The Canadian flag on the NSC mast may be lowered to half mast when an NSC member, including an immediate family member, or any other person of significance to the life or history of the NSC, dies. The flag will remain at half mast for three days or until the end of the day of the funeral, whichever comes first. Staff will execute this rule at the request of any member of the Board of Directors. If a disagreement arises regarding the interpretation of this section, the Commodore, or designate, will resolve the matter.
In Memoriam posts can also be added to the NSC website, as explained here.
Tom Winlow
Representing the Commodore’s Council
May 2012
2012-05-19, HM: Page created.
2018-09-25, HM: For clarification, added “whichever comes first” to the end of the second sentence, after consultations with Corey Glynn. It should be noted that some discretion and flexibility can be used here; as Corey put it, a “respectful period of time before moving on”. Added update log. Note that since no material changes have been made, and the original is dated, I have not added “Page updated”.
2022-07-14, HM: Updated link to In Memoriam posts (to page, instead of the post that redirected to the page). Updated publish date — was 2012.