MEMBERSHIP

Membership

AWARE-NS, the Nova Scotia Health and Community Services Safety Association is undertaking a Membership drive. The Association recognizes that strong ties with our sector stakeholders and partners afford AWARE-NS with the opportunity to be guided by and to reflect the health and safety needs within these sectors. Membership in AWARE-NS is free and consists of voting and non-voting members. All Health and Community Service organizations that become members and are eligible to identify one official designate who can attend and vote at any meeting of the society.

Voting Members

Membership in AWARE NS consists of voting and non-voting members. Organizations involved in the health care and community services sector are eligible to become voting members and are entitled to have one representative who is the Official Designate of the organization and can attend and vote at any meeting of the members of the Society.

Eligibility:

Organizations involved in the health and community services sector are eligible for voting membership provided that the organization:

All voting members are eligible to identify one official designate, of legal age, who can attend and vote at any meeting of the members of the society.

Application Process:

Key Points

Organizational membership in the Society ceases:

01 Upon the wind-up or termination of existence of the member

03 If the member ceases to qualify for membership in accordance with by-laws, or

02 If the member resigns by written notice to the society

04 If, by a vote of the majority of voting members of the society or a majority vote of the Directors of the Society at a meeting duly called and for which notice of the proposed action has been given, the member’s membership in Aware -NS has been terminated.