2022 OCA Board of Directors
Notification of Proposed Slate of Candidates
Deadline for Independent Nominations is Thursday, December 2nd
The OCA Board of Directors is comprised of 16 volunteers – 3 representatives from each of the 5 OCA membership Sections plus the immediate Past Chair. The current 2021 Board is Chaired by Ray Shannon of Brokerlink.

Of the 16 Board positions - 6 Directors are appointed to the 2022 Board of Directors by virtue of their Executive Officer position. The remaining 10 Board positions are subject to a nomination and election process that starts now and culminates with a membership vote at the 2022 Annual General Meeting tentatively booked for March 24 at the Centurion Center.

At it's October 25th, 2021 meeting the Board of Directors appointed the 2022 Executive Officers and Chairman Ray Shannon is pleased to announce your Executive Officers for 2022:
2022 OCA Executive Officers
Board Election Process: OCA Bylaw Section 13 requires each Section to hold a Section nomination meeting prior to the end of the year for the primary purpose of nominating two Section members for the Board of Directors that will be presented at the 2022 annual general meeting for election.

The sitting Section Chairman is tasked to form a Section nominating committee of at least 2 other Section members to come up with a slate of candidates to fill their 2 Board seats.

This task has now been completed and the 5 Section slates you see below is being published 21 days in advance of the Section election scheduled for Thursday, December 16th from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at OCA conference facilities at 9 Antares.

Independent nominations can now be received until December 2nd. See details further on below the pictures of the section slate candidates.
 
For 2022 the following slates have been formed as per Section 13 of the Bylaws.
Independent Nominations: Anyone wishing to run as an independent candidate for THEIR section must file their nomination (supported by 3 other Section members) with the OCA General Manager by Thursday, December 2nd – which is the Bylaw filing requirement of at least 14 days before the election. Send to John DeVries at jdv@oca.ca

If independent nominations are received, these individuals shall become candidates, and their names shall be placed on a ballot along with the 2 nominees for Section Director positions and communicated to the membership in advance of the Section nominating meeting.

Each Section member shall be entitled to vote for the two (2) nominees they wish to be included on the slate of candidates either in person at the December 16th Section meeting or by a duly appointed proxy as per section 37.

The 2 individuals with the highest votes will assume the two Section Director positions on the slate of candidates that will be presented at the March 24th annual general meeting for election. At the Annual General Meeting the outgoing Chair of the OCA shall present to the members the slate of ten (10) section nominations for election as Directors.