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•Some corporations may want to collapse all membership classes into one class or change non-voting membership classes into “supporters”, “adherents” or other non-member type of name
•Timing of such changes will be important for CNCA, since non-voting members will have the right to vote on continuance unless they are removed before application for continuance
•Default rules to terminate membership and member’s rights apply unless articles or by-laws state otherwise
–Upon death, resignation, expiry
of membership term, liquidation or dissolution of the
corporation, expulsion, or termination of membership in accordance
with the articles or by-laws
–Rights
terminated upon termination of membership
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