Policy 6.12.2 UBCM/AVICC Membership & Resolutions

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POLICY – 6.12.2 UBCM/AVICC Membership and Resolutions Page 1 
 
Policy: 6.12.2 
Approved By: Trust Council 
Approval Date: December 5, 1992 
Amendment Date(s):  June 17, 2005; March 11, 2015 
Policy Holder: Director of Trust Area Services 
 
UBCM/AVICC MEMBERSHIP AND RESOLUTIONS 
A. Policy 
 
1. Membership 
1.1  The Islands Trust Council will purchase an annual membership with the Union of 
British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) and its local chapter, the Association of 
Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC), subject to Trust Council approval 
of the expenditure during the annual budget process. 
1.2 A local trust committee (LTC) may decide to purchase annual memberships with the 
UBCM and its local chapter, the AVICC, by passing a resolution to make the related 
expenditure from its Local Expense Special Projects account. 
2.  Convention Attendance 
2.1  Members of the Executive Committee and senior staff will represent the Islands Trust 
Council at the annual AVICC and UBCM conventions, subject to Trust Council approval 
of the expenditure during the annual budget process.  
2.2 A LTC may decide to have one or more of its members attend the annual AVICC and/or 
UBCM conventions by passing a resolution to make the related expenditures from its 
LTC trustee Expenses account.  
3.  Positions Regarding Proposed AVICC and UBCM Resolutions 
3.1 Members of the Executive Committee will represent the Islands Trust Council when 
resolutions are put to a vote at AVICC or UBCM conventions. 
3.2 Each year, staff will place the annual AVICC or UBCM’s resolution publications on the 
next Executive Committee agenda. The Executive Committee may seek staff advice for 
Executive Committee members who will attend the relevant convention about 
whether specific resolutions are consistent with past or current Trust Council 
positions, and/or relevant to the jurisdiction and Object of the Islands Trust.  
3.3 All Islands Trust elected officials and staff that speak or vote at a convention in regards 
to AVICC and UBCM resolutions must ensure that their positions and statements are 
consistent with the position and jurisdiction of the body that they represent at the 
convention, with the Islands Trust Policy Statement, and with the jurisdiction of the 
Islands Trust.  

 
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3.4  Islands Trust elected officials attending the UBCM or AVICC conventions are 
encouraged to coordinate, in advance of the convention, planned public statements 
during the resolutions sessions, and to ensure that statements made comply with the 
policies in the External Communications section of the Islands Trust Council 
Communications Policy 6.10.2 and the Islands Trust Council Standards of Conduct 
Policy 2.1.2. 
4.  Islands Trust Initiatives Regarding Resolutions 
4.1  Trustees and staff are encouraged to propose resolutions for submission to the AVICC 
or UBCM conventions to the Executive Committee by the end of each ca

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