Baby Ghosts is a Canadian registered charity providing cooperative governance education, professional development, and open resources for marginalized creators in Canada's interactive digital arts sector. What the board does, what the role asks of you, and our mission, vision and values are in the Role Description & Responsibilities.
Baby Ghosts members hold the first election of directors at the continued annual meeting on October 27, 2:00pm Eastern. Directors are elected to staggered one-, two- and three-year terms. This form is how you put your name forward.
Everyone who meets the eligibility requirements below is included. Members nominate and elect.
Please read the Role Description & Responsibilities before you start. Your answers are saved in this browser as you go, so you can leave this page and come back without losing them.
This is the only filter in this process. It comes from the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and we have no discretion over it.
The term. October 27 is the first election of directors Baby Ghosts has held. Under the by-law, at a first election one-third of directors are elected for three years, one-third for two years and one-third for one year. Which of those you would hold is decided at the meeting, and the resolution electing you will name it. How the terms are assigned will be set out in the notice sent to members on October 1.
The consent. Under the Act, a person elected while absent from the meeting is deemed not to have been elected unless they consent in writing, either before the election or within ten days after it. We collect it here so that your election stands whether or not you can attend.
Everything in this section goes to members exactly as you write it. Word limits are firm so that every candidate gets the same space.
Most of the board's ongoing work falls into recurring areas: committees, officer roles, and oversight duties. The next two questions share one list of those areas, listed alphabetically and not in priority order.
Some of a director's legal responsibilities are personal, not organizational. See the Role Description & Responsibilities.
Sent to every member, as written: your name, pronouns (if given), province or territory, and your About you answers.
Not included in the candidate information: your email, eligibility and consent confirmations, meeting attendance, membership status, and Role Description confirmation. These stay in the application file, held by staff and by the Secretary as custodian of the Corporation's records.
Not collected here: anything about your identity. That's a separate, voluntary, unlinked form. The link is on the confirmation page after you submit.