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:: Mission Statement Outline ::

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     Introduction:

• The outline of this program was suggested on May 21^st, with the presence of some of the supporters of the program, which aims to form a community for Iranians. The final draft will be provided for the ratification.
• Following the increase of Iranian population with diverse needs and tendencies, the idea of founding a center for this society was felt essential. The first session, was on May 10^th and a group of Iranians attended it, and voted that this community is in fact crucial. Our objective is to form a correlation, which is aimed to fulfill this important affair, which is in the region of our similarities and based on completion of the approved mission statement.
• We named this association “United Iranian-Canadian Society (UICS)”. This association is unified, based on the cultural and social interchange and expansion the correlation among Iranians. 
• The association is nonprofit and its income is provided by the membership fees and the educational classesc and art crafts.
• On this account, we invite all the Iranians in the Maritimes to join this association. Also, the association is welcoming any one who is interested in the association. The membership to this community is open to every one, and there is no concern about their membership in other communities and associations.

     1.  First Principal:

1.1.: The association believes in freedom in beliefs and thoughts and there are no political or social or religious limitations for the members.

1.2.: Also the association believes in basis of freedom and democracy and on this account any actions toward promoting and propagating for Islamic republic of Iran’s advantages is strictly forbidden, and also membership for people who ask for these kind of actions are not permitted.

   2.   UICS’s activities and actions, based on the above policy, are:

     2.1. - Cultural: 

• Our duty for the cultural aspect of the UICS is to provide a bond and relation among Iranians, especially among the younger people. Also, cultural interchange among Iranian culture and other cultures in Canada is another goal of this community.

     2.2.  Educational:

• In order to improve the Iranians’ skills in fine arts and education UICS will establish the following classes based members requests:

         _  Farsi classes for various ages
         _  Computer skills for beginners
         _   Music
         _  English classes
         _  Academic tutorials

     2.3. Social:

• Arranging New Year’s party, 1^st of Farvardin or 21^st of March, Yalda party, Charshanbe soori, Sizdah Bedar, and Sadeh Party. 
• Participating in multicultural events and expanding the Iranian culture
• Arranging music concerts and poem night
• Arranging entertaining camping trips
• Helping and exchanging ideas in the direction of solving possible problems in social or legal and educational aspects, with providing experts and contacting the related organizations
• Assisting the new arrivals with educational and better directions to find jobs and finding a residence
• Providing movie nights and theaters
• Setting up free discussion

     2.4. Sports:

• Establishing and expanding sports’ teams
• Setting up games among the existing teams

     2.5. Harmonization and relations

• Relations play an important role, in order to achieve one of the most important UICS’s goals, which are providing a friendly and correlated environment among the Iranians.
• Supplying list of emails of all members email, and contact numbers for the members to be able to be in touch with others for urgent matters.
• Providing an independent spot for UICS office and also a place for various classes is the other important aim for this organization. Achieving this factor is one of the primary objectives.
• Involvement with other groups and Iranian Communities in order to cooperate and establish joint programs is acceptable if it is not against UICS goals.

     2.6. Financial aspect:

• UICS financial needs will be provided by the membership fees, entertaining and social activities and also, the members’ donations.
• The person who is in charge of the financial maters will provide a financial report, which will be delivered to all the members. The copy of the report will also be published on the UICS website, and it will be accessible for public.

    3. The executive board:

     3.1. Second Principal:

The public association have the most authority in making decisions and a meeting takes place every 6 months , and it is also held if 10% of the members or more request for an urgent meeting.

• The present members in the meeting have same rights.
• The executive board is formed by five members, who are responsible for implementing the principals and providing answers for the members and public association. The executive board will meet if it is needed.
• The members of this board can be chosen three times and the duration of their services is a year.
• Committees are the members of UICS and the candidates for this position will be elected by the executive board and elected by the public association.
• The responsible committee’s duty is to provide a complete report of their activities.
• To improve the UICS activities and preventing any conflict in interest, and controlling the executive board and committees’ movements, the public association will elect two of the members as supervisors to keep an eye on the executive board and committees. It is essential to mention that the supervisors cannot vote or interfere with the decisions of the executive board.
• The executive board is also responsible for responding to any complaints, about the committees. The complainant and the supervisor must be present during the inspection.

     3.2.

The executed activities of UICS are based on the goals and the mentioned duties of the committees (Cultural, social, Financial and educational Committees).

     3.3.

The dates and the locations of the meetings will be announced to public and all the members can participate as guests.

     3.4.

In Case of emergency lack of enough members for forming the committees at the time of public association, the executive board can temporarily invite some of the members to participate in the next public association and committees’ election.

     3.5.

Reports of the meetings will be provided for all the members.

     3.6.

The executive board and supervisors will report their activities to the members by the end of their services.

     3.7.

The counting of the votes will be with the presence of the members in the public meeting.

    4.  Third Principal:

    This mission statement is changeable by request of the members. These changes

are suggested by the members and any change must be accepted by the majority of the public association. The only unchangeable principals are the: First, second and third principals. 

If you have any question related to translation, please contact Persia at persia.d@hotmail.com

 

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