AWA Membership Form

Aboriginal Women's Association of PEI Inc. PO Box 145, 312 Sweetgrass Trail, Lennox Island, PE, COB 1JO

Tel: 902-831-3059 Fax: 902-831-3027

Toll Free: 1-888-973-4AWA (4292)

Thank you for the interest in joining the Aboriginal Women's Association of PEI (AWAPEI) as a member. Simply fill out the form and enclose the yearly $10 dollar membership fee to the above address. Membership will expire within 12 months from the date of paid membership received.

Membership Application (Please Print)

What type of Membership are you applying for?
Have you been a previous member of the Aboriginal Women's Association of PEI?

Full Special Associate Member At large Honorary (Granted by discretion of AWA) YES NO
If yes, please indicate which year
Name

First Name Middle Initial Last Name
Civic Address
City
Province
Postal Code
Primary Email
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Secondary Email
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Telephone
Are you able to be reach by Facebook?

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Date Membership paid

Month Day Year
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Membership Status
"Stronger Women Create Stronger Communities"
1. There shall be five (5) types of members in the Association namely:

2. The numbers in the Association is unlimited.

3. A full member is entitled to attend all general and special assemblies of the association, vote on all motions coming before such meetings and to be a member of the Board and Executive Committee.

4. Special members, association members, member at large and honorary members are entitled all general and special assemblies of the Association but are not entitled to vote on any motion coming before such meetings or to be a member of the Board or Executive Committee.

5.No members shall transfer their membership in the Association and such membership shall laps and cease to exist immediately upon the occurrence of anyone of the following events:

If the members delivers her written resignation as a member to the Board.

If the member cease to qualify for membership or her membership is revoked.

6. The Board shall have the right to revoke the membership of any member and to remove the name of any member from the registry of a list of members of the Association for any reason (including, but not limited to, the Aboriginal Ancestry of member proving to be incorrect or the member acts in a manner contrary to the aims and objectives of the Association and its policies, procedures, rules or by-laws The Member in question has a right to appeal to the decision of the Board within 30 days and the Board must hear this appeal within 60 days

7. Memberships dues will be decided upon at the AWA Annual General Meeting. (i) Full Memberships:

Full membership shall be granted to any female of aboriginal ancestry, who is least 16 years of age, who is permanent resident of Prince Edward Island and who has proven her Aboriginal ancestry to the board and summitted such membership application form and fulfilled such other

criteria as may be required by the board. "Aboriginal ancestry " Means proof that a female isa

familiar or lineal descendant of an Aboriginal person of Canada (including without limitation, the Indian, Inuit or Metis peoples of Canada) as evidence by non- less than three of the following

a) birth, baptism, marriage or death issued by the church or government; b) an official government document such as Census record, a court (including pro bated or filed wills) or land registry document; c) a written statement of historian or registered genealogist or a notarized affidavit subject to scrutiny and cross documents;
d) Such other evidence in written or verbal form, provided that is coupled with other documents which the board deems credible and acceptable. e) " permanent resident of Prince Edward Island, " means an individual who has ordinarily lived in Prince Edward Island for a continuous period of at least six months with any time spent by such individual in a place outside of the Province for education or temporary employment purposes of the member of her spouse being included in the computation of six (6) month period.

Special membership may be granted to non-aboriginal ancestry women who are the mothers or

guardians of aboriginal children including adopted and foster aboriginal children.
(ii) Special Members
Associate members may be granted at the discretion of the Association, but who is ineligible, for

whatever reason, full membership.
(iii) Associate Members
Membership at large may be granted at the discretion of the Association during general

assembly to any or group of persons sympathetic to the aims and objectives of the Association.
(iv) Members At Large
(v) Honorary Members: Honorary membership may be granted at the discretion of the Association during the general assembly to any person or group of persons whose efforts on behalf of the Aboriginal person warrants recognition.
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New members must pay a $10 fee that must be paid yearly. Members renewing their memberships this year will not be required to pay the fee. Please contact communications@awapei.org for questions regarding payment. YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF PEI TO BECOME A MEMBER.
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New members must pay a $10 fee that must be paid yearly. Members renewing their memberships this year will not be required to pay the fee. Please contact communications@awapei.org for questions regarding payment. YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF PEI TO BECOME A MEMBER.