Board Orientation Manual 2024

DEFINITIONS The following terms are used in the text in their abbreviated forms:

AFA

Agreement for Financial Assistance

Auditor

An RFP process is completed to secure an auditor to complete the audits for the BC Games Society and the host societies.

Board

Board of Directors of the Society

Committee

BC Games Society Finance Committee

Executive Financial Officer/Senior Financial Officer of the Ministry

EFO/SFO

External Accountants

Hutcheson and Company

A community organization hosting a BC Winter or BC Summer Games

Host Society

Minister

Minister responsible for Sport

Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport

Ministry

Society

BC Games Society

GFA

the current form of the Government Funding Agreement. The document changes from time to time and the name of the agreement changes from time to time. Government Funding Agreement is used in this document as a generic term for the current agreement in place with government.

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