BOARD DIRECTORS -- TERMS OF OF REFERENCE MISSION The mission of each Director during his or her term of office is to: (a) advance the rights and interests of First Nations people in British Columbia; (b) restore and enhance the relationship among First Nations people in British Columbia, the Crown, and people of Canada; (c) develop and promote policies and resources for the benefit of First Nations people in British Columbia including but not limited to governance, lands and resources, economic, social, education, health and cultural matters; (d) work in coalition with other organizations that advance the rights and interests of indigenous people; and (e) uphold the Constitution and Bylaws of the RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY The Board of Directors has the legal authority and responsibility to exercise all the powers and do all the acts and actions that the Society may legally exercise and do, and that are by the BCAFN Bylaws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the Society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to: (a) all laws affecting the BCAFN; (b) the BCAFN Bylaws; and (c) rules, not being inconsistent with the BCAFN Bylaws, that are made from time to time by the members in a general meeting. ACCOUNTABILITY The Board of Directors is accountable to the membership of the BCAFN. The members may remove a Director, before the expiration of his or her term of office and may elect a successor to complete the term of office. All Directors must declare any real or apparent conflict of interest that arises or could arise and the remaining Directors shall determine whether the conflicted Director may continue to proceed to act in spite of the conflict.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS -- TERMS OF REFERENCE MISSION The mission of each Director during his or her term of office is to: (a) advance the rights and interests of First Nations people in British Columbia; (b) restore and enhance the relationship among First Nations people in British Columbia, the Crown, and people of Canada; (c) develop and promote policies and resources for the benefit of First Nations people in British Columbia including but not limited to governance, lands and resources, economic, social, education, health and cultural matters; (d) work in coalition with other organizations that advance the rights and interests of indigenous people; and (e) uphold the Constitution and Bylaws of the RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY The Board of Directors has the legal authority and responsibility to exercise all the powers and do all the acts and actions that the Society may legally exercise and do, and that are by the BCAFN Bylaws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the Society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to: (a) all laws affecting the BCAFN; (b) the BCAFN Bylaws; and (c) rules, not being inconsistent with the BCAFN Bylaws, that are made from time to time by the members in a general meeting. ACCOUNTABILITY The Board of Directors is accountable to the membership of the BCAFN. The members may remove a Director, before the expiration of his or her term of office and may elect a successor to complete the term of office. All Directors must declare any real or apparent conflict of interest that arises or could arise and the remaining Directors shall determine whether the conflicted Director may continue to proceed to act in spite of the conflict.
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