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Community Empowerment web site has been up and running on the Internet
for ten years. Originally, it was called the Community Management
Programme (CMP) as it was a bi-product of the UN-HABITAT CMP in Uganda.
Several dozen individuals have contributed to the site. See Contributors.
All are members of the association, and any others showing interest may
be invited in, too, if they request membership. No dues. No
fees. To join our discussion group, click on the Yahoo groups on
the Useful Links page, and sign up.
Our group name is Community Strengthening.
The Community Empowerment Collective is
registered as a "Society" (Non Profit Organization) with the Province of
British Columbia, Canada. Its budget is zero.
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The Purpose of the Collective is as follows:
(a) To create, develop, produce and distribute
training material and guidance aimed at community mobilisers, their trainers
and their co-ordinators (managers) which will promote the self reliance,
development and strengthening of low income communities, with a focus on
least developed countries, and in other low income areas.
The bylaws of the society are those set
out in Schedule B to the Society Act.
Events:
We first applied for name approval to
the British Columbia Registry, and we were approved, but they changed the
name. We submitted the name, "Community Empowerment Collective,"
but they added the word "Society" to that, then approved it.
May 24, Birthday of Queen Victoria, seven
of us met at Tim Hortons coffee shop and signed the constitution for applying
for registration. The directors resident in Victoria, are: Phil
Bartle, Allison Miller, Kwabena
Boateng, Jonathan Gentille, Adriana McMullen,
Justin Smith and David Stott, We
added others who are not resident here in Victoria, including Marie
Lourdes Sada, Silke Reichrath and Al
Boss, but the local list was needed, with signatures and addresses,
for the application process.
Ben Fleming will be
added later.
The application was submitted to the Registry,
and was approved May 30. Our registration number is S-50728.
We are now a non profit organization.
Our AGM (Annual General Meeting), was
held in Cyberspace, on May Day, 2007. It confirmed the members of
the Board, and elected David Stott as
Chair, with Phil retaining responsiblity as signing officer.
Phil
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