Constitution

1. The name of the society is Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club

2. The purpose(s) of the society is (are):

To develop and promote safe recreational and competitive
freediving in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Bylaws of Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club

Part 1 - Interpretation

(1) In these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires:

"directors" means the directors of the society for the time
being;

"Society Act" means the Society Act of British Columbia from
time to time in force and all amendments to it;

"registered address" of a member means the member's address
as recorded in the register of members.

(2) The definitions in the Society Act on the date these bylaws become
effective apply to these bylaws.

Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words
importing a male person include a female person and a corporation.

Part 2 - Membership

The members of the society are the applicants for incorporation of
the society, and those persons who subsequently become members, in accordance
with these bylaws and, in either case, have not ceased to be members.

A person may apply to the directors for membership in the society and on
acceptance by the directors is a member.

Every member must uphold the constitution and comply with these bylaws.

The amount of the first annual membership dues must be determined by the
directors and after that the annual membership dues must be determined at the
annual general meeting of the society.

A person ceases to be a member of the society

(a) by delivering his or her resignation in writing to the secretary of the
society or by mailing or delivering it to the address of the society,

(b) on his or her death or, in the case of a corporation, on dissolution,

(d) on having been a member not in good standing for 12 consecutive months.

(1) A member may be expelled by a special resolution of the members passed
at a general meeting.

(2) The notice of special resolution for expulsion must be accompanied by a
brief statement of the reasons for the proposed expulsion.

(3) The person who is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion
must be given an opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the
special resolution is put to a vote.

All members are in good standing except a member who has failed to pay his
or her current annual membership fee, or any other subscription or debt due and
owing by the member to the society, and the member is not in good standing so
long as the debt remains unpaid.

Part 3 - Meetings of Members

General meetings of the society must be held at the time and place, in
accordance with the Society Act, that the directors decide.

Every general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, is an
extraordinary general meeting.

The directors may, when they think fit, convene an extraordinary general
meeting.

(1) Notice of a general meeting must specify the place, day and hour of
the meeting, and, in case of special business, the general nature of that
business.

(2) The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the
non-receipt of a notice by, any of the members entitled to receive notice does
not invalidate proceedings at that meeting.

The first annual general meeting of the society must be held not more than
15 months after the date of incorporation and after that an annual general
meeting must be held at least once in every calendar year and not more than 15
months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting.

Part 4 - Proceedings at General Meetings

Special business is

(a) all business at an extraordinary general meeting except the adoption of
rules of order, and

(b) all business conducted at an annual general meeting, except the
following:

(i) the adoption of rules of order;

(ii) the consideration of the financial statements;

(iii) the report of the directors;

(iv) the report of the auditor, if any;

(v) the election of directors;

(vi) the appointment of the auditor, if required;

(vii) the other business that, under these bylaws, ought
to be conducted at an annual general meeting, or business that is brought under consideration by
the report of the directors issued with the notice convening the meeting.

(1) Business, other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or
termination of the meeting, must not be conducted at a general meeting at a time
when a quorum is not present.

(2) If at any time during a general meeting there ceases to be a quorum
present, business then in progress must be suspended until there is a quorum
present or until the meeting is adjourned or terminated.

(3) A quorum is 3 members present or a greater number that the members may
determine at a general meeting.

If within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a general meeting a
quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members,
must be terminated, but in any other case, it must stand adjourned to the same
day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if, at the adjourned
meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for
the meeting, the members present constitute a quorum.

Subject to bylaw 19, the president of the society, the vice
president or, in the absence of both, one of the other directors present, must
preside as chair of a general meeting.

If at a general meeting

(a) there is no president, vice president or other director present within 15
minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or

(b) the president and all the other directors present are unwilling to act as
the chair,

the members present must choose one of their number to be the chair.

(1) A general meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to
place, but business must not be conducted at an adjourned meeting other than the
business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

(2) When a meeting is adjourned for 10 days or more, notice of the adjourned
meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.

