CCAA Annual General Meeting 2021
As a non profit corporation, the Centennial College Alumni Association (CCAA) holds an annual general meeting for its members. At this meeting, the association elects its board of directors, reviews the budget, selects the association’s auditors and other CCAA business.
As a Centennial College Alumni, you are a member of the CCAA and have voting rights.
This year’s AGM is being held on:
Saturday, February 6 at 10 a.m. via Zoom
The following positions are open for nominations:
- President
- Secretary
- Member at Large (3 positions available)
To attend and vote at the AGM, you must register. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, January 27 at 11:59 p.m..
Providing your student number will expidite the verification process. If we are unable to verify you are a member of the CCAA we will contact you so you can provide further information.
FAQs
I'd like to run for a position, what do I do?
Hey, this is great news! The first step in running for a position on the Centennial College Alumni Association Board of Directors is to download both the intent to run form nomination form.
Certain positions on the CCAA Board of Directors have requirements. For example, for the position of President, you must have served on the Board of Directors for at least one year.
Download the intent to run form and the nomination form for more inforamtion on available positions and if there are any requirements you need to meet.
I registered for the AGM but haven't received any information.
If you register before January 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. you’ll receive an email with further information.
If you attempted to register after this date, you may still attend the AGM, but you will not be registered to vote.
Please check your junk and spam mailboxes to check for an email from the Centennial College Alumni Association. If you haven’t received it and suspect you may have entered your email incorrectly, please email us with your name, email and student number.
If you have already received an email from us, our next communciation regarding the AGM will be confirmation we have verified your membership in the CCAA.
During the week of February 1, 2021, you will receive two more emails:
- An email with the link for the meeting
- An email asking you to participate in a voting test to ensure your vote will be counted at the AGM
I can't attend the AGM, what can I do?
If you are unable to attend the AGM you can assign your vote to another member of the CCAA who will be attending by giving them your proxy.
When you assign your proxy to another member, your vote will be counted the same way they vote. So be sure to give it to someone who will be voting how you’d like.
The deadline for registration and assigning a proxy has passed
*The person you are giving your proxy to must be registered to attend the AGM before you can assign your proxy to them
Please note, in order to stand for election or to be acclaimed, you must be present at the CCAA Annual General Meeting.
Each member is able to hold a maximum of three proxies.
When is the deadline to submit my intent and nomination forms if I want to run for a position?
The deadline to submit your intent and nomination forms to run for a position on the CCAA Board of Directors is January 5, 2021.
Please submit them to elections@ccaa.life.
How does voting work?
The week of the AGM you will receive an email with information on how to vote via a website, Simply Voting. You will also receive an invitation to participate in a sample vote to ensure your vote can be counted.
The Association’s lawyers will be managing the voting process and will be the only parties able to access the results of the vote. They will announce the results of each vote at the AGM.
During the AGM you will be asked to log on to Simply Voting’s website. As votes are called, they will appear on the website screen and you’ll be able to vote. Voting will be open for a specific amount of time for each vote.
I have other questions.
We would love to answer them. Please email us at elections@ccaa.life.
What does being a board member entail?
The CCAA Board of Directors meet approximately 8 to 9 times per year and discuss various items of benefit to Centennial’s Alumni community.
Please see the job descriptions below for more information.