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Section 81 of the Societies Act, Members proposals, states:
(1) In this section:
"proposal" means a notice sent under subsection (2) to a society;
"proposal threshold" means
(a) 5% of the voting members of a society, unless paragraph (b) applies, or
(b) if the bylaws of the society provide for a percentage lower than 5%, that percentage,
but in either case, not fewer than 2 members.
(2) Voting members of a society may send to the society a notice of a matter that the members propose to have considered at an annual general meeting.
(3) A proposal must contain the names of, and be signed by, not fewer than the number of voting members that constitutes the proposal threshold for the society.
(4) A society that receives a proposal at least 7 days before notice of the annual general meeting is sent must include, with that notice,
(a) the proposal,
(b) the names of the members submitting the proposal, and
(c) one statement in support of the proposal, if the members submitting the proposal request that the statement be included with the notice.
(5) A proposal, or, if a statement is provided under subsection (4) (c), the proposal and statement together, must not exceed 200 words in length.
(6) A society, or a person acting on behalf of a society, does not incur any liability merely because the society or person complies with subsection (4).
(7) A society is not required to comply with subsection (4) if substantially the same proposal was considered at a general meeting held in either of the 2 previous calendar years before the calendar year in which the annual general meeting referred to in that subsection is to be held.
A proposal is either an ordinary resolution or a special resolution. For a general meetings, an "ordinary resolution" is a resolution passed at a general meeting by a simple majority of the votes cast by the voting members, whether cast in person or by proxy and a “special resolution" is a resolution passed at a general meeting by at least 2/3 of the votes cast by the voting members, whether cast in person or by proxy.
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