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Tel: (780) 849-3232
Fax: (780) 849-3360
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Address:

Community Futures Lesser Slave Lake Region
Box 2100, 100 Poplar Lane
Slave Lake, Alberta
T0G 2A0

Office hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (closed from noon - 1 p.m.) Monday to Friday

Staff Directory

  • Randy Renauer, Executive Director

Board of Directors

  • David Vanderwell, Chairperson
  • Denny Garratt, Vice-Chair
  • Dave Gaskell, Secretary/Treasurer
  • Cheryl Wogan, Exec Comm
  • Mark Missal
  • Leo Alook
  • Randy Ehman
  • Georges Jadot
  • Bev New
  • Archie Pronger
  • Jeff Burgar
  • Nona Elliot

4.  POLICY TYPE:  GOVERNANCE PROCESS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPOSITION & TERMS OF DIRECTORSHIP

1.   Composition of the Board of Directors - Membership on the Board of Directors for CFLSLR shall not exceed 15 members (See Articles of Association)

A maximum of eight appointees from municipal council and other stakeholder organizations shall be invited to serve on the CFLSLR Board of Directors:

If a stakeholder organization or municipal council waives its privilege to appoint a representative to serve on the CFLSLR  Board of Directors; or

If by default, a stakeholder organization or municipal representative has failed to participate on the Board of Directors as prescribed in the policies herein; and the stakeholder organization or municipal council has failed to appoint another member within 30 days’ notice being given by the Chairperson of CFLSLR of such default :

CFLSLR Board of Directors shall recruit a “Member at Large” from any where within the CFLSLR service region to fill the vacancy for a two year term without further notice to the stakeholder organization or municipal council in default;

  • Prior to the end of the Member at Large two-year term, the defaulting stakeholder organization or municipal council will be given an opportunity to once again appoint a representative to CFLSLR Board of Directors.  The stakeholder organization or municipal council will be provided 30 days’ notice in writing inviting them to appoint a representative of the CFLSLR Board of Directors.
  • If the stakeholder organization or municipal council fails to notify the Chairperson of CFLSLR in writing within the 30 days’ notice period of whom the organization has appointed to the CFLSLR Board of Directors, CFLSLR Board of Directors will once again appoint a “Member at Large” to fill the position for a two year term.

(c)  A minimum of three "Members at Large" from the general public shall be elected by the Board of Directors.

All members to the Board of Directors be shall voting members.

Membership shall be based on geographic location within the CFLSLR region as well as representation by community economic development sector, including (but not limited to) the following:

  • agriculture
  • education
  • First Nations and Metis organizations
  • forestry
  • health care
  • labor
  • municipal government
  • oil or gas
  • professions such as accounting, finance or law
  • science, technology or telecommunications
  • service industry
  • small business
  • tourism & hospitality
  • transportation

In addition to knowledge and expertise in the forgoing areas of economic development, the Board of Directors shall recruit members whom:

  • have strong communication and public relations skills
  • have the time and interest to commit full participation on the Board of Directors  

The Board of Directors shall ensure that the Board is composed of an appropriate mix of members with relevant knowledge and experience in most of the key areas of community economic development cited above.

All members to the Board of Directors shall be volunteers.