{"id":23401,"date":"2026-06-25T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/?page_id=23401"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:04:36","slug":"organizational-bylaw-83-table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/organizational-bylaw-83-table-of-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Bylaw #83 – table of contents"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Organizational Bylaw:
\na bylaw about the governance of the co-op<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
\n

Incorporating Bylaw 85: Electronic meetings and balloting by-law and Bylaw #87: Organizational Amending Bylaw<\/em><\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1. \u00a0About This By-law<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

1.1 \u00a0Older By-laws
\n1.2. Priority of this By-law
\n1.3. Laws that Apply to the Co-op
\n1.4. Special Meanings
\n1.5 Electronic Participation<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.1. Membership
\n2.2. Qualifications for Membership
\n2.3. Applying for Membership
\n2.4. Financial Responsibility
\n2.5. Moving into the Co-op<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 Calling Members\u2019 Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

3.1 \u00a0Annual General Members\u2019 Meeting
\n3.2. Other Members\u2019 Meetings
\n3.3. Notice of Members\u2019 Meetings<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 Holding Members\u2019 Meetings
\n<\/strong>
\n4.1 \u00a0Agenda of Members\u2019 Meetings
\n4.2. Authority of Members\u2019 Meetings
\n4.3. Quorum at Members\u2019 Meetings
\n4.4. Attendance by Non-Members
\n4.5. Minutes and Record of Attendance<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 Procedure for Members\u2019 Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.1. Chair
\n5.2. Rules of Order
\n5.3. Voting at Members\u2019 Meetings
\n5.4. Majority Required<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0 Member Control<\/strong><\/p>\n

6..1. Co-op Act Requirements
\n6.2. Requisitions
\n6.3. Requisition to Put Something on the Agenda for a Members\u2019 Meeting
\n6.4. Requisition to Pass a By-law or Directors\u2019 Resolution
\n6.5. Requisition to Call a General Members\u2019 Meeting
\n6.6. Requirements for All Requisitions<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0 Board of Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n

7.2 \u00a0Number of Directors
\n7.3. Who Can be a Director
\n7.4. Term of Office
\n7.5. Director Term Limits<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0 Board, Committee, and Delegate Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n

8.1. Election Procedures
\n8.2. Election Meeting
\n8.3. Recount<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0 Role of the Board of Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.1. Duties of Board of Directors
\n9.2. Committees and Staff
\n9.3. Powers of Individual Directors and Officers<\/p>\n

10. \u00a0 \u00a0Standards for Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.1. Standard of Care
\n10.2. Performance of Directors\u2019 Duties<\/p>\n

11.. \u00a0 Board Procedures<\/strong><\/p>\n

11.1. Board Meetings
\n11.2. Quorum at Board Meetings
\n11.3. Phone or Electronic Meetings
\n11.4. Resolutions in writing
\n11.5. Board Polls
\n11.6. Chair for Board meetings
\n11.7. Voting at Board meetings
\n11.8. Members, Staff and Guests at Board Meetings
\n11.9. Minutes of Board Meetings<\/p>\n

12. \u00a0 Early Ending of Directors\u2019 Terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

12.1. Resignation of a Director
\n12.2 \u00a0Removal of a Director
\n12.3. 1Vacancies on the Board of Directors<\/p>\n

13. \u00a0 Officers<\/strong><\/p>\n

13.1. Election of Officers
\n13.2. Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Agreement
\n13.3. Resignation of Officers
\n13.4. Removal of Officers<\/p>\n

14. \u00a0 Officers\u2019 Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n

14.1. The President
\n14.2. The Vice-President
\n14.3 \u00a0The Secretary
\n14.4. The Treasurer<\/p>\n

15. \u00a0 Membership in Federations<\/strong><\/p>\n

15.1. Membership in Federations
\n15.2. Members Elect
\n115.3. Federation Delegates
\n15.4. Expenses<\/p>\n

16. \u00a0 Staffing<\/strong><\/p>\n

16.1. Staffing the Co-op
\n16.2 \u00a0Dealing with Staff
\n16.3 \u00a0Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Agreement
\n16.4. Staff Information<\/p>\n

17. \u00a0 Committees<\/strong><\/p>\n

17.1. Creating Committees
\n17.2. Committee Membership
\n17.3 \u00a0Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Agreement
\n17.4. Role of Committees<\/p>\n

18. \u00a0 No Payment of Directors and Officers<\/strong><\/p>\n

18.1. No Payment for Being a Director or Officer
\n18.2. No Other Payment to Directors or Officers
\n18.3. Authorized Expenses
\n18.4. Contracts with Co-op
\n18.5. One Year Gap
\n18.6. Management or Service Company Employee<\/p>\n

19. \u00a0 Conflict of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n

19.1. Purpose of this Article
\n19.2. Understanding Conflict of Interest
\n19.3. What is Conflict of Interest?
\n19.4. Conflict Situations
\n19.5. Rules for Directors
\n19.6. Rules for Officers
\n19.7. Rules for Committee Members
\n19.8. Rules for Staff
\n19.9. Members\u2019 Conflict of Interest
\n19.10 Proof<\/p>\n

20. \u00a0 Confidential Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

20.1 \u00a0Co-op Confidentiality Policy
\n20.2. Kinds of Information
\n20.3. Basic Rules
\n20.4. Limiting Collection
\n20.5. Limiting Disclosure
\n20.6. Access to Personal Files and Accounts
\n20.7. Staff Access to Personnel Files<\/p>\n

21. \u00a0 Confidentiality Situations<\/strong><\/p>\n

21.1. Confidentiality of Minutes
\n21.2. No Recording of Meetings
\n21.3. Electronic Entry and Security Systems
\n21.4. Incidents<\/p>\n

22. \u00a0 Ensuring Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

22.1. Privacy Officer
\n22.2. Duties of the Privacy Officer
\n22.3. Limits on Privacy Officer<\/p>\n

23. \u00a0 Confidential Information Complaints<\/strong><\/p>\n

23.1. Making Complaints
\n23.2. Informal Action
\n23.3. Referral to Board
\n23.4. Investigating Complaints
\n23.5. Board Report
\n23.6. Board Action
\n23.7. Confidentiality of Complaint Process<\/p>\n

24. \u00a0 Financial<\/strong><\/p>\n

24.1. Major Commitments
\n24.2. Approval Process
\n24.3. Investment of Co-op Money
\n24.4. Financial Year
\n24.5. Auditor
\n24.6. Indemnification<\/p>\n

25. \u00a0 Signing on Behalf of the Co-op<\/strong><\/p>\n

25.1. Committing the Co-op
\n25.2. Board Approval
\n25.3. Signing
\n25.4. Staff Authority
\n25.5. Approval Motions<\/p>\n

26. \u00a0 Giving Notices<\/strong><\/p>\n

26.1. Scope of this Article
\n26.2. Notices
\n26.3. Notices to Co-op
\n26.4. Defects in Notice<\/p>\n

Schedules<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Schedule A: Rules of Order
\nSchedule B: Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Agreement
\nSchedule C: Director\u2019s Ethical Conduct Agreement
\nSchedule D: Co-signer Agreement
\nSchedule E: Consent Form for Directors for Sharing Information
\nSchedule F: Woodsworth Code of Conduct
\nSchedule G: Woodsworth Board Of Directors Nomination Form
\nSchedule H: Woodsworth Committee And Delegate Nomination Form<\/p>\n

Find the Organizational Bylaw<\/a> in the list of bylaws.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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