GCF Trustees
George Szanto, Chair
Christine Purfield, Treasurer
Judith Roux
Bob Andrew
Hans van Kessel
Bill Pope
Doug McKnight
Christine Gagnon

Photo by Maureen Wild

Covenant Team
The covenant team is a sub-group of GCF and is creating the covenant 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.
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.

Goals and Priority Activities

• obtain the title to the Gabriola Commons property under the conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding with AGES (March 1, 2009)
• secure a covenant agreement with The Land Conservancy (TLC)
• complete the Island Trust Land Use Bylaw application process with the creation of a "Commons" zone
• draft a two-year business plan
• promote fund-raising activities to discharge the mortgage and improve the facilities on the Commons

GCF Constitution and Bylaws
The current Constitution and Bylaws of GCF are available for you to read. This is a pdf file with a size of 136 kB. Click on the name below to download the file. GCF Financial Report
The GCF fiscal year end is March 31st. You can view the following document containing the unaudited financial statement for the last fiscal year. This is a pdf file with a size of 164 kB. Click on the name below to download the file.