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The Director Writes . . . The end of the Women’s Institute year will have arrived with this issue of Home and Country. I do hope that every branch and district had successful meetings during the past twelve months. The year beginning in the fall will see new faces at the provincial board. A new president, fifteen directors and one junior director all must be elected. It is very important this year that the membership, at the area conventions, make their views concerning change known to those who will attend the board meetings at the end of November. Several excellent ideas which would help streamline some of the procedures of FWIO, reduce a lot of paper work and, perhaps, recruit new members and retain existing ones, were expressed at the mid-year ooard meetings in April. There was an air of expectanâ€" .;y, even excitement, about changes that could take Participants at the officers‘ conference. held at the University of Waterloo in May. heard the Lieutenant- lovernor of Ontario, the Honourable Pauline M. ‘v'chibbon, say that every volunteer organization peri- vdically needs to update the tools they use to operate. ‘olunteers must proudly keep their membership strong :nd ensure that their objectives meet the needs of moiety in the 1980's. Therefore, I urge every member, hrough her representatives at area conventions, to make crtain that her views will be made known at the lovember board meeting when proposed changes in the 'onstitution will be discussed. Please do make the effort -\ express your views to sitting and new board directors. As I write this message, plans are in the final stages \r three important events in the Home Economics ranch during June. At the beginning of the month, the «:nt staff conference with the Extension Branch will be :Id at Brock University in St, Catharines. A highlight this conference will be a visit to the Erland Lee Museum) Home which coincides with Women‘s Insti- ite Week. The annual provincial 4â€"H Homemaking lub conference will begin at the University of Guelph 1 June 17, This is always an exciting time for the embers who have been chosen to attend on the basis of hievement and service to their clubs, This year. the W1C board has moved the venue of the annual ‘ceting to York University. Toronto, June 23-26. To ln0I' their presence, the Government of Ontario will wat a dinner at Ontario Place. Of course. the menu will suture Ontario-grown produce. The branch is looking krward to meeting with board directors and counsellors um across Canada and with the presidentâ€"elect, our nod friend, Mrs. Harvey Noblitt. On Sunday, June 1, I am looking forward to accom- 'Jrlying two other friends, and past presidents, Mrs. ‘ustin Zoeller and Mrs. Herbert Maluske to the ‘lnlario Agricultural Museum in Milton, where a por- trait of the late Dr. Ethel Chapman will be unveiled in the Hall of Fame. Some new faces will be found among branch staff across the province. Lorraine Holding, the former regional supervisor in Guelph. is now associate director of the branch. Louise Dorschner. a native of North Bay, is the home economist in Cochrane and Temiskaming. Amy 1.05. from Cochrane. is the home economist in Nipissing, Muskoka and Parry Sound. Loralee Marshall will be working as home economist in Huron County. with Grace Bird. Bonnie Wilson, from Kent County, is the home economist in Kenora and Rainy River. Caro- lyn Lake and Janet Waldon are working in the Toronto office, as foods and nutrition specialists. Branch statistics for 1979-80 have now been comâ€" piled. 1 am very happy to report that there has been a significant increase in enrollment in our courses. The number of requests made by individual consumers and calls and letters to the county/district staff about our adult and 4â€"H Homemaking Club programs have es- calated during this past year At this time, I would like to thank everyone who acted as a volunteer leader, sponsored a club or attended one of our meetings. Without your help, we would not have had such a successful year. We really do appreciate your efforts on our behalf. ADULT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS 1979â€"80 leadership workshops 33.771 food & fashion forums 10.446 short courses 8.74l lectures I 8.1 50 volunteer leaders 2,174 1978-30 phone letter in person A CONSUMERS HEAD OFFICE Foods & Nutrition 3,454 743 33 Other Consumer Info. 317 69 9 Totals 3,571 812 42 54 FIELD OFFICES Foods & Nutrition 6,643 890 3,559 Other Consumer Info. & Adult Program 6,254 2,415 1,924 Totals 12,897 3,305 5,483 TOTAL 26,] 10 B. TARGET CLIENTS 54 FIELD OFFICES 4â€"H 7,431 6.389 3,603 Women‘s Institutes 1,270 854 46! Totals 8,701 7,243 4,064 TOTAL 20.008 GRAND TOTAL 46,118 'J