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Council Election and By-law Proposals and Petitions for 2020
Notification of candidate platforms and proposed by-law changes is available in accordance with By-law 4.3.6 and 16.6.4.
Council Elections
The vote will take place through your online profile beginning Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 12:00 a.m. and ending Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at midnight.
In this year's election, there are fourteen (14) candidates for election to four (4) positions in the professional engineer category.
There is no election for the professional geoscientist member to the Council; the one candidate will be declared elected by acclamation.
There is no election for the intern council member; we are between a two-year term.
Only registered members are eligible to vote for the professional engineers and professional geoscientist positions. Only interns are eligible to vote for the intern position.
All P.Eng. candidates in a single document (PDF)Engineer Candidates (Nominated by Council)
- Vaibhav Banthia, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Kim Dodds, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Carolyn Geddert, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Ron Jonkman, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Ian Smallwood, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Efrem Teklemariam, P.Eng., FEC (PDF)
- Michelle Wadelius, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Qiuyan Yuan, P.Eng. (PDF)
Engineer Candidates (Nominated by Members)
- Daniel Asrat Balcha, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Phil Dorn, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Ademola Owoade, P.Eng. (PDF)
- M Wail Safklou, P.Eng. (PDF)
- John Sawatzky, P.Eng. (PDF)
- Victor Thielmann, P.Eng., FEC (PDF)
Geoscientist Candidate (Nominated by Council)
- Linda Murphy, P.Geo.
By-law Proposals
The vote will take place through your online profile beginning Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 12:00 a.m. and ending Friday, October 9, 2020 at noon.
Council Proposed
Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba's Council has been advised by legal counsel that the non-practising status for the "Retired Members" category (established in by-law) is inconsistent with the Act.
The Act defines members as: "a natural person who holds a valid and subsisting certificate of registration, entitling them to practice professional engineering or professional geoscience within the province".
However, the By-laws currently create categories of members that prevent certain classes from practising (i.e. those in the "Retired Member" category). Legal Counsel has therefore advised that Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba eliminate the current "Retired Member" category.
In addition to following this advice from legal counsel, Council is creating a NEW category of membership - the Senior Member category. This category of membership will serve to recognize long-standing members, while also easing the professional development requirements for them.
Background information on these changes can be found in the following video:
The transcript for the above video can be found here:
The full, official proposal, including tracked changes, can be found here:
In addition to the proposed by-law changes, Council has developed the following policies.
- Policy on Designations for Former Members (PDF)
- Policy on Reduced Professional Development Reporting Targets (PDF)
- Policy on Exemption from Professional Development Reporting Targets (PDF)
Member Proposed
Changes to By-law 10.1, Dues and Fees, to ensure that any "extraordinary" dues increases are approved by the membership.
Vote Results
See the 2020 Results.