(3) Except as provided in this bylaw, it is not necessary to give notice of
an adjournment or of the business to be conducted at an adjourned general
meeting.

(1) A resolution proposed at a meeting need not be seconded, and the chair
of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.

(2) In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a casting or second
vote in addition to the vote to which he or she may be entitled as a member, and
the proposed resolution does not pass.

(1) A member in good standing present at a meeting of members is entitled
to one vote.

(2) Voting is by show of hands.

(3) Voting by proxy is not permitted.

A corporate member may vote by its authorized representative, who is
entitled to speak and vote, and in all other respects exercise the rights of a
member, and that representative must be considered as a member for all purposes
with respect to a meeting of the society.

Part 5 - Directors and Officers

(1) The directors may exercise all the powers and do all the acts and
things that the society may exercise and do, and that are not by these bylaws or
by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by
the society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to

(a) all laws affecting the society,

(b) these bylaws, and

(c) rules, not being inconsistent with these bylaws, that are made from time
to time by the society in a general meeting.

(2) A rule, made by the society in a general meeting, does not invalidate a
prior act of the directors that would have been valid if that rule had not been
made.

(1) The president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and one or more
other persons are the directors of the society.

(2) The number of directors must be 6 or a greater number determined from
time to time at a general meeting.

(1) The directors must retire from office at each annual general meeting
when their successors are elected.

(2) Separate elections must be held for each office to be filled.

(3) An election may be by acclamation, otherwise it must be by ballot.

(4) If a successor is not elected, the person previously elected or appointed
continues to hold office.

(1) The directors may at any time and from time to time appoint a member
as a director to fill a vacancy in the directors.

(2) A director so appointed holds office only until the conclusion of the
next annual general meeting of the society, but is eligible for re-election at
the meeting.

(1) If a director resigns his or her office or otherwise ceases to hold
office, the remaining directors must appoint a member to take the place of the
former director.

(2) An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because there
are less than the prescribed number of directors in office.

The members may, by special resolution, remove a director, before the
expiration of his or her term of office, and may elect a successor to complete
the term of office.

A director must not be remunerated for being or acting as a director but a
director must be reimbursed for all expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred
by the director while engaged in the affairs of the society.

Part 6 - Proceedings of Directors

(1) The directors may meet at the places they think fit to conduct
business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they
see fit.

(2) The directors may from time to time set the quorum necessary to conduct
business, and unless so set the quorum is a majority of the directors then in
office.

(3) The president is the chair of all meetings of the directors, but if at a
meeting the president is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed
for holding the meeting, the vice president must act as chair, but if neither is
present the directors present may choose one of their number to be the chair at
that meeting.

(4) A director may at any time, and the secretary, on the request of a
director, must, convene a meeting of the directors.

(1) The directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to
committees consisting of the director or directors as they think fit.

(2) A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated must
conform to any rules imposed on it by the directors, and must report every act
or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the
directors held after the act or thing has been done.

A committee must elect a chair of its meetings, but if no chair is
elected, or if at a meeting the chair is not present within 30 minutes after the
time appointed for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of
the committee must choose one of their number to be the chair of the meeting.

The members of a committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper.

For a first meeting of directors held immediately following the
appointment or election of a director or directors at an annual or other general
meeting of members, or for a meeting of the directors at which a director is
appointed to fill a vacancy in the directors, it is not necessary to give notice
of the meeting to the newly elected or appointed director or directors for the
meeting to be constituted, if a quorum of the directors is present.

A director who may be absent temporarily from British Columbia may send or
deliver to the address of the society a waiver of notice, which may be by
letter, telegram, telex or cable, of any meeting of the directors and may at any
time withdraw the waiver, and until the waiver is withdrawn,

(a) a notice of meeting of directors is not required to be sent to that
director, and

(b) any and all meetings of the directors of the society, notice of which has
not been given to that director, if a quorum of the directors is present, are
valid and effective.

(1) Questions arising at a meeting of the directors and committee of
directors must be decided by a majority of votes.

