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The
Constitution
And
The
By – laws
Of
The
National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada
1.1
Mission:
To
promote and integrate economic, social and
culture interest of Ethnic communities into the mainstream of Canadian
society.
1.2 Objectives:
(a) To promote excellence in journalism in the
ethnic media
(b) To promote economic interest of ethnic
communities.
(c) To highlight the crucial roles they play in
socio-economic and
cultural life Of Canada.
(d) To encourage ethnic communities to achieve
excellence and participate fully In Canadian society.
(e) To foster and promote a better understanding and cooperation among the
Various ethnic groups in Canada.
(f) To gather and disseminate information which
will lead to a better Understanding and cooperation among the various
ethnic groups in Canada And the mainstream society.
(g) To serve as forum for the study and discussion
of barriers faced by ethnic Groups to integrate fully in to the mainstream
society.
(h) To study and interpret Canada’s role in
international affairs and its Position
in relations to all nations dedicated to upholding the ideals of freedom
And democracy.
(i) To consider, investigate, and deal with
complaints about the conduct of the Ethnic
Press and the conduct of persons and organizations towards the Ethnic
Press.
Goals of the National Ethnic Press and
Media
Council of Canada
2.1
The Ethnic Press Council of Canada shall take
the initiative to serve the interests of the Ethnic Media Organizations
and to be a means of connecting those Organizations to other media
Organizations within the wider society in Canada.
2.2
Organize the activities and to clarify the
Goals for the Ethnic Community Media Organizations.
2.3
The
Ethnic Press Council of Canada shall participate very clearly in the work
towards consolidating the principles of Multiculturalism and full
co-operation between it’s Organizations and other Media Organizations
and social and Unity establishments in Canada.
2.4
The Ethnic Press Council of Canada will take
the form of a mediator to any conflicts that arise between its members or
between any of those members and any other person. The Ethnic Press
Council will look into the matter at the earliest meeting of its Board
after those concerned or any other member of the organization sends the
request.
2.5
Promoting and fostering knowledge about the
Ethnic Community and its variety of cultures within the wider society in
Canada.
2.6
The Ethnic Press Council of Canada will commit
itself to the defense of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of the
Canadian Constitution and shall take the initiative to promote the basic
principles of Human Rights as presented in the International Declaration
of Human Rights of 1948 by the United Nations.
2.7
The Ethnic Press Council of Canada shall seek
and strengthen co-operation between the Ethnic Media and similar
organizations.
2.8
The Ethnic Press Council of Canada shall
embrace and defend just causes, which concern Ethnic Journalists and Media
personnel in Canada, in case they are being exposed to problems as a
result of their intellectual, or Media work.
2.9
The
Ethnic Press Council of Canada shall create an atmosphere of understanding
and dialogue among its members, so they can exercise their Journalistic
and Media profession and work in an atmosphere dominated with the spirit
of understanding and brotherhood so that they can write, publish and
spread their ideas with absolute freedom without resorting to personal
attacks or trying to inflame troubles or weaken beliefs or values or
spread or publish any destructive ideas which aim is to divide and
fragment The Canadian Ethnic Communities in their new Country.
2.10
The Ethnic Press Council of Canada shall
encourage unity among Ethnic Communities and promote their social,
cultural and political involvement activities.
Directors
Whereas
the Board of Directors of the Association deems it expedient that certain
by-laws regulating the affairs thereof be made.
3.1 Name: Name of the Corporation shall be The Ethnic Press Council of Canada
3.2
Head Office:
The Head Office of
the Association shall be situated in the City Of Toronto, in the Province
of Ontario, Canada, at such place therein as the Board of Directors may
from time to time decide.
3.3
Seal:
a)
The Corporation shall have a corporate Seal of such design, as the Board
shall determine.
b) The President or the Acting
President and the Secretary of the Corporation shall sign all instruments
to which the Seal of the Association must be affixed.
3.4 Directors
(a)
The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a board of
14 directors and five (5),
Agents general, (the
Board), who shall be elected during the general elections to be held every
second year.
(b)
The directors shall be elected by the members of the corporation, (the
members), to hold office for a term of two years;
(c)
Elections for the Board will be held every two
years (2), on the second Monday of the Month of March, (voting day).
The
elections for the Board shall be between the hours of 6:00 pm and 9:30 pm.
Every
publication member of the Council is casting only one vote the day of the
elections, although more than one candidate can be accepted from each
member publication.
The
maximum length of continues service for the president is four (4)
consecutive terms.
A
past President may be re-elected as president after a minimum of 1 term
absence from the position.
Before
the elections of the Board of Directors, the members are electing the
Chairman of the Board, which immediately presides the meeting.
Members
may stand for election to the board if:
(1)
They have been members, in good standing, for a minimum of one term of two
(2) years, prior to the date of the elections;
(2)
Be nominated by 2 members in good standing or
(3)
Nominate himself prior to general elections.
(4)
In any occasion every member who runs for office has to inform in the
members of the election committee or one of them of their intentions to
run.
(5)
Members in good standing whose membership accepted as complete
journalists, have the right to run or vote if nobody else from the office
they used to hold is representing the medium during the elections.
Other
ways they stand as freelance and therefore associated members.
Candidates
for election to the Board, or their related companies or business,
cannot be a direct supplier or a provider of paid connected services
to the Corporation.
Elected
members of the Board of Directors who are absents for three consecutive
meetings without any serious reason, automatically they lose their office
and the right to represent the organization as elected members, another
member takes over their duties.
