Membership

Membership Information email: membership@canadianiranianfoundation.com

[ Click here to download membership application ]
(Click to open or save the form to your computer and then print out a copy.  Then manually fill out as well as sign the form and mail it along with the payment to the address listed in the form.)

The membership form can also be filled on your computer and e-mailed to CIF address (info@cif-bc.com) with your credit card information.

Membership By-Laws

1. The member of the foundation are applicants for the incorporation of the Society, and those persons who subsequently have become members, in accordance with these by-laws and, in either case, have not ceased to be members.
    

2. A person may apply to the directors for membership in the Society and acceptance by the directors shall be a member.
    

3. Every member shall uphold the constitution and comply with these by-laws.
    

4. The amount of the first annual membership dues shall be determined by the directors and thereafter the annual membership dues shall be determined at the annual general meeting of the Society.
    

5. A person shall cease to be a member of the Society

   1. by delivering his resignation in writing to the secretary of the Society or by mailing delivering it to the address of the Society, or
       

   2. on his death or in case of a corporation on dissolution, or
       

   3. on being expelled, or
       

   4. on having been a member not in good standing for 12 consecutive months.
       

6.  

   1. A member may be expelled by a special resolution of the members passed at a general meeting.
       

   2. The notice of special resolution for expulsion shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the reasons for the proposed expulsion.
       

   3. The person who is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.
       

7. All members are in good standing expect a member who has failed to pay his current annual membership fee or any other subscription or debt due and owing by him to the Society and he is not in good standing so long as the debt remain unpaid.