(2) In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a second or casting
vote.

A resolution proposed at a meeting of directors or committee of directors
need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a
resolution.

A resolution in writing, signed by all the directors and placed with the
minutes of the directors, is as valid and effective as if regularly passed at a
meeting of directors.

Part 7 - Duties of Officers

(1) The president presides at all meetings of the society and of the
directors.

(2) The president is the chief executive officer of the society and must
supervise the other officers in the execution of their duties.

The vice president must carry out the duties of the president during the
president's absence.

The secretary must do the following:

(a) conduct the correspondence of the society;

(b) issue notices of meetings of the society and directors;

(d) have custody of all records and documents of the society except those
required to be kept by the treasurer;

(e) have custody of the common seal of the society;

(f) maintain the register of members.

The treasurer must

(a) keep the financial records, including books of account, necessary to
comply with the Society Act, and

(b) render financial statements to the directors, members and others when
required.

(1) The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person who
is to be known as the secretary treasurer.

(2) If a secretary treasurer holds office, the total number of directors must
not be less than 6 or the greater number that may have been determined under
bylaw 25 (2).

In the absence of the secretary from a meeting, the directors must appoint
another person to act as secretary at the meeting.

Part 8 - Seal

The directors may provide a common seal for the society and may destroy a
seal and substitute a new seal in its place.

The common seal must be affixed only when authorized by a resolution of
the directors and then only in the presence of the persons specified in the
resolution, or if no persons are specified, in the presence of the president and
secretary or president and secretary treasurer.

Part 9 - Borrowing

In order to carry out the purposes of the society the directors may, on
behalf of and in the name of the society, raise or secure the payment or
repayment of money in the manner they decide, and, in particular but without
limiting that power, by the issue of debentures.

A debenture must not be issued without the authorization of a special
resolution.

The members may, by special resolution, restrict the borrowing powers of
the directors, but a restriction imposed expires at the next annual general
meeting.

Part 10 - Auditor

This Part applies only if the society is required or has resolved to have
an auditor.

The first auditor must be appointed by the directors who must also fill
all vacancies occurring in the office of auditor.

At each annual general meeting the society must appoint an auditor to hold
office until the auditor is re-elected or a successor is elected at the next
annual general meeting.

An auditor may be removed by ordinary resolution.

An auditor must be promptly informed in writing of the auditor's
appointment or removal.

A director or employee of the society must not be its auditor.

The auditor may attend general meetings.

Part 11 - Notices to Members

A notice may be given to a member, either personally, by electronic mail or by mail to the
member at the member's registered address.

A notice is deemed to have been given

(1) by mail on the second day
following the day on which the notice is posted, and in proving that notice has
been given, it is sufficient to prove the notice was properly addressed and put
in a Canadian post office receptacle.

(2) by electronic mail on the same day on which the notice is posted,
and in proving that the notice has been given, it is sufficient to prove
the notice was properly addressed and sent to the mail server.

(1) Notice of a general meeting must be given to

(a) every member shown on the register of members on the day notice is given,
and

(b) the auditor, if Part 10 applies.

(2) No other person is entitled to receive a notice of a general meeting.

Part 12 - Bylaws

On being admitted to membership, each member is entitled to, and the
society must give the member without charge, a copy of the constitution and
bylaws of the society.

These bylaws must not be altered or added to except by special resolution.

Dated
.............................................. [month, day, year].

Witness(es)

Applicants for Incorporation

[Signature]
[Full name] [Resident address]

[Signature]
[Full name] [Resident address]
[Signature]
[Full name] [Resident address]
[Signature]
[Full name] [Resident address]

[Signature]
[Full name] [Resident address]
[Signature]
[Full name] [Resident address]

__________

[Note - At least 5 applicants must sign.]

List of First Directors of Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club
Full Names
Resident Addresses
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Dated
............................................... [month, day, year].
Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club
.........................................................
by (Signature)
.........................................................
(Relationship to Society)
__________

[Note - One director must be ordinarily resident in British Columbia.]

Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club

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