05/19/2025
Call For Nominations, and a Notice of our Annual General Meeting and Board Election that is held at the Trauma Symposium.
Have you thought of volunteering some of your time to be part of a dynamic trauma nursing association? ACTN may be just the right fit for you. There are many positions up for election this spring. From personal experience, being on this Association’s Board has been a valuable time for networking, professional development, friendships and creation of great ideas for nurses. We would love to see new additions to our team! There are duties and responsibilities, however, the time commitment is reasonable.
Meetings:
We hold meetings mostly virtually via Teams or Zoom, and occasionally in person. Meetings are approximately once a month for 1 –1 ½ hours.
Typically, there are no meetings over the summer and business slowly resumes in the fall. The frequency of meetings also typically picks up as we move closer to the date of the Annual Symposium to allow us to successfully organize the event.
This is a brief summary of what it would look like to be part of the board.
Positions open for nominations are:
1. President (2 years, term expires May/June 2027)
2. Vice President (1 year, term expires May/June 2026)
3. Treasurer (2 year, term expires May/June 2027)
4. Directors-At-Large (1 year and 2-year terms, term expires May/June 2026 or 2027)
Further nominations may be accepted from the floor at the Annual General Meeting.
Nominees must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in Canada.
Description of ACTN Executive board roles:
President:
1) The President shall/may attend all meetings of ACTN and of the
Board.
2) The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.
3) She/he shall, call meetings as required.
4) She/he shall, when present, preside at all meetings of ACTN and of
the Board. In her/his absence the Vice-President shall
preside at any such meetings. In the absence of both, a
chairperson may be elected at the meeting to preside.
5) She/he reports to the membership regularly.
6) She/he has signing authority for ACTN.
Vice-President:
1) The Vice-President shall/may attend all meetings of ACTN and of
the Board.
2) The Vice-President carries out duties assigned by the Board.
3) She/he has signing authority for ACTN.
Secretary
1) The Secretary shall/may attend all meetings of ACTN and of the
Board.
2) She/he shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings of ACTN and of
the Board.
3) In case of the absence of the Secretary, her/his duties shall be
discharged by such officer as may be appointed by the Board.
4) The Secretary shall have charge of all the correspondence of ACTN
and be under the direction of the President and the Board.
5) The Secretary shall also keep a record of all the members of ACTN
and their addresses.
6) She/he shall send all notices of the various meetings as required.
7) She/he shall collect and receive the annual dues or fees levied by
ACTN.
8) Such monies shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer.
9) She/he submits the required Annual Society Report to the Office of
Corporate Registries.
Treasurer
1) The Treasurer shall/may attend all meetings of ACTN and of the
Board.
2) The Treasurer shall receive all monies paid to ACTN and be
responsible for the deposit of same in whatever Bank, Trust
Company, Credit union or Treasury Branch the Board may
order.
3) She/he shall properly account for the funds of ACTN and maintain
financial records as may be directed.
4) She/he shall present detailed accounting of receipts and
disbursements to the Board.
5) She/he prepares the financial statements for the audit or review
committee and presents the audited/reviewed annual
financial statement to the Annual General Meeting. Two
copies of such statements shall be prepared: one for ACTN’s
files and one for the Annual Societies Report to the Office of
Corporate Registries.
6) She/he has signing authority for ACTN
Secretary/Treasurer
1) If a volunteer does not step forward for each of the positions of
Treasurer and Secretary, these two positions can be
combined and be undertaken by one person at the discretion
of the Board.
Director-At-Large
1) The Director-At-Large shall/may attend all meetings of ACTN and
of the Board.
2) A person appointed or elected, becomes a director if they accept
the nomination at the Annual General Meeting.
3) They may also become a Director if they were not present at the
meeting but consented in writing to act as Director.
Current Executive are:
Ella Clarke – Interim President Term is Completed
Vacant – Vice President
Lindsay Day – Treasurer Term is Completed
Brittany Weise – Secretary Term Completes 2026, Upcoming Nominee
Rachelle Saybel – Past President Term is Completed
Mark Fuhr – Director-At-Large Term is Completed
Kaitlyn Julas – Director-At-Large Term Completes 2026, Upcoming nominee
Falon Chynoweth - Director-At-Large Term is Completed
Names for nominations can be submitted by emailing or form submission on our website:
[email protected]
OR
traumanurses.ca
The deadline to submit nominations is May 25, 2025 to allow time to prepare a slate of nominees for the AGM. There will also be opportunity to accept nominees at the AGM.
If you would like any further information, please feel free to contact myself or any of the executive at any time.
Looking forward to seeing you at the symposium on May 30!
Sincerely,
Ella Clarke, RN, BScN
Interim President
Association of Canadian Trauma Nurses
