Mission Statement

Grand River CarShare is incorporated (i.e. as The People's Car Co-operative Inc.) as a non-profit car sharing co-operative without share capital. Our mission is to deliver a car sharing service and to promote car sharing as an important component of a transportation system that supports an alternative to the privately-owned automobile within the Region of Waterloo. Through this we seek to reduce overall transportation costs, traffic congestion, and air pollution, thus improving our community.

We intend to achieve the above by:

• providing access to vehicles on a self-serve, hourly, pay-per-use basis;
• educating the public about the economic, social, and environmental advantages of car sharing;
• fostering partnerships with governments, businesses, and organizations;
• providing a model of a non-hierarchical, democratic enterprise and employer;
• creating meaningful employment; and,
• upholding the co-operative principles.

Board of Directors

Grand River CarShare operates under the supervision of a voluntary Board of Directors elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The By-Laws of Grand River CarShare require a minimum of three (3) members of the Co-op to serve as Directors on its Board and a maximum of ten (10).

Grand River CarShare strives to maintain a gender balance on the Board, and welcomes women and men from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds and parts of the Region of Waterloo.

Non-Director Positions

In addition to volunteer opportunities on the Board of Directors, members of the Co-op are invited to volunteer on any of the Co-op's "Non-Director" Positions.

For a complete listing of Director and Non-Director "job" descriptions please click here.

If interested in volunteering on any of the Co-op's "Non-Director" Positions please complete and submit the Volunteer Form.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

2007 AGM

Each year Grand River CarShare holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Co-op membership. This allows staff and current Board members to report on the financial standing of the Co-op and the projects on which we have been working.

The 2007 AGM is scheduled for:

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Location: WLU's Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, 120 Duke St. W. (downtown Kitchener). Enter the School's main entrance (i.e. off Duke St. W.), then go up the stairs and turn left to enter the auditorium.

The AGM is also a time for interested Co-op members to be elected to the Board of Directors. If you have skills in areas such as marketing, strategic planning, finance, fundraising, legal, communications, human resource development, etc., then consider joining the Board.

We have Board "job" descriptions available (e.g. Secretary, Treasurer, etc.) for review, offer occasional training workshops, and the opportunity to contribute to this business in a meaningful way.

Interested Co-op members may nominate themselves or others to the Board by completing a Nominations Form and submitting it by September 15th. Alternatively Nominations Forms will be available for completion at the AGM.

If you have any questions about the "job" descriptions, please contact us.

If interested in volunteering on any of the Co-op's "Non-Director" Positions please complete and submit the Volunteer Form.

Please plan on attending the AGM. There will be snacks, beverages, and door prizes.

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