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160 - ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, SOCIETIES


Records relating to participating and maintaining membership in associations, clubs, federations, foundations, leagues, orders, and societies.  This primary does not cover records relating to boards, councils, commissions, and quasi-autonomous non-government organizations.

Record types include:  proceedings, minutes, annual reports, financial statements, membership fee statements, correspondence, and reports.

NOTE:  Records relating to associations, clubs, and societies with which the ministry has a mandated or legislated relationship, and that relate to operational functions of the ministry, must be classified in the appropriate ORCS.

For committees and commissions, see primaries 200 (general), 201 (cabinet), 202 (ministerial), 204 (inter-ministerial), 205 (international) and 206 (inter-provincial).
For conferences, see primary 220.

non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR copies of records for: SO nil DE  

Primary-
Secondary
Records Series   OPR  
PIB/PUR
    A SA FD  
160-00 Policy and procedures   SO 5y DE  
160-01 General   CY+2y nil DE  
160-20 Association, club, and society files
(arrange by alphanumeric code)

SO = when association, club, or society is no longer active and/or file has been closed for one year

DE = Upon approval of the Records Officer, the ministry or agency will destroy association, club, and society files opened on or after 1 January 1997 at the end of their active retention period.

  SO nil DE  
160-25
Association, club, and society files - pre-1997
arrange by alphanumeric code)

SO = when no longer needed for reference purposes

SR = The government archives will selectively retain association, club, and society files opened before 1 January 1997 because they often document operational functions of the government ministry or agency and the interaction between government and non-government organizations regarding these operational functions.
The government archives will retain those files that document a mandated or legislated relationship between the ministry and an association, club, or society.
NOTE: After 1 January 1997, records relating to a mandated or legislated relationship between the ministry/agency and an association, club, or society must be classified in the appropriate ORCS.  For coding instructions, see Appendix A

  SO nil SR  


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