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EXHIBIT 23(q)
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
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[LETTERHEAD]
Approval of Power of Attorney
VOTED: That the Board of Trustees hereby revokes any prior Power of Attorney
and the power granted to the prior Trustees and officers of the Trust to
enter into such a Power of Attorney;
VOTED: That the current Trustees and officers of the Trust who may be
required to execute any amendments to the Trust's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A are authorized to execute a Power of Attorney appointing Julie
Allecta, Vernon Kozlen, Mitchell E. Nichter and James R. Foggo (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her attorney in fact and agent,
in all capacities, to execute and to file any documents relating to the
Registration Statements of the Trust on Forms N1-A and N-14 and any other
applicable forms, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, under the
Securities Act of 1933 and under the laws of all states and other domestic
and foreign jurisdictions, including any and all amendments thereto, covering
the registration statement and the sale of shares by the Trust, including all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, including applications for exemptive order,
ruling or filings of proxy materials; and
FURTHER VOTED: That the Trustees and officers of the Trust are authorized to
appoint each of the aforementioned attorneys full authority to do every act
necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as he could do if personally present, thereby ratifying all
that said attorneys in fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of the granting of the Power of Attorney; and the appropriate officer
of the Trust is hereby instructed to attach a copy of the form of Power of
Attorney as an exhibit of the Board Book for purposes of identification.
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Julie Allecta, Mitchell E. Nichter, Vernon C. Kozlen
and James R. Foggo, and each of them acting alone, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Registration Statement of CNI Charter Funds, a
Delaware business trust, on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any or all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
DATED: June 8, 2000
By: /s/ Vernon C. Kozlen
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Vernon C. Kozlen
Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Jeffrey Fries
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Jeffrey Fries
Chief Operating Officer
By: /s/ Irwin G. Barnet
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Irwin G. Barnet
Trustee
By: /s/ Maria D. Hummer
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Maria D. Hummer
Trustee
By: /s/ James R. Wolford
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James R. Wolford
Trustee
By: /s/ William R. Sweet
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William R. Sweet
Trustee
By: /s/ Victor Meschures
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Victor Meschures
Trustee
