(b)
An alternate Forum councillor may, but need not, be a Forum councillor of the
Forum.
(c)
One person may act as alternate Forum councillor to more than one Forum
councillor.
(d)
An alternate Forum councillor may, if the appointer does not attend a meeting of
Forum councillors, attend and vote in place of and on behalf of the appointer.
(e)
An alternate Forum councillor is entitled to a separate vote for each Forum
councillor the alternate Forum councillor represents in addition to any vote the
alternate Forum councillor may have as a Forum councillor in his or her own right.
(f)
In the absence of the appointer, an alternate Forum councillor may exercise any
power that the appointer may exercise. The exercise of such a power by the
alternate Forum councillor is taken to be the exercise of the power by the
appointer.
(g)
The office of an alternate Forum councillor is vacated if and when the appointer
vacates office as a Forum councillor.
(h)
The appointer may terminate the appointment of an alternate Forum councillor at
any time, even though the period of the appointment has not expired.
(i)
An appointment, or the termination of an appointment, of an alternate Forum
councillor must be in writing signed by the Forum councillor who makes or made
the appointment and does not take effect until the Forum has received written
notice of the appointment or termination.
(j)
An alternate Forum councillor is not to be taken into account separately from the
appointor in counting the minimum or maximum number of Forum councillors
allowed under this constitution.
(k)
In deciding whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Forum councillors, an
alternate Forum councillor who attends the meeting is to be counted as a Forum
councillor for each Forum councillor on whose behalf the alternate Forum councillor
is attending the meeting provided that at least three Forum Councillors are present
in person.
(l)
An alternate Forum councillor, while acting as a Forum councillor, is:
(1) responsible to the Forum for his or her own acts and defaults; and
(2) not to be taken to be the agent of the Forum councillor by whom he or she was
appointed.
14.15 Committees of Forum councillors
(a)
The Forum councillors may delegate any of their powers to one or more
committees consisting of the number of Forum councillors they think fit.
(b)
A committee to which any powers have been delegated must exercise the powers
delegated in accordance with any directions given by the Forum councillors.
(c)
Unless the Forum councillors determine otherwise, the provisions of this
constitution that apply to meetings and resolutions of Forum councillors apply, so
far as they can and with any necessary changes, to meetings and resolutions of a
committee of Forum councillors.
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