AWI Council Minutes - January 2001

              President Report - January 2001- 01- 22
This past year has seemed like a roller coaster ride! Favourable ideas, unfavourable ideas
- this must be what political life is like! As minutes from meetings will attest, the most
controversial topic has been the restructure/ re- organization of the various areas of the W. I.
Organization.
My activities for the past year have included:
• Attendance at 4 of 5 District Meetings to provide information regarding the FWIC Links
Literacy Program. Since the presentations, only 5 evaluations have been received by
branches, however, I would assume that most branches did in fact review the material and
at least raised their awareness of the Literacy problem in Canada.
• Attendance at 5 Constituency Meetings to raise awareness and discuss possible plans for
restructure of AWI. At these meetings, most people were in favour of change and
suggested many of the ideas that were implemented into the restructure motions
presented at Convention in Olds.
• Attended CASP Advisory meeting to review Safety Projects for CASP funding. The
meeting was held in Calgary.
• Convention 2000 was held in Olds College and for the most part was a successful event.
The most rewarding aspect of the convention was the attendance by Lois Hole, Alberta's
new Lt. Governor.
• Received the resignation of the Executive Director. I arranged for an interim replacement
from Phyllis Kosik, Dist. 2 Director. This enabled the decisions regarding the hours of
work and the relocation of the office to Wetaskiwin.
• Attendance at the Triennial FWIC Convention in Brandon, Man. During this time, I also
attended the annual Board Meeting with the out- going president as well as the incoming
president.
• I found myself in the role of negotiator in trying to remove the organization from their
current lease agreement with REDA and enter into a new agreement with the new
landlord in Wetaskiwin. I also arranged for the move of the office, although most of the
actual packing was undertaken by Phyllis.
• I have provided support to Fern in learning the business side of AWI and attempting to
structure the job of the officer person. Hopefully by the end of my term we will leave the
office in a much better condition as far as information on the day- to- day operation.
Submitted, Maxean Brigley . v _' - • I ,
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