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Eighty-five: voting ACWW dele- gates met at, the University of Edin- burgh in June 1985. Fourteen dele- gates. attendedftom Canada, thanks to the Mrs. .Alfr‘ed Watt Memorial Trust Fund, made possible f chewing the ACWW Conference in Vancouver. Dr. Ellen. McLean, President, urged us to develth strategies, assess pro- jects that, were successful and use them as guidelines for the future. Areas that have benefitted from the Clean Water project are Kenya. Korea, Pakistan, Phillipines. Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Tuvalu and Western Samoa. Other projects undertaken within Areas of the World include: I seminars on farm and home finan- cial management; 0 program developed with Peace Corp volunteers; - onion seed bank; 4â€"H Club, potâ€" able water system started in Equa- awareness is im we improve ACWW? dor; and - sewing and knitting centre and school for physically handicapped children in Calcutta. Constituent Societies are also in- volved in leadership training courses. pre-school play groups, training we- men to previde for themselves and develop potential. As a result income generating projects are emerging. Among the recommendations that pertain to us regarding the ACWW Constitution are: ' any recommendation that is ap- proved would take effect immedi» ately after the next conference: I dues payable annually on Janu- ary 1: proving ' any organi/alion mal trig apph-o» tion for corresponding l'fléffihul’ulllft must submit copy ol Its lf)hj€t.ll‘n_".' ' Regional Conference-s shall be callcd Area Conlerences: ' the Realm 01‘ Canada to be changed to Canada; and ' attendance at conlcrcncc change- from three years standing to ten years. Dr. McLean made the obsenanun that there was a much greater anon» ness ol ACWW after the Vanmui cr Conference. but asked “Are vie trulrepresentative of all nations? \thl the main reason we attend AC“ \\ C nun» cil or Conference be to imprm e ACWW as an organi/alion Ior the benefit of all its member» or jLJsl an opportunity to sightscc and to meet old friends?" To Cluotc Mrs. Allrcd Watt: "\m organization stