Steering Committee

BoFEP Management and Steering Committees

Management Committee
Steering Committee
Finance Advisory Committee (Terms of Reference)

BoFEP Management/Steering Committees for 2009-2010
Elected at 2008 AGM, October 30th, Joggins, NS.

Management Committee
          Chair – Peter Wells (Oceans1 Consulting, Halifax NS)
          Vice Chair - Marianne Janowicz (PEI)
          Secretary - Ashley Sprague(CPAWS, Halifax, NS)
          Treasurer – Patricia Hinch (NSDEL, Halifax NS)
          At large - Hugh Akagi,(Passamaquoddy First Nation, St. Andrews NB)
          At large - Gary Bugden (DFO, BIO, Dartmouth, NS)

      Ex Officio members (non voting)
          Past Chair - Barry Jones (Gryffin Coastal Management, Fredericton, NB)
          Secretariat - Leanna McDonald (Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Wolfville, NS)
            Communications Coordinator - Jon Percy (SeaPen, Granville Ferry, NS)

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Steering Committee (bold - also on Management Committee)
    1.   Hugh Akagi (Passamaquoddy First Nation, St. Andrews NB)
     2.    Jenna Boone (Joggins Fossil Centre, Joggins, NS)
     3.   Gary Bugden (DFO, BIO, Dartmouth, NS)
     4.    Mick Burt (UNB, Fredericton)
     5. Michael Butler [alt: Claudette LeBlanc] (ACZISC, Halifax)
    6. Graham Daborn (Acadia University, Wolfville, NS)
    7.   Andy Didyk (UNB, Moncton NB)
    8.   Elwood Dillman (Dillman Consulting, Hantsport NS)
    9.   Peter Etheridge (Fundy Biosphere Reserve, Mill Brook, NB)
   10. Peter Fenety (Environmental Consultant, St. Andrews NB)
    11. Jack Fife (DFO, St. Andrews, NB)
   12. Steve Hawboldt (CARP, Annapolis Royal NS)
   13. Patricia Hinch (Halifax NS)
    14. Tim Van Hinte (Petitcodiac RiverKeepers, Moncton, NS)
   15. Marianne Janowicz (ELG, Fredericton NB)
   16. Barry Jones (Gryffin Coastal Management, Fredericton NB)
    17. Terri McCulloch (BoF Tourism Partnership, Parrsboro, NS)
   18. Jon Percy (SeaPen, Granville Ferry, NS)
   19. Gerhard Pohle (Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews NB)
   20. Anna Redden ( alt: M. Brylinsky, ACER, Wolfville NS)
   21. Danielle Richard [Alt: Nadine Gauvin] (Fundy National Park, NB)
   22. Susan Rolston (Seawinds Consulting, Hackett's Cove. NS)
    23. Ashley Sprague (CPAWS, Halifax, NS)
   24. Brad Walters (Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB)
   25. Peter Wells (Oceans1 Consulting, Halifax NS)

ex officio members
Leanna McDonald (BoFEP Secretariat - Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Wolfville NS)
Kathryn Parlee (EC Representative - EC, Dartmouth, NS)

BoFEP Finance Advisory Committee
Terms of Reference (approved By Steering Committee on April 11, 2006.

1. Consists of 3 to 5 members: namely, Treasurer (ex officio), Chair (ex officio), a representative of a funding agency (appointed by them at BoFEP invitation), and up to 2 others if and when appointed by the Steering Committee.

2. Meetings will be called and chaired by the Treasurer.

3. The committee will meet as often as required, have a quorum of 3, with a minimum of 24 hours notice unless otherwise unanimously agreed upon, and can be conducted by e-mail or phone as decided by the group.

4. The mandate of the committee shall be:

a) to prepare and/or review the annual budget for approval of the Steering Committee

b) to review year-end statements of accounts

c) to assist the Treasurer in preparation of other financial reports required by funding or potential funding agencies

d) to review the annual audit of accounts and oversee follow-up activities

e) to prepare and/or review any financial reports required by governments