CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Dealing With Donors: How Much Is Too Much?

• how to contend with donor wishes that may take you off-mission
• what types of conditions/restrictions are permissible
• managing donor expectations

Margaret H. Mason — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver

Bylaws and Unalterable Clauses

• what your client needs to know about unalterable provisions under the new Societies Act
• defaults in the new Societies Act
• comments on the new model bylaws

Sarah Fitzpatrick — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Martha Rans — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver

Networking Break

Member Funded Societies

• benefits of being a member funded society
• prerequisites for becoming a member funded society
• process for becoming a member funded society
• when a society ceases to be a member funded society

Dierk Ullrich — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Members' Meetings

• key changes under the new Societies Act
• timing, notice, quorum
• electronic meetings
• voting, including electronic voting
• annual reports
• requisition of special meetings and members’ proposals

Michael Blatchford — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Anders Ourom — Sole Practitioner, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Transition Application Process Under the New Societies Act

• basic transition or how to transition with existing bylaws (no special resolution required)
• how to transition if you wish to change your bylaws or become a member-funded society (special resolution required)
• what you can do now to prepare
• the new electronic system for filings under the new Societies Act

Tony M. Hetherington — Financial and Corporate Sector Policy Branch, Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Jill Sinkwich — Financial and Corporate Sector Policy Branch, Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Debbie Turner — Deputy Registrar, BC Registry Services, Victoria

Board Governance and Senior Managers

• board appointment and election
• director qualifications
• remuneration
• conflict of interest and protection against liability
• senior managers

Kate Bake-Paterson — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Human Rights Law in Employment for Charities and Non-profits

• application of the Human Rights Code to charities and non-profits
• basic elements of human rights analysis
• limitations re applications of the Human Rights Code
• relationship between employer right to manage and Human Rights Code
• hiring
• accommodating disability and analysis of duty to accommodate
• disability and termination
• harassment in the workplace

Clea Parfitt — Clea F. Parfitt, Lawyer, Vancouver

Member Remedies and Disputes

Jennifer L. Francis — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Closing Remarks