RESPONSIBILITIES/RESPONSABILITÉS
Responsibilities of the Executive Committee
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To guide the Union's affairs.
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To determine the time and place of Union meetings and to convene when necessary the Union Council.
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To authorize expenditures set out in the budget, and whose maximum amount has been determined by the General Meeting; to check the Treasurer's accounting books and reports.
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In light of the priorities of the Union, and taking into account the available resources, to adopt budgetary projections for recommendation to the General Meeting.
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To ensure that the rules and regulations adopted by the General Meeting are respected.
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To set up any committee required to study, to discuss, to promote or to further the goals of the Union.
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To name people to represent the Union to the various bodies to which the Union is affiliated.
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To accept members.
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To receive member's complaints, to examine and dispose of them, in accordance with articles 14, 15 and 16 of the present Constitution.
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To receive and examine all communications and information submitted by the General Meeting to them, and to report back to the General Meeting.
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To abide by the decisions made by the General Meeting, which constitute a mandate to be executed on behalf of all of the members of the Union.
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To submit to the General Meeting any question or issue requiring a vote by the members.
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To present a report of the previous year's activities and accomplishments to the Annual General Meeting.
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To see to the temporary replacement of the President if he or she is absent for a short period of time.
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To authorize all the procedures and legal acts for the best interest of the Union.
Responsibilities of Union Council
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To ensure that the Executive Committee follows through on the mandates given to it by the General Meeting; it shall replace any Union officer or Union Delegate who resigns, is unable to act or is absent; and thus, until the following General Meeting; where an election shall be held to fill the vacant position(s).
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To elaborate on the policy and activities of the Union between General Meetings, especially those involving the Collective Agreement and inter-Union matters.
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To create and participate in the appropriate committees to see to the proper functioning of the Union and to elect the members to said committees.
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To name Delegates to represent the Union to the various bodies where the Union participates.
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To aid and assist in the preparation and execution of the General Meetings.
Responsibilities of the Auditing Committee
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To examine all revenues and expenses.
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To examine and authenticate the reconciliation of the banking institution account, the Treasurer's report, as well as all other financial accounts of the Union.
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To verify the adherence to the resolution of the Executive Committee, the Union Council and the General Meeting.
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Upon unanimous decision, to call a Special General Assembly.
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To prepare an audit of the Union's finances on a yearly basis.