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Membership is open to all organizations that serve a rural constituency, and/or whose mandate is concerned with issues of interest and relevance to rural citizens and communities, including non-profit organizations, governments, and businesses, and any individual from the community at large with an interest in rural community issues.

 To join the BC Rural Network, download, complete and mail us the application form below.

Membership aims to be inclusive of, but not limited to:

• Aboriginal,
• Environmental interests,
• Francophone,
• Governments (not including federal/provincial),
• Health,
• Persons with disabilities,
• Resource industries, utilities,
• Seniors,
• Visible minorities,
• Women,
• Youth

BC RURAL NETWORK BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011-2012

• Neil Smith, Chair, Mount Waddington Regional District, Port McNeill 
• Brandon Hughes, Member at Large, Chase 
• Kim Jensen, Innovative Changes Consulting, Kamloops
• Pascale Knoglinger, Societe de developpment economique de la Colombie
• Maureen LeBourdais, Fraser Basin Council, William Lake 
• Laura Archer, Golden Area Initiatives Economic Development Office Golden, BC 
• Troy Barrie, Rain City Strategies Inc., Youth, Vancouver 
• Mike Brown, Okanagan College, Youth, Revekstoke
• Cheryl Chapman, Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC, Xat'sull First Nations 
• Alexandria Mitchell, Fraser Basin Council, Youth Advisory Committee, Abbotsford 
• Andy Ackerman, Myriad Consulting Inc., Fort St. John• Cheryl Chapman, Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC, Xat'sull First Nations 
• Alexander Pietralla, K.T. Industrial Development Society, Kitimat
• Cheryl McLay, Rural BC Secretariat, Ministry of Community Development, provincial ex officio 
• Rhiannen Putt, Canadian Rural Partnership, federal ex officio