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===== Dominion Newspaper Cooperative Bylaws =====

[[https://www.mediacoop.ca/join/bylaws|Read the full bylaws here]].

Summary by Olivia Henry, March 2021

**Organization description**

The Dominion Newspaper Cooperative was a monthly newspaper cooperative in Canada with local editorial groups in Halifax, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.

**Types of membership**

//Managing Editor Members//

   - Has worked for at least 20 hours a week for the coop for three months
  - Has day-to-day involvement with the Dominion, with no long absences without board approval
  - Pays an annual membership fee and supports the objectives of the co-op

//Writer and Editor Members//

  - Has at least written two articles or edited a section of the Dominion for two editions
  - Writes at least one article a year or edit a Dominion Section at least three times a year
  - Pays an annual membership fee and supports the objectives of the co-op

//Reader Members//

  - Pays an annual membership fee and supports the objectives of the co-op

**Board of directors**

//Composition//

  - One Reader Member director, elected by their own class
  - One Writer and Editor director, elected by their own class
  - Three Managing Editor directors, elected by their own class

//Other governance issues//

  - The board establishes a nominating committee which presents a slate of consenting candidates at the annual membership meeting. Members can submit nominations, too.

**Voting**

//Quorum//

  - A quorum at any Members' Meeting requires the presence of 30% of Managing Editor Members and 2% or 5 Members, whichever is greater, from the other classes.
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