4.0 Requirements for Directors, Liaisons & Life Members, Policies, ALLIANCE Hockey Manual of Operations (Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario)

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4.1 President

Eligibility: 
1. Must have served on the Board of Directors for one (1) of the last two (2) years. The President shall not serve in any
   capacity with a Member Association while holding Board of Directors office.

Qualifications:
.1 Extensive minor hockey organizational experience at all levels;
.2 Knowledge of ALLIANCE, OHF and HC rules and regulations;
.3 Management and supervisory skills;
.4 Leadership, facilitation, and decisiveness;
.5 Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
.6 Dispute resolution skills.

.2 Senior Vice-President 

Eligibility:
.1 Must be a nominated member of the present standing Board of Directors;
.2 The Senior Vice-President shall not serve in any capacity with a Member Association while holding Board of Directors office.

Qualifications:
.1 Extensive minor hockey organizational experience at all levels;
.2 Knowledge of ALLIANCE, OHF and HC rules and regulations;
.3 Management and supervisory skills;
.4 Leadership, facilitation, and decisiveness;
.5 Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
.6 Dispute resolution skills.

.3 Regional Vice-President 

Eligibility:
.1 Must have served at least one (1) of the last two (2) years on the Representative Council or Recreational Council or as a
    Board member of an ALLIANCE Member Association.
.2 Regional Vice-Presidents shall not serve in any capacity with a Member Association while holding Board of Directors office.

Qualifications:
.1 Extensive minor hockey organizational experience at all levels;
.2 Knowledge of ALLIANCE, OHF and HC rules and regulations;
.3 Management and supervisory skills;
.4 Leadership, facilitation, and decisiveness;
.5 Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
.6 Dispute resolution skills.

.4 Liaisons to the Board 
The Liaisons to the Board may be appointed annually by the Directors. They shall be able to attend at and participate in all meetings of the Board but shall have no voting rights. A Liaison to the Board is not required to be a Member.

Liaisons to the Board are as follows:
a. Executive Director;
b. Treasurer;
c. Technical Director of Officials; and
d. others as deemed required.

.5 Life Membership 

.1
Eligibility
Life Membership may be granted to an individual that has served a minimum ten (10) years on the ALLIANCE Hockey Board
of Directors and/or one or more of its Member Associations, with a minimum of five (5) of those years in service to the
ALLIANCE Hockey Board of Directors, and who has rendered extraordinary and distinguished service to ALLIANCE Hockey and 
continues to bring forth outstanding services to the organization.

.2 Nomination Process  
In January of each season a Life Membership Bulletin will be sent to the Board of Directors advising them nominations for election
to Life Membership are open until sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Meeting.  A nomination for Life Membership may be submitted
only by a Member of the Board of Directors.

Each candidate must be endorsed by three (3) Board of Directors Members. If more than two (2) nominations are presented in 
the same season the Board of Directors will review the nominations and decide by a vote as to which nominations will move
forward to the Annual Meeting. A Board of Directors Member may only nominate one (1) individual. A total of two (2)
nominations in any year is the maximum. A completed Life Membership nomination form together with endorsements must  be filed with the Executive Director sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Meeting.

.3 Election of Life Members 
The vote for the Life Membership shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting by secret ballot. For Life Membership to be granted
a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the eligible votes cast and not spoiled must be in favor of the nomination. If there
are two candidates, the names of both candidates will appear on the ballot and votes may be cast for one, both or neither of
the candidates.