Important Information Regarding PAN Board Elections - Pacific AIDS ...

Provincial Health Services
Open Seat (AGM election)
Marcie Summers, Positive Women’s Network (incumbent)
Chris, Darren, Katrina and Marcie have previously sat on the PAN Board of Directors. They are
endorsed by their member agencies/organizations.
Chuck and Jesse have completed their PAN BOD applications, and are endorsed by their
member agencies/organizations.
Please Tell Me More about these 6 Candidates
Bio for...Chris MacKenzie – Incumbent - Interior Designated PHA Seat
Chris has completed a two-year term on the PAN BOD, last elected in Fall 2008. Chris has sat
on the PAN BOD since 2003. Chris volunteers for Living Positive Resource Centre in Kelowna,
BC. Further bio details not available at time of delivery of Forum/AGM notice package.
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Bio for...Charles (Chuck) Osborne – Fraser Open Seat
Charles has been a dedicated member of the South Fraser Community Services Society
(SFCSS) Board of Directors since 2004. As a member of the Board Charles has been a strong
advocate for the Society, in particular, the Djaef Mahler Food Bank, one of the few supplemental
high-protein food banks in the lower mainland, and Positive Haven, the SFCSS’ HIV/AIDS
Support Lounge in the community. Charles has also been a long-time volunteer with the
BCPWA Society.
As Charles states on his PAN BOD Application: “I felt the need to step forward because I
believe that in the Fraser region we are greatly underserved as agencies for those with HIV.
From the skills gathered through my work with BCPWA, I hope to invigorate a larger presence
for the work of so many individuals who require better services. I hope to help persons affected
by HIV who feel they don’t belong to anything, as there is nothing at present that suits their
needs. With the opening of Positive Health Services in the new hospital, we will have a chance
to build better and more accessible services for everyone in the Fraser Region. My contacts are
wide and hopefully my network skills will also be valuable to PAN and to share with others.”
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Bio for...Darren Lauscher – Incumbent – Vancouver Coastal Designated PHA Seat
“Hello all. My name is Darren Lauscher and I currently sit on the Board of Directors of PAN as
the PHA representative for Vancouver Coastal Health Region. I would like all of your support
once again to run for a second term on the Board of Directors.
It has been an exciting time to have been on the Board, a lot of work has been accomplished in
these past two years during which I have served as your Vice Chair. Starting with looking to our
past to shape our future as we transitioned from an Working Board into a Board of Governance,
to hiring an Executive Director, effectively changing our Constitution with all of your input and
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