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CMG elections: some candidates elected and some work still to do

As of the close of the nomination period on Friday, October 11, the following candidates are elected by acclamation:

National Executive Committee (NEC)
President: Carmel Smyth
Vice-President: Lise Lareau
Secretary-Treasurer: Calum McLeod
Director, Equity & Human Rights: Kamala Rao
Director, Francophone Issues: Dominique Delisle
Director, New Members: Robert Ballantyne
Director, Small Branches: Hyungwon Kang

Trustees
Judy Kovacs
Trevor Squires

APTN
President: Vince Proteau
Vice president: Bruce Spence

CBC/Radio-Canada
Vice-President: Michael D’Souza
Director, Atlantic: Harry Mesh
Director, North: Allan Gofenko
Director, Ontario: Michael Robert
Director, Prairies: John O’Connor
Director, SRC East: Chantal Payant
Director, SRC West: Dominique Delisle
Director, New Members, Youth & Temporary Employees: Sean Laughlin
Director, Online & Emerging Platforms: Annick Forest
Director, Diversity & Human Rights: Wil Fundal

The Canadian Press/Pagemasters North America
President: Terry Pedwell
Vice-President: Nelson Wyatt

Freelance
President: Don Genova
Vice-President: Darrell Harvey
Secretary-Treasurer: Maureen MatthewsPrivate Radio
Vice-President: Anick Charette

Thomson Reuters
President: Julie Gordon
Vice-President: Hyungwon Kang
Secretary: Scott Haggett
Treasurer: Cameron French

TFO
Présidente : Kim Benoit
Vice-président : Louis-Philippe Deslauriers
Secrétaire : Valérie Peltier
Trésorière : Josée Fraser

TVO
President : Gregg Thurlbeck
Vice-President : David Hawkins
Treasurer: Mike Fitzgerald

ZoomerMedia
Vice-President: Darren Gonsalves

Elections will be held for the following positions:

NEC
Director, Education: Allan Gofenko, Gail Young 

CBC/Radio-Canada
President: Marc-Philippe Laurin, Jonathan Spence
Treasurer: Kevin Keigher, Gaynette Spafford

Private Radio
President: Benoît Desjardins, Gary Stackhouse

The vote will take place December 5-9 using the Guild’s online automated voting system. We’ll send out more details in the coming weeks.

The nomination period for the following positions is being extended until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 24. There will be no further extensions beyond this date.

Trustees
One position

APTN
Secretary-Treasurer

CBC/Radio-Canada
Secretary
Director, BC
Director, Education & Mobilization
Director, Small Locations (under 50 members)

The Canadian Press/Pagemasters North America
Secretary-Treasurer

Private Radio
Secretary-Treasurer

Shaw Media
President
Secretary-Treasurer
Vice-President, Master Control & Digital Library
Vice-President, Post-Production/Closed Captioning/Quality Control/Presentation & Dub Centre

TVO
Secretary

ZoomerMedia
President
Secretary-Treasurer

CBC and CP members only: For information about your location unit elections, speak to a member of your current local executive.

To file a nomination for one of the vacant positions, visit our elections portal at http://www.cmg.ca/en/category/elections.

 

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