{"id":1613,"date":"2019-01-30T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.org\/portail-collaboratif\/rules-of-procedure\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T01:31:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T06:31:51","slug":"rules-of-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/en\/portail-collaboratif\/rules-of-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1613\" class=\"elementor elementor-1613 elementor-1399 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7b853f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7b853f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01ad597\" data-id=\"01ad597\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8da254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8da254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Statement of organizational intent<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fe142f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fe142f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-905f7b8\" data-id=\"905f7b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32b0e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32b0e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/calf-2192609_640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1598\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/calf-2192609_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/calf-2192609_640-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ad9640\" data-id=\"0ad9640\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b81f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b81f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of Vegan Option Canada (VOC) is to make vegan \u00a0options available in Canada. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vegan Option Canada wants to ensure that, throughout the country, vegan choices are available to those individuals who wish to have them, when it comes to food as well as \u00a0all aspects of life (education, clothing&#8230;). In particular, VOC is working to make vegan options available in the public sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VOC advocates that the right to access vegan alternatives, particularly vegan meals, should be recognized as a human right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driven by the priority to alleviate suffering in the world, VOC\u2019s specific aims are to improve human health, protect animals and reduce environmental degradation.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b21921e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b21921e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c958d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c958d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Decision-making process<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dc2048 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dc2048\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-381ee5c\" data-id=\"381ee5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487258a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"487258a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Formalization of Vegan Option Canada\u2019s decision-making process<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision-making space of VOC is its<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1owLED18uBTyN__LuZg7qO0tCWEa-YW5kSUk7sAGxCRM\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agora<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose instructions formalize the decision-making process.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2be4e85\" data-id=\"2be4e85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f925b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f925b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/temple-of-hephaestus-1796430_640-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1601\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/temple-of-hephaestus-1796430_640-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/temple-of-hephaestus-1796430_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8c109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d8c109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Decision Process: Eligibility of objections<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a member challenges the admissibility of an objection, he or she may request arbitration from the VOC Board of Directors, which must render it within 15 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To guide the Board of Directors in this arbitration process, which follows the principle of radical transparency, eligibility criteria are proposed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an objection that gives priority to an ethical principle other than that of VOC (alleviating suffering) is out of order;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an objection is inadmissible if it is based on knowledge or beliefs that are not normally acknowledged by democratic institutions that have the mission to validate information (data, proposals, arguments, hypotheses, theories, etc.). \u201cDemocratic institutions\u201d are those who have the trust of the community, even if their legal status is not strictly public; for example, legally private but publicly auditable institutions operating according to radical transparency could qualify for this status;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an objection that is based on an illogical argument is out of order.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The arbitration report is recorded in the Agora<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/18nt4_PAJ4E_Ij6sYJd8gmjW7YQLSvywNIaNzXyKa_Mc\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">archives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Consent decision-making and quality of discussions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vegan Option Canada\u2019s decision-making process is based principally on consent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consent decision-making promotes discussion. It is the quality of the argument that prevails, not the number of participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The quality of the discussions is crucial for the proper functioning of VOC, especially on a subject as emotional as the animal issue, which puts some people in a vulnerable position. It is important that all participants feel comfortable and safe in the VOC discussion spaces. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1RyK_nEGU9BN4Sqz7Qp2gWxgYYUYkhfrHBbzIg3TjNRE\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WebmasterTeam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in charge of the administration of the information system, ensures this quality and must intervene with the participants if their communication is deemed inappropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does \u201csafe space\u201d mean? There are two levels at which it can be understood:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- feeling comfortable or confident in a space or with people;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- feeling safe and\/or physically and psychologically protected from oppression and\/or aggression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So one has to be vigilant about how one communicates with the other in general.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be careful with remarks that appear innocuous but have a negative dimension (example: irony directed against a participant\u2019s proposal). Communicating in this way is never desirable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be careful as well with jokes about the animal issue, which can make people uncomfortable even if they are meant \u00a0to relax the atmosphere. Would you make a misogynistic joke in a women\u2019s rights movement or a homophobic joke in a gay rights movement? <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4a484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a4a484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Administration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-16c63f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16c63f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3c1357\" data-id=\"b3c1357\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-139ee43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"139ee43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/earth-1207231_640-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1604\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/earth-1207231_640-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/earth-1207231_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-300f392\" data-id=\"300f392\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f3b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91f3b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Accompanying allies for participants of Vegan Option Canada<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any new participant is connected to an accompanying ally member who helps them discover VOC using the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.org\/en\/welcome-guide\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bb1192 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bb1192\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c56622c\" data-id=\"c56622c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c4a17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59c4a17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Radical Transparency<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By default, all documents from Vegan Option Canada apply the principle of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radical_transparency\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">radical transparency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Any new participant is informed of this by the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HkztsXiPWurNpwN8-ADV7KMiwfY0PKnnWFQT17Bjk8M\/edit#heading=h.ju0yg4rvlyts\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">welcome email<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following registration.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2670715\" data-id=\"2670715\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f7f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60f7f54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/glass-ball-3931999_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1609\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d07a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d07a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Official Word of Vegan Option Canada<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HkztsXiPWurNpwN8-ADV7KMiwfY0PKnnWFQT17Bjk8M\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official communication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of VOC (website<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HkztsXiPWurNpwN8-ADV7KMiwfY0PKnnWFQT17Bjk8M\/edit#heading=h.q9ijeqndf9zi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, standard mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) must be validated via the Agora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1peX8LJwx2x9S2gQjE2sxJzrlohad43Eo5Q4Y5eLfKSY\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is mandated to be the spokesperson for the association and can speak without validation by the Agora if necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A member cannot speak on behalf of VOC unless they have a mandate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1peX8LJwx2x9S2gQjE2sxJzrlohad43Eo5Q4Y5eLfKSY\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of VOC has the mandate to perform the following tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make technical improvements to the official texts;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approve submissions of content to be published on VOC platforms (including the website and social media channels);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approve the final draft of the newsletter;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">administer social networks; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communicate by mail or email.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To implement this mandate, two Communication Council members are sufficient for proposals that are considered minor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the VOC website is the main platform for communicating VOC&#8217;s official texts, the \u201ccomments\u201d function (allowing users to express themselves) is deactivated, in order to avoid confusion; any proposed exceptions to this general rule must be validated via the Agora.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Assigning Access Codes to Vegan Option Canada Information Systems<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of the VOC<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1RyK_nEGU9BN4Sqz7Qp2gWxgYYUYkhfrHBbzIg3TjNRE\/edit?usp=sharing\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WebmasterTeam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hold access codes to VOC information systems (website, social networks, collaborative platform, email, Google account), which is a major responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to secure the informational heritage of VOC, the Board of Directors of VOC has a mandate to appoint the members of this WebmasterTeam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Delegation of Financial Authority and Accounting Process<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vegan Option Canada\u2019s forecasted budget is validated through the Agora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only the VOC Board of Directors has delegated authority to incur expenses or other financial transactions as part of this budget. The Board of Directors has the ability to delegate this authority by imperative mandate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For operations not planned in this budget, the Board of Directors may incur expenses of up to $1000 annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Treasurer signs for the association\u2019s payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Treasurer ensures the completion of each financial transaction (including verifying the accuracy of its figures, with supporting documents) and has it certified by the Board of Directors prior to making a payment, booking and archiving of accounting documents. 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