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Management Committee
The governing body of an organisation or charity, having general control and management of its administration. Committee meetings form an important part of most voluntary and community groups' work. (See VAN Briefing no. 21).

Match Funding
Many funders will require you to find match funding, a percentage of the total costs of the project, to ensure that you go to at least one other source of money you need.

Megabytes
Measurement of files and folders on computer hard-drives. 1 megabyte = 1000 kilobytes. Most emails will measure only a few kilobytes but an image attachment will measure much more.

Mem and arts
abbr. Memorandum and Articles of Association. The two parts to an organisations' constitution.

Members
In a Non-profit Corporation, the persons who elect the board of directors and enjoy such other rights as may be provided by the articles of incorporation, the bylaws and state law. (See http://www.volunteering.org.uk for general information on volunteering).

MEVS
abbr. Minority Ethnic Voluntary Groups. (See Ethnic Minority Foundation).

Millennium Volunteers (MV)
Millennium Volunteers is a Government-funded initiative for young people (16-24). MVs are involved in projects such as sports coaching, environmental issues, youth leadership, music and dance. (More information at http://www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk).

Mission Statement
See Statement of Purpose and VAN briefing no. 60.

Multiculturalism
According to the UNESCO, there are three interrelated usages of multiculturalism: 1.The demographic-descriptive usage occurs where 'multicultural' is used to refer to the existence of ethnically or racially diverse segments in the population of a society or State; 2. The programmatic-political usage, where 'multiculturalism' refers to specific types of programs and policy initiatives designed to respond to and manage ethnic diversity; 3.The ideological-normative usage, that generates the greatest level of debate, since emphasises that 'acknowledging the existence of ethnic diversity and ensuring the rights of individuals to retain their culture should go hand in hand with enjoying full access to, participation in, and adherence to, constitutional principles and commonly shared values prevailing in the society'. (See the UNESCO webpage at http://www.unesco.org).