Keewaytinok Native Legal Services is presenting a free workshop:
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS - THEIR GOVERNANCE
PRESENTERS: Fintan Lee, Staff Lawyer Mary Chakasim, Lawyer
DATE: February 15, 2006, 9:30-4:30
LOCATION: Christ the King Cathedral (Basement), Moosonee
WORKSHOP BRIEF
Corporations set up not for making a profit, but generally to provide a community service, for example housing. The focus of the workshop is on governance issues and will not be on how to set up such a corporation.
TOPICS
* General review of a typical not-for-profit corporation By-law which is the document governing the corporation.
* Duties of directors and officers.
* Conflicts of interest for directors and officers.
* Codes of conduct.
* Fiscal and Managerial Responsibility.
* First Nations and Corporations
* Changes in federal not-for-profit corporate legislation (time permitting).
Please call Trina at 705 336-2981 to register