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Membership
Any person over the age of 18
residing in the area bounded;
on North by an east-west
line through the most northerly point of the village of Kinosota,
on the East by a north-south line
through the most easterly point of the village of Elie,
on the South by and east-west line
through the most southerly point of the village of St.
Claude,
and on the West by a north-south line
through the most westerly point of the village of
Carberry,
3 months prior to the Annual General
Meeting and has paid membership, may be a General
Member.
The cost to purchase a membership is $2.00
Any member that is 55 years of age or older will receive
their membership free of charge!
All Portage
Friendship Centre General Members must follow the
National Association of Friendship Centres code of
ethics
PFC Membership Application
N.A.F.C. Code of Ethics
In order to be a member in good
standing of the Association, an individual Friendship
Center must
subscribe to the following principles:
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It must be a community
directed organization, define itself as a Friendship
Centre and
have aims and objectives of the Association;
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It must first and foremost show
respect and honour for all Aboriginal beliefs and
customs
and must act and speak with the pride and dignity that
Aboriginal heritage demands;
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It must be committed to
information-sharing, referrals, recreation and social
activities,
cultural reinforcements, community development and
similar activities which ensure that
Aboriginal people will be afforded a better quality of
life through Aboriginal self-determination;
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It must support unity amongst all
Aboriginal people without regard to legal distinctions
which may be drawn between Status and Non-Status
individuals or amongst Metis,
Indian or Inuit people (in keeping with the foregoing,
the Friendship Centre shall offer its
services to all Aboriginal people without regard to
Status or racial origin);
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It must support and work towards
achieving the stated aims and objectives of the
Association;
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It must be tolerant of diversity,
forthright in expressing its views on particular issues
and
respectful of the opinions of other Friendship Centres
and Aboriginal groups;
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It must agree to bring any
grievances, comments or complaints relating to the
Association
to the attention of the Board of Directors of the
Association (similarly, the Association will
bring any grievance, comment or complaint that the
Association may have with respect to
a particular Friendship Centre to the attention of the
Board of Directors of that Friendship
Centre);
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It must endeavour to work in a
cooperative manner with other Friendship Centres to
solve
problems of mutual concern;
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It must endeavour to work in a
cooperative manner with other groups and organizations,
be they Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal, in order to
develop a humane society of equal
opportunity for all peoples and respect for all living
things; and,
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Its members must honour
and respect the commitments of the Friendship Centre to the
Association.
PFC Constitution
PFCH
Constitution
Portage Friendship
Centre Housing Incorporated
Board Members
2012-2013
President
VACANT
(1ST
YEAR OF 2 YEAR TERM)
Elected May 31st, 2012
Vice-President
Lauri Klyne
(1 YEAR
APPOINTMENT BY PFC)
Appointed January 9th,
2013
Secretary
VACANT
(1 YEAR
APPOINTMENT BY PFC)
Appointed September 12th,
2012
Treasurer Marion Thompson
(1 YEAR
APPOINTMENT BY PFC)
Appointed May 31st, 2012
Board Member
Sheila James
(1
YEAR APPOINTMENT BY PFC)
Appointed May 31st, 2012
Tenant
Representative Faith Smoke
Portage Friendship
Centre Incorporation
Board Members
2012-2013
President
Sheila James
(1st
YEAR OF A 2 YEAR TERM)
MAC &
NAFC Delegate
Elected May 31st, 2012
Vice-President
Lauri Klyne
(2nd
YEAR OF A 2 YEAR TERM)
MAC &
NAFC Alternate Delegate
Elected June 9th, 2011
Secretary
Marion Thompson
(2nd
YEAR OF A 2 YEAR TERM)
Elected June 9th, 2011
Treasurer
Candace Daniels
(1 YEAR
APPOINTMENT BY PFC)
Elected November 14th, 2012
Board Member
Neil Sioux
(1 YEAR
APPOINTMENT BY PFC)
Board Member
Tim Lafreniere
(1 YEAR
APPOINTMENT BY MMF)
Elected November 8th, 2012
Youth
Representative Nicole
Megan (1st
YEAR OF A 1 YEAR TERM)
Elected November 24th, 2012
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