AWI President's Newsletters

              Welcome to the first President's Newsletter for my triennium. I hope that you will find these iirformal
conversations informative and that it will be an opportunity to bring you, the members, the most recent
updates for A. W. I. Please feel free to let me know what you would like to see included in the
newsletter, or if you think they are not useful and could be discontinued. These only work if you read
them!
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Institutes
N Neighbours
K Knowledge 4
S Skills
• The symbol for the Federated Women's
Institutes of Canada Literacy Project. Be
sure to read my article in Home and
Country for more information about the
project. I will be travelling to all Districts
in the Province this fall to deliver and
provide a short workshop on the project.
All branches should leave one program
night open this winter to study the project
and decide how to best offer the
information to your community.
Famous 5 Events
Hopefully all branches with delegates attending the convention
have had an opportunity to stare the information brought to AWI
by Frances Wright regarding the unveiling of the Famous 5
Statues in Calgary. The following dates have been set to
commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Person's Case in
Alberta.
October 17- 1: 00 - 4: 00 pm Pink Tea, Crystal Ballroom,
Palliser Hotel $ 15/ person
October 18- 11: 30 am- 1: 00 pm Unveiling of Statues, CHympic
Plaza
6: 00 - 9: 00 pm 70th Anniversary Celebration
Dinner Telus Convention
Centre $ 70/ person
Tables for 10 can be reserved for the Celebration Dinner if you
wish to attend this evert TheWIOffice will arrange for tables
for those who call the office and confirm their desire to attend.
Once the table is confirmed, $ 70 must be sent to the office and
individuals will make their own arrangements to
travel to Calgary. Please call prior to September 15th to reserve.
FEDERATED CONVENTION
June 6, 2000 is fast approaching and many
members will be thinking about travelling
to Brandon, Manitoba for the Triennium
Convention. Because of the size of the
venue, attendance numbers for each
province have been established. These
numbers are pro- rated as to total
membership in each province, and
therefore vary throughout Canada.
Alberta's numbers have been set as
follows: 2 Board members ( President
and Federated Executive Member); 10
Voting Delegates; 26 Members; for a
total of 38 members. Of the 10 Voting
Delegates, 7 will consist of the five
District Directors and two Executive
members. The remaining 29 can be
members throughout the province. As
soon as we receive the registrations from
the Federated Office, Alberta members
may apply for a registration. These will be
numbered and registrations will be filled
on a first- come basis. More registrations
may become available once all the
Provinces fill their registrations and
vacancies are known. The AWI office will
keep a waiting list of any requests over
our allotment, and will forward
registrations as we are made aware of
vacancies from the Federated Office. I
trust you will agree this is the most
efficient and fair way to offer our
members an equal chance to attend the
2000 Convention. Watch your Home and
Country for further registration details.
Questions or Responses Welcome:
Moxeon Brigley - 19 Riverview Circle, Cochrane, TOL OWO
Mildred Lux - R. R. 1, Ohaton, TOB 3PO
Florence Bernakeviteh - R. R. 4, Calgary T 2M 4L4