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Members are an important part of all successful community centers because they are responsible for the decisions of our future endeavours.

 

• Active members: Any person interested in «Help and Information Center»’s objectives and activities, who meets the administrative criteria established by resolution of the board of directors, can become an active member if she makes a request and if the board of directors agrees by approving the membership. Active members have the right to participate to the «Help and Information Center» activities, to receive notification for our assemblies, to assist to these assemblies and to vote. Only members in good standing for at least three (3) months are eligible to be a member of the board of directors.

• Corporate members: Any corporation or business interested in «Help and Information Center»’s activities and goals and which meets the admission criteria can become a corporate member. The corporation can be represented by a person that is designated in writing. This representative, if she meets the established criteria, becomes eligible to the board of directors after three (3) months as a member in good standing.  This representative assists and votes at the general assemblies in the name of the corporate member. A corporate member can dismiss and replace its representative. If the corporate member withdraws itself, this automatically withdraws the person appointed by the corporation.
   

• Community members: Any community center interested in the «Help and Information Center»’s goals and activities and which meets the established admission criteria can become a «Help and Information Center»’s community member. The center has the right to be represented by a physical person designated in writing. That representative automatically becomes eligible to be a member of the board of directors after three (3) months as a member in good standing. That representative takes part and votes at assemblies in the name of the community center. During assemblies, several members of the same organization are allowed to take the floor but only one has the right to vote. If the community member withdraws itself, this automatically withdraws the person appointed by the community center.

• Honorary members: «Help and Information Center» has the liberty to choose as an honorary member, any person who helped or will help, by donation, by his work or who has been expressing his support for the activities aimed by «Help and Information Center». This is done by resolution of the board of directors. Honorary members can participate to «Help and Information Center»’s activities and take part in members’ assemblies. They can vote in these assemblies.

• Honorary members of a fixed term: «Help and Information Center» has the liberty to choose as an honorary member of a fixed-term, by resolution, any person who helped or will help, by donation, by work or who has been expressing support for the activities aimed by the «Help and Information Center». Honorary members can participate to «Help and Information Center»’s activities and take part to assemblies of members. They have the right to take the floor, but not to vote. They are not eligible to the board of directors as administrators of the «Help and Information Center».

• Associated members: Any friend, auxiliary, sympathizer, benefactor who benefits from the actions or activities provided by «Help and Information Center», and, if need be, pays the same or a different contribution than active members, can become an associated members if he complies himself to every established criteria. This member is not eligible to the board of directors and does not have the right to vote in members’ assemblies, but can take part in it verbally.