Board Nominations

2024-2025 OBA Board/Officer Elections

Send your nomination via email to vdallas@oba.org no later than April 15, 2024:

The nomination must be:

  • In writing  - Fill out online form Self Identification Form
  • signed by at least three Members or accompanied by forwarded emails from at least three members indicating that they have nominated you, or any combination of those two. 
  • Remember where the nomination is for a Regional Director position, the signatures and/or emails must be those of three Members who reside in, practice in, or work in, the relevent region and have their CBA address in that region;
  • By convention, the OBA 2nd Vice-President alternates between Toronto and Outside Toronto.  In accordance with this convention, this year we will elect a 2nd Vice-President from Toronto;
  • include the nominee’s written consent, which consent can be evidenced by an email from the nominee to vdallas@oba.org expressing their consent to the nomination;

NOMINATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS

  1. The candidate will fill out the names and email addresses of their 3 nominators. 
  2. The candidate will then complete and sign the on-line form
  3. The 3 nominators will then get an email from DocuSign (In their inbox the email will show as from: Valerie Dallas via DocuSign.  You should advise your nominators to check their spam folders if they have not received the email when anticipated.  If they are looking to ensure it is a legitimate email the sending email address is dse@docusign.net)
  4. Please ask your nominators to advise you when they have completed the form, so that you can follow up with any nominators who have not.  The Executive Office lead will advise two days prior to the close of nominations if your form does not have the requisite three signatures, so that you can follow-up as necessary. 

Eligibility

  • Any member who:
    •  has served at least one year on Council or two years on a Section Executive or a Board or Standing Committee
    • is nominated for only one board position and,
    • if they are running for regional director, lives, practices or works in the relevant region and has their CBA mailing address in that region. 

QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ANSWERS

Should you have any questions pertaining to the nomination or election processes, please contact Valerie Dallas (1-800-668-8900 or 416-869-1047 Ext. 322).  

ATTACHMENTS

ELECTION RULES FOR ELECTED BOARD POSITIOns

By-Law Excerpt

Executive Description

Nominating Sub-Committee