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Published Sept. 29, 2005

Proposed revisions to Bylaws – Your Opportunity to Respond

Deadline for response: November 30th

Council is proposing to amend the College Bylaws to include provisions that will support the integrity of the College’s data without incurring additional costs to the vast majority of members who complete their Annual Membership Renewal (AMR) forms properly. The information collected on the College’s AMR form is a vital source of human resource data for the nursing profession and government1 . For that reason, all members are required to complete the AMR form properly each year.

The proposed amendments include revisions to Article 44.2 of the General Bylaw to identify specifically that members must fully complete the AMR form and return it to the College by December 31st. Members who do not meet this requirement will receive a written notice and a $25 fee ($23.36 + GST) will be charged.

The Fees Bylaw will be amended to include this fee in this circumstance. The fee is waived if the completed form is returned before February 1st.

Members who send in an incomplete AMR form and the annual fee before December 31st will not be charged the late fee. They will, however, receive written notice from the Executive Director and be charged the $25 fee if the properly completed form is not returned to CNO before February 1st.

Members who have not returned the properly completed AMR form before February 1st and not paid the $25 fee may be subject to suspension for non-payment of fees.

It is also proposed that Article 44 of the General Bylaw regarding the Annual Payment Card (APC) be amended to allow the College to not send an APC to anyone who has not paid any fee.

See below for the specific bylaw changes, or here to see the current bylaw.

Council will be making a final decision on these proposed changes in December. Members’ feedback will be reported to Council at that time. Please forward comments regarding the proposed changes by November 30, 2005 to:

Jenna Hofbauer, Council Affairs Coordinator
E-mail: jhofbauer@cnomail.org
Fax: (416) 928-5916

Proposed Bylaw Amendments

  1. Amend Bylaw No. 1: General and specifically Article 44.2 to add the following new provisions:
    44.2.01.2 The form required by this article shall be fully completed by the member and returned to the College by the December 31st next following the forwarding of the form to its members.
    44.2.01.3 Where a member fails for any reason to return a fully completed form, the Executive Director shall cause the member to be notified in writing of that failure.
    44.2.01.4 Where the Executive Director causes written notice to be given to a member in accordance with Article 44.2.01.3, the fee required by the bylaws (Bylaw No. 2: Fees) shall immediately be payable by the member.

  2. Amend Bylaw No. 1: General and specifically Article 44.3
    add to the beginning of article 44.3.01 the words
    “Subject to Article 44.3.02,”
    And to delete the current Article 44.3.02 and substitute the following:
    44.3.02 The annual payment card shall be sent out to each member within a reasonable period of time after receipt by the College of payment of any fee owed by the member to the College, including the member's annual fee, and the fully completed form referred to in Article 44.2.

  3. Amend Bylaw No. 2: Fees to add Articles 9.1.01 and 9.1.02 (immediately before Article 10.01) as follows:
    9.1.01 Subject to Article 9.1.02, a member who is notified of his or her failure to return to the College the fully completed form referred to in Article 44.2 of Bylaw No. 1: General, shall pay a fee of $23.36.
    9.1.02 The fee referred to in Article 9.1.01, shall be waived if the fully completed form required by Article 44.2 of Bylaw No. 1: General is received by the College on or before the January 31st next following the forwarding of the form to its members.

 

Notes

  1. The statistical reports that CNO prepares using AMR form data are on the website.

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