04/15/2026
HNS Regional Volunteer Opportunities 🏒🥅
Every two years, volunteer positions on Hockey Nova Scotia’s Minor Council are filled through an election, and this year, the Western Region will be re- electing a Regional Director. Vanessa Stevens is re-offering.
HNS welcomes nominations from all qualified candidates and is especially encouraging applicants from diverse communities as part of their ongoing commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion at every level of the game.
For more details on the Regional Director role, please review the excerpts below from the Hockey Nova Scotia Regulations.
Regional Directors
18) One representative from each of the established Regions, to be known as the Regional Director, shall be duly elected/appointed by the members of that Region.
a) Regional Directors must reside within the Region they represent and be elected by the members of that Region.
b) Nominations for the various Regional Directors of the Council must be received by the HNS Executive Director in writing no later than seven days prior to the Regional meeting set for the election. This meeting must be held prior to the Hockey Nova Scotia AGM.
c) When two or more are nominated for any office, and all but one decline to serve, that one shall be considered to have been elected.
d) Should more than one ballot be necessary for the election of a Regional Director, the name receiving the fewest votes shall be removed from the ballot before proceeding to another ballot.
f) Any Regional Director elected must be made by a clear majority vote of the delegates present and eligible to vote. In the event of a tie, the Chair shall call for a new vote until a winner is declared.
g) The successful representative elected as Regional Director at the Regional meeting takes office as soon as the election is over.
h) The number of delegates from any Association allowed to vote for the position of Regional Director shall be the same as the number of votes that the association had at the prior annual meeting of Minor Council
Please find below additional information on the role:
Minor Council Regional Director
The duties of the Minor Council Regional Director shall be to carry out the day-to-day functions of his/her Region in conjunction with Minor Hockey Council Chair and shall include:
a. to be the liaison between the Council and Minor Hockey Associations in his/her Region; to holding Regional Meetings/Conference calls with the MHA’s/League executives within his/her Region, coordinate Regional Championship Playoffs, Regional Branch tournaments and represent Minor Council at Provincial Championship Tournaments or series taking place within their Region
ii. to approve all HCR transfers, team player approval requests, travel permits for within Nova Scotia, tournament hosting permits, exhibition game permits for his/her Region;
iii. to classify teams for Provincial play-offs and DOC play;
iv. to approve play-off schedules for Regional play-offs in his/her area;
v. receives requests from local Associations wishing to host Provincial Championship tournaments, forwarding same to Manager of Member Services by December 1st each year;
vi. to assist in solving disputes between local Associations in his/her Region; and shall ensure the boundaries for Associations within his/her Region are clearly defined, and any changes are completed and approved by all associations involved by August 1st of each year, permitting no change from that date until the end of the playing season.
vii. to conduct discipline investigations in conjunction with the Suspension Coordinator and the Risk Management Committee;
viii. To monitor adherence to HNS Regulations while at the Arenas.
Nominations for these Regional Director positions must be received by the HNS Technical Director mailto:[email protected] in writing by end of day Monday April 20th by 4:30pm.
