The Gabriola Commons
Foundation
Foundation
Current Trustees
Victor Anthony
Rebecca Furnell
Christine Gagnon
Jinny Hayes
Shelagh Huston
Doug McKnight
Christine Purfield
George Szanto
Hans van Kessel
Photo by Maureen Wild
Covenant Group
The covenant group is creating the document that will hold, protect and steward the property as a public amenity for the use and enjoyment of Gabriolans in perpetuity. A commons covenant will enshrine not only the land and its buildings, but also the vision of the Commons as detailed in the Commons' Charter.
Part of the creation of a covenant involves establishing a baseline report that will include photo evidence accumulating on our Flickr site.
The Gabriola Commons Foundation (GCF) is a registered charitable society whose activities are directed by a Board consisting of nine elected trustees. [A Board of Trustees Handbook (pdf, 408 kB) is available that includes background information about the Gabriola Commons Foundation as well as a complete set of all GCF Policies.]
The purposes of GCF are to:
- hold, protect and steward the property on Gabriola Island known as the "Gabriola Commons" as a public amenity for the use and enjoyment of the community in perpetuity.
- preserve the ecological qualities of the Gabriola Commons.
- promote sustainable agricultural practices.
- secure a covenant agreement with The Land Conservancy (TLC) and a local covenant holder (current covenant draft: Nov 2011 (pdf, 262 kB)
- draft a two-year management plan
- promote fundraising activities to discharge the mortgage and improve the facilities on the Commons