Our Team.

The Gurd & Area Historical Corporation is a registered charity and oversees the operation of the Commanda Museum. A registered charity is an association or corporation that must use its resources for charitable activities and have exclusively charitable purposes. Charities are a special kind of not-for-profit corporation. In order to be a charity, a corporation must meet the general requirements for not-for-profit corporations and some additional requirements. If you are operating as a charity and want to issue official donation receipts and not have to pay income tax, you have to be a registered charity. If you are operating as a charity, you cannot be considered a non-profit organization. You can only meet one definition, not both.

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A corporation is managed or governed by a Board of Directors, which is elected by the Members. In the case of the Gurd & Area Historical Corporation, all Directors are also the only Members. The Board of Directors, can in turn, appoint officers such as president, secretary, treasurer etc. who are responsible for the actual operation of the corporation.  One Director shall be appointed Chair of the Board of Directors and shall carry out the duties of the chair in accordance with the corporation by-laws. Our current board of directors is also our core team of volunteers supported by a few other dedicated volunteers. If you want to help keep the museum going, please reach out to volunteer with us!

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2024 - 2025 Board

Darlene Erskine - President

Jonathan Harris - Treasurer

Deb Leeming - Secretary

Jennifer Bowman - Director

Gord McLaren - Director/Chair

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