vice-Chair, or in the absence of both of them, any<br>member appointed from among those members present, shall preside as Chair at<br>members\u2019 meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At a members\u2019 meeting the Chair shall have a vote as any other member. In the case of<br>an equality of votes, the motion shall be lost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chair may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting at any time and<br>no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At any members meeting, unless a poll is demanded by at least three members, a<br>declaration by the Chair that a motion or resolution has been carried and the entry in<br>the minutes shall be sufficient evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or<br>proportion of the members recorded in favour of, or against, such a resolution. If a poll<br>is demanded it shall be held by show of hands or by secret ballot as the Chair may<br>prescribe and the result of such a poll shall then be deemed to be the will of the<br>Society.<br>Directors (Board of Directors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2009 Any member of the Society shall be eligible to be elected as a Director of the Society.<br>The election to fill vacant Directors\u2019 positions shall take place at the annual general<br>meeting of the Society as per S. 14 (d) and 15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unless otherwise determined by a special resolution of the members, the number of<br>Directors shall not be less than six\u2009(6)\u2009or more than twelve (12),\u2009and may be determined<br>by the Board each year before the annual general meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At an annual general meeting\u2009of the Society, the members shall elect one-third (1\/3) of<br>the Directors for a three-year term, one-third (1\/3) of the Directors for a two-year term,<br>and one-third (1\/3) of the Directors for a one-year term, so that 1\/3 of the terms will<br>expire in each of the years ahead. After that distribution of terms is in place,<br>(i) \u2009newly elected Directors shall normally be elected for three (3) year terms and<br>(ii)\u2009a\u2009Director shall be elected for a shorter term when this will restore the pattern of<br>one-third of the Directors&#8217; terms expiring at each annual general meeting. \u2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retiring Directors shall be eligible for re-election, and this guideline should be<br>considered: As a general rule of thumb, board members\u2019 tenure on the board should be<br>limited to two 3-year consecutive terms (total of six years).\u2009 As a general course of<br>action, no executive committee position should be held by the same person for more<br>than a three-year period<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any Directors whose terms have expired shall hold office until the dissolution of<br>the\u2009meeting at which their successors are elected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2009The Chair shall be elected from among the Directors by members of the Society at the<br>annual general meeting of the Society as per S. 15. Directors other than the Chair shall<br>serve at large unless\u2009they are later\u2009chosen\u2009at a meeting of the Directors to serve as<br>Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary or in some other specified position.\u2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the event that a Director resigns his\/her office or ceases to be a member in the<br>Society,\u2009the vacancy thereby created may be filled by the Board of Directors for the<br>unexpired portion of the term. In the event that the members of the Society have not<br>elected the number of Directors determined under S. 23, the position may be filled by<br>the Board of Directors after the annual general meeting. An appointment made under<br>this By-law shall be made from among the members of the Society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A majority of Directors may, by special resolution, remove from the Board any of their<br>number before the expiration of the period of office. The Directors may, with respect to<br>this article, develop a code of conduct for board members or a job description which<br>may provide grounds for such removal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Directors who have, or could reasonably be perceived to have, a conflict of interest with<br>respect to the affairs of the society, have a duty to declare this interest. Such a<br>declaration is to be made to the members upon nomination or, if serving as a Director,<br>to the Board, when the possibility of a conflict is realized.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A conflict of interest does not preclude a member from serving as a Director provided<br>that he\/she withdraws from decision making on matters pertaining to that interest and<br>that such withdrawal is duly recorded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where a Director submits a bid over $500 on a project, the Board may consider the<br>bid only if a minimum of three (3) quotes are obtained for that project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Directors are not entitled to remuneration for service as a director but may be<br>reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the conduct of their duties. Such<br>expenses may be specified in advance by a policy of the Board of Directors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The responsibility for the management of the activities of the Society shall rest with the<br>Directors who, in addition to the authorities and responsibilities outlined by these<br>by-laws or otherwise expressly conferred upon them, may exercise, within the limits of<br>the law, all powers as may be required by the Society to achieve its purposes. In<br>particular, the Directors shall have power to set policy to guide the management of the<br>society, engage staff, and to determine their duties, responsibilities and remuneration.<br>The Directors may appoint members to the executive committee and may establish<br>other committees consisting of Directors and\/or other such persons as required.<br>Directors\u2019 Meetings (Board Meetings)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwaverleycommunity.ca%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED BY-LAWS Waverley Community Association (WCA)By-LawsRevised March 2025These by-laws closely follow model by-laws provided by the Registry of Joint Stocksof the Province of Nova ScotiaDefinitions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3046,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3049\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waverleycommunity.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}