Sentences with phrase «voted by our members»

Tim Manning served as Chair of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in 2015 - 16 — a year in which the organization made headlines by achieving a gender - balanced board of directors, released its milestone report the Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard 2016, and adopted a new name and regional identity, following a historic vote by its Members.

A vote by members of the British Medical Association (BMA) in favour of decriminalising abortion «defies common sense», according to the Christian Medical Fellowship.

Previous articles noted this occurred as a result of some type of vote by members.

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While the Coptic Church appoints leaders by copying how the 12th apostle was picked after Judas» death (Acts 1:23 - 26), other churches rely on either voting by members (to varying degrees) or on the decision of existing leaders.

Also, the FIFA / FIFPro World XI, voted by members of the international professional footballers» union FIFPro:

But a Section 30 Order would temporarily grant the Scottish government that power, subject to a majority vote by members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs).

It's usually done through the voting by the Member of Parliaments in the Parliament.

Joining the EU requires a unanimous vote by the members.

In the District of Columbia, the Catholic church and other backers of traditional marriage have lobbied the city's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the year.

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly [1](originally having the title of Presiding Officer)[2] is the presiding officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly, elected on a cross-community vote by the Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

After two inconclusive votes by member states, the commission is allowed to drive its proposal through.

This well - loved rags - to - riches story of a prostitute falling for a business man has been voted by our members as their all time favourite rom - com!

The site displays top photos voted by members, top viewed women / men members, photos of members online now, and photos of your saved matches right there on your profile page.

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The director of the winning film, voted by members of the TFCA, receives $ 100,000 from Rogers Communications Inc..

Here are the results of the January 8, 2011 vote by the members of the National Society of Film Critics.

Batman: Arkham Asylum has won best game at the Bafta 2010 awards.The awards, which are voted by members of the game industry, in a similar way to how the movie BAFTAs are decided, gives an indication of the best games of the previous year.The game, which... Read more

Usually, it requires a vote by your members or shareholders.

Yesterday's vote by members of BC's Law Society directs the Benchers to reverse that vote, bringing BC into line with Law Societies in Ontario and Nova Scotia, which have also rejected TWU's accreditation in their provinces.

Here, in fact, the Supreme Court of Canada has previously determined that TWU and its graduates have rights in play which can not be casually disregarded by a provincial licensing bodies (much less by votes by the members of those bodies).

At twenty - three he was voted Tarosophist of the Year by popular vote by members of the Tarosophy Tarot Association.

Meanwhile, the Quebec City board also decided to pull out after a more decisive 57.5 per cent to 42.5 per cent vote by members.

The «Joy» actress, christened «too cool to be America's sweetheart,» took home this year's Oscar for Best Real Estate Client, voted by members of the real estate industry as the nominee they'd most like to help buy or sell a home in RISMedia's 2nd Annual Academy Awards of Real Estate.

The decision was made by the GMREB Board of Directors on Friday, after a vote by members «overwhelmingly» rejected the status quo, says board president Patrick Juanéda.

Not exact matches

This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn., left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Members of local unions will vote by mail, at mass membership meetings, and at walk - in balloting meetings and all results are due back to the CWA by June 17, according to Bob Master, assistant to the vice president at the CWA.

By looking at hundreds of roll call votes and comparing them mathematically, the DW - NOMINATE process is able to figure out where each member sits politically compared to other members.

But for his proposal to be put forward for consideration by Dell shareholders, he must first succeed in having Michael Dell's offer voted down and then win enough shareholder support to replace the members of Dell's board with his own nominees.

By looking at how each legislator voted on every roll call vote compared to the member's peers, DW - NOMINATE is able to show how liberal or conservative a Congressman or Senator is.

The strategy is intended to produce a bipartisan majority vote for Mr. Brennan in the Senate Intelligence Committee without giving its members seven additional legal opinions on targeted killing sought by senators and while protecting what the White House views as the confidentiality of the Justice Department's legal advice to the president.

It was enforced by a voting provision that required Abu Dhabi Investment Council to vote in favor of board nominees select board - members put forth, not uncommon in Canada.

U.S. diplomat Jason Mack called for a vote on China's text on «mutually beneficial cooperation», which was then easily adopted by the 47 - member forum.

Embarrassingly, Labour's vote tally was actually lower than the total number of local members claimed by the party.

But following Elliott's move, eight board members nominated by Vivendi resigned, triggering a vote on a full board renewal at a separate shareholder meeting called for May 4.

In the U.K., the nine - member Monetary Policy Committee decides a course of action by consensus, with each member having a single vote.

The eight members of the Beaudoin - Bombardier family — heirs of Joseph - Armand Bombardier, who invented the snowmobile — control the company through a dual - class share structure that gives class A shares, 54 % of which are owned by the family members, 10 votes apiece.

According to the New York Times, Khosrowshahi brought a proposal, co-authored by Goldman Sachs, to board members on Thursday that would, among other things, rein in Kalanick's voting power.

«The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.»

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) allows its member - brokers to vote shares held by them for their customers on matters the NYSE determines are routine, even though the brokers have not received voting instructions from their customers.

John Doerr, Ted Schlein, Brook Byers, and Bing Gordon are managing members of KPCB sFund Associates, LLC, the managing member of sFund and, therefore, share voting and dispositive power over the shares held by sFund.

Alice L. Walton, Jim C. Walton and S. Robson Walton share voting and dispositive power with respect to all Shares held by Walton Enterprises, LLC, individually as managing members of Walton Enterprises, LLC, and in their capacities as co-trustees of the John T. Walton Estate Trust, which is also a managing member of Walton Enterprises, LLC.

The SSE Holdings LLC Agreement may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding LLC Interests; provided that if the managing member holds greater than 33 % of the LLC Interests, then it may be amended with the consent of the managing member together with holders of at least 50 % of the outstanding LLC Interests, excluding LLC Interests held by the managing member.

However, the same way investors are growing leery of Washington's political rhetoric, they are also putting less weight on the endless parade of speeches by voting members of the Fed — specifically, Janet Yellen, Stan Fischer, Bill Dudley, and Lael Brainard — in an effort to manipulate markets without doing anything.

In reaction to the vote by the Legal Affairs Committee, Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positive.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our voting stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens, and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

The NYSE allows its member - brokers to vote shares held by them for their customers on matters the NYSE determines are routine, even though the brokers have not received voting instructions from their customers.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

We are also subject to restrictions imposed by federal law that require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

But when NDP members decided by a narrow margin to show Thomas Mulcair the door, they ended up trading a leader who was considered prime ministerial by a significant number of voters for one who is not — or at least who may not be in time for next year's federal vote.