NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM CONSTITUTION 1. The name of the Society is “NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM”. 2. The purposes of the Society are: a. To organize or participate in environmental projects designed to preserve and protect flora and fauna, preserve, protect and restore watersheds and improve the urban environment. b. To educate and increase the public’s understanding of the environment and its importance by offering courses, seminars, conferences and meetings and by collecting and disseminating information on that topic. c. To develop and provide programmes promoting the protection and preservation of the environment through re-use, reduction, recycling and recovery of waste and to educate institutions, industries, businesses and individuals about efficient waste management systems. 3. On the winding up or dissolution of this Society, funds or assets remaining after all debts have been paid shall be transferred to a charitable institution with the purposes similar to those of this Society, or, if this cannot be done, to another charitable institution recognized by Revenue Canada as qualified under the provisions of the Income Tax Act of Canada. 4. The purpose of the Society shall be carried out without purpose of gain for its members, and any profits or other accretions to the Society shall be used for promoting its purposes. 5. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of this constitution are unalterable in accordance with the Society Act.
(Constitution amended at Annual General Meeting, 19 May 2005)
May 19, 2005