federation of canadian municipalities
fédération canadienne des municipalités

MEMORANDUM COUR
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. MAR 6 1978
TO FCM Members

FROM Glenys Parry, Executive Director

DATE March 1, 1978

SUBJECT: FCM MEMBERSHIP FEES: 1978-1979

We attach our invoice for your municipality's fees for
membership in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the
1978-1979 fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 1978.

During the past year, the Federation has undertaken a
number of new initiatives. The Executive Committee is currently
preparing a brief on national unity and constitutional reform for
presentation to the Task Force on Canadian Unity on March 2.

Projects to assess the planning and management capabil-
ities of small Canadian municipalities, and to develop bilingual
lexicons of standardised municipal technical and administrative
terminology are underway with federal government assistance.

The Municipal Research Support Program, funded by the
Ministry of State for Urban Affairs and administered by the Fed-
eration of Canadian Municipalities, is now in its second phase.
Grants have been awarded to eighteen innovative researcn projects
Gesigned to provide practical and transferable solutions to muni-
cipal problems.

Our publication, fem FORUM, has been well received and
is attracting a growing readership.

We expect that the year ahead will be a progressive and
busy one for the Federation. We ask for your continued support so
that we may assist in achieving the goals of local government in
Canada.

The Federation's 41st Annual Conference will be held at
the Edmonton Plaza Hotel from June 4-7, 1978. We hope to see you

there. Mote: See

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