The Executive Committee is the decision-making body of the Network. It is comprised of 7 members, namely:

• the Director of the Network ,
• the Deputy Director of the Network ,
• the Administrative Director of the Network ,
• two members of the Network with no conflicts of interest within the Network ,
• a member from another network of the FRQS ,
• an expert in research, such as a director of a research center.

The role of the Executive Committee is :

• to develop the strategic directions of the Network as recommended by the General Assembly,
• to evaluate, create or dissolve a strategic group, an infrastructure, a common service,
• to review the activities of the Network so as to ensure the attainment of the selected objectives and plans,
• to elaborate and allocate the Network's budget according to the established strategic directions,
• to determine the date and place of the General Assembly.
• The heads of the strategic groups and of infrastructures are appointed by the Executive Committee upon recommendations of the Scientific Committee.

The Executive Committee can request the resignation or terminate the participation of a member it deems has not acted in the interests of the Network.

Meetings

The Executive Committee holds three regular meetings per year. Regular meetings must be convened at least two months in advance. A consultation of the members is made by the Administrative Director of the Network to determine the date and place of the meeting. In an emergency, the Director of Network may convene an extraordinary meeting at any time. Members of the Executive Committee may be represented at committee meetings and vote by proxy through their representatives.

The Director of the Network chairs the meetings of the Executive Committee. In the justified absence of the Director due to illness or traveling abroad, the Deputy Director chairs the meeting. The Administrative Director of the Network provides the secretarial work at meetings of the Executive Committee.

Activity Report

The Executive Committee provides a Network activity report to the FRQS and to the General Assembly at least once a year.

Transitional provisions

Any vacancy within the Executive Committee (resignation ,....) must be filled for the remainder of the year pending the endorsed appointment of a new committee member by the General Assembly. The absence without justifiable cause (illness, travel, unforeseen emergency) of a member at two consecutive meetings duly convened, justifies his/her replacement by the Executive Committee by a member until a new appointment is endorsed by the General Assembly.

Members

Members of the Executive Committee for the actual fiscal year are:

• Dr. Yves Tremblay, Director of the Network
• Dr. Philippe Jouvet, Deputy Director of the Network
• Dr. Bruno Awissi, Administrative Director of the Network
• Dr. Elyse Bissonnette, member of the Groupe de recherche en santé respiratoire de l'Université Laval
• Dr. Hugh Clarke, Director, Division of Reproductive Biology, Co-director, Human Reproduction and Development Axis, McGill University Health Center
• Dr. Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Director of the Cancer Research Network
• Dr. Jean-Paul Praud, full professor at the Department of pediatrics of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Université de Sherbrooke

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