The Moncton Academy

Mission:

The Academy shall encourage active participation in medical laboratory technology affairs and promote awareness of the objectives and activities of the provincial, national and international medical laboratory technology societies. The Academy shall address your concerns and/or refer these concerns to NBSMLT board. The Academy shall undertake to raise money to offer grants to provincial and national conferences.

Membership:

Members of the Academy shall be members in good standing of the Society. Subject to Academy bylaws, all members of the Society are automatically members of the Academy in which the member resides or works and shall be entitled to participate at all levels of Academy activity.

Academy Executive:

The executive officers of the Academy shall be the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the Academy. If only one name is put forward for an executive position, the position may be filled by acclamation. All officers must remain as members in good standing with the NBSMLT during their term in office.

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Academy and shall be responsible to the membership for the efficient functioning of the Academy and for the maintenance of proper procedures and protocol of the Academy. The president shall preside at all meetings. The President of the Academy shall forward a report of Academy interests, needs, activities and finances to the Area Director at least four (4) weeks prior to each regular meeting of the NBSMLT Board.

The Vice President shall assume the position of the president in the absence of the President, and therefore must be current in all activities relating to the Academy.

The Secretary shall keep minutes of meetings and maintain the records of these meetings for a minimum of five (5) years. The minutes of meetings shall be posted and/or circulated for the membership within two (2) weeks of each meeting held.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for all Academy monies and investments and shall submit to the executive for review, all loans and investments, at least once each year. The Academy executive shall appoint a Public Relations Representative, an Area Director and a Continuing Education Representative for the region.

The Public Relations Representative and the Continuing Education Representative shall forward reports of interests, needs and activities to the Area Director at least four (4) weeks prior to regular meetings of the Board. The Public Relations Representative and Continuing Education Representative shall serve the Academy interest at the provincial meetings of their respective committees. If unable to attend any of those scheduled meetings the representative must arrange for an alternate to attend the meeting in their stead.

The Area Director shall be the liaison officer between the Society, the Academy and the members of their respective geographic regions. The Area Director shall not hold office at the Academy level. If an Area Director is unable to attend a Board meeting, the Academy represented by that Area Director may appoint another medical laboratory technologist who is a member of the Academy executive to serve at the Board meeting as an alternate. The alternate shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a director including voting privileges.

In the absence of an active academy and/or academy executive, the Board may, upon the end of the term of the current director, appoint an area director for that geographic region. The appointment shall remain in effect until the end of that term of appointment.

Term of Office:

The term of office for the elected officers shall be two (2) years with all duties and responsibilities commencing on January 1st following election. Every attempt will be made to ensure that no more than 50% of the executive is replaced each year. If any of the officers are unable to attend meetings or fulfill their obligations, their term may be declared forfeit and a new officer shall be selected as required by the terms of the office.

Meetings:

Notice of all meetings of the Academy shall be in writing and shall be given at least one (1) week prior to the date of the proposed meeting. There will be a minimum of four (4) Academy meetings held per calendar year.

Bylaws:

The Academy may from time to time enact bylaws that, subject to the approval of the Society, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing: