Emergency North Training 2024 Annual General Meeting, October 8, 2024

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ENT AGM REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Emergency North Training Board of Directors Elections Process

1. As per Article 12 of the Emergency North Training Inc. Constitution, the ENT Board has appointed Mark MacDonald, Executive Director from the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs as Chief Returning Officer, Nominations Committee to oversee the elections process. Due to ENT members being spread across a wide geographic region, an online nominations process was approved by the Nominations Committee to ensure all eligible voters have an opportunity to cast their ballot.

2. Online nominations will go live on Monday, September 9, 2024. As per Article 8 of the Emergency North Training Inc. Constitution, members from every fire team providing fire protective services to a; municipal, unincorporated or First Nations community in the Districts of Kenora, Rainy River or Thunder Bay are considered active members, and may nominate another member.  As per Article 10 of the Emergency North Training Inc. Constitution one member each shall be elected for the following Districts:

• Kenora,
• Rainy River,
• Thunder Bay,
• Four (4) remaining member(s) shall be elected from the region at large.

3. To nominate someone in one, or more district, you will be required to complete the online nominations form. Please note that all nominations must be seconded by another member. Members are not permitted to self-nominate.

4. Members will be contacted by the OAFC by email if they have been nominated.  In addition, all nominees’ names will be posted online on this landing page.  In the email notification, there will be a link to the “Declaration to Stand Form”.  This form identifies that the nominee wishes to stand for the Board of Directors (or not).  Every nominee will be required to complete the form.  Nominations will close at 4:00pm EST on September 23, 2024, and all declarations to stand must be submitted by September 27, 2024 at 4:00pm EST.  

5. Voting will be open on September 30, 2024 at 10:00am EST and closes on October 7, 2024 at 4:30pm EST.

6. ENT Board of Directors will be formally announced on October 8, 2024 at the ENT AGM at 7:00pm.

If you have any questions about the Emergency North Training Annual General Meeting, the FireCon Planning Committee, or about the ENT Board of Directors elections or election process, please contact Events and Marketing Manager, Katelyn Widdop at katelyn.widdop@oafc.on.ca.