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VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are essential to getting Green Party candidates elected to City Council or School Board and volunteering is fun! You will make new friends and learn new skills.

Volunteer opportunities include the following:

• Researching one or more local issues
• Observing local government and its committees
• Taking photographs or making videos
• Helping to update our website from time to time
• Helping with social media
• Hosting meetings on line or in person
• Helping arrange events
• Helping provide refreshments at events
• Helping work on BGP policies and platforms
• General planning and organization
• Tabling – staffing a Burnaby Green Party table at a public event
• Canvassing (knocking on doors)
• Flyering – drop off flyers on doorsteps
• Making phone calls to members
• Lawn sign delivery and pick up
• Providing transportation – transporting materials to events or offering transport to supporters who need our help on voting day
• Etc.

BECOME A BGP MEMBER

Membership in the Burnaby Green Party
The Burnaby Green Party is made up of voting members and non-voting supporters. Voting members guide the direction of the Burnaby Green Party Elector Organization. They elect Party leaders, decide who will run as candidates and vote on other Party business.

Criteria to be a voting member:
Voting members need to meet the following Elections BC criteria for resident electors(voters):

• 18 years or older
• A Canadian citizen (permanent residents cannot vote in local elections)
• A resident of B.C. for at least 6 months immediately before they register to vote
• Be a resident of Burnaby on the day they register to vote
• Are not disqualified by law (eg if they are in custody for an indictable offence)

For the full set of rules, see
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/local-governments/governance-powers/general-local-elections/voting-local-elections/voter-eligibility.

Criteria to be a non-voting supporter:
Anyone who wants to help advance the Green movement and Green politics who is approved by the Burnaby Green Party Electoral Organization leadership team. People who are members of other municipal political Party in Burnaby will not be approved.

Non-voting members are welcome to attend meetings that are open to the public and volunteer their time and energy to the Elector Organization.

Membership fee:

Voting members and non-voting supporters pay an annual membership fee of $10, but anyone who has difficulty paying this fee may instead pay any amount they feel comfortable with to the Burnaby Green Party Electoral Organization as long as they meet the Elections BC criteria – any individual who is 18 or older and a resident of B.C. and either a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada may contribute to an election campaign.

Avoiding conflicts of interest:

Voting members and non-voting supporters must not be a member of another municipal political Party in Burnaby.

Duty of confidentiality:

Voting members and non-voting supporters must keep all Burnaby Green Party business confidential, unless that information has clearly been meant by the BGP to be shared with the public and/or the press.

BECOME A CANDIDATE

Burnaby Green Party candidates come from a variety of backgrounds, with different strengths and personal motivations, but together we share a vision for a sustainable, healthy, and equitable Burnaby. Whether you are a natural-born leader who’s ready to make real change, or someone who’s going outside your comfort zone because you’re tired of the status quo, you’re in the right place.

Being a Burnaby Green Party candidate means:

• You’re a bold voice for green politics (eg. social justice, housing rights, a strong local economy, childcare, real climate action, protecting green spaces/biodiversity, civil discourse and participatory democracy).
• You’re a team player with great communication skills who understands the importance and strength of shared vision and collective action.
• You’re surrounded by equally committed team members who are ready to support you and lift you up.