AWI Council Minutes - January 2001

              Tuesday, January 23,2001
. F. PORT FROM DISTRICT FTVF. DTRECTOR - Darlene Hallett
It has been a busy year with Women's Institute in District Five. Our District Workshop was held March 4th, 2000
in Olds with about 60 ladies present. The guest speakers were Kay Sanderson, author of " 200 Remarkable
Alberta Women", and Germaine Wright with a workshop on minute taking. Four Constituency Conferences
followed in April and all were well attended. May was the AWI annual convention in Olds followed by the FWIC
convention in Brandon, Manitoba. I also attended the Girl's Club Achievement Day at Camp Evergreen in May.
September was the Fall Executive meeting in Camrose, with first stopping to see the new office space in
Wetaskiwin. I had two fall constituency meetings in my district, Maxean attended one as the executive person and
I attended the other. I was at the grand opening of the office, November 24th in Wetaskiwin; it was very well
attended and a pleasant new office for our secretary, Fem Killeen.
I had a meeting for four of the new constituency conveners August 3rd at Trochu and a tele- conference in October
for our fall meeting. It went very well and saved us mileage and travel time, but was fairly pricey for the call time.
($ 177.49 for 634 minutes ~ .28/ min., eight people). Constituency reports are coming in fairly regularly. We have
two constituencies that need to join, and we're hoping this will happen with a change in leadership. / huX& VJk
Constituencies have from three to seven branches, and I have five constituencies. ///>/ » < , Qftal/ r/ l't^ c&* v
A letter and tentative agenda has gone out to all the conveners and branches advising of the District Meeting on
March 10th in Olds. My guest speakers are Susan Simo, an exercise physiologist and Harry Sanders, a freelance
historian.
_> ome interesting Roll Calls in my constituency reports: What I left undone to come to this meeting, an unusual
visitor I've had, a local improvement I would like to see, and fond memories of a grandparent. Kneehill Valley
CCs report that Munson has decided to go with four meetings per year: March, June, September and December.
Kay Rowbottom will be the chairman and Muriel McDermid, secretary. They are a struggling branch and will pay
provincial dues but not attend anything. A new Girl's Club has started in the Innisfail area with 18 girls 6- 16
years of age. Wilma Hansen, ( 403- 227- 2199; Fax:- 6291 ehansen@ telusplanet. net), a Cottonwood member is the
leader and their meetings will be Saturdays from 10: 00 - 2: 00, starting with a meeting, cooking and lunch and then
craft in the afternoon. Wilma wrote up a new, shorter creed for the girls and their first meeting was January 20th
at the Cottonwood Hall. Joanne Braun is the leader of the Zella Girl's Club with 8 girls age 6 - 15. Jfhey have their
meetings the third Saturday of the month at the Rosebud Hall.
Dates for Constituejjc^ Conferences are1" A. CADIA - Thursday, April 26th at Cessford, KNEEHILL VALLEY -
Saturday, April 7th and WTLDROSE - Thursday, April 19th at the Carstairs Church of God. OLDS/ SUNDRE will
have their Handicraft Display/ Bake sale and Tea March 16 at the Legion Hall in Olds and rNNISFATL will have
theirs March 2 at the Legion in Innisfail.
Respectfully submitted,
Darlene Hallett
District Five Director
' HONE/ FAX: 403- 337- 2469
email: hallettd@ cadvision. com A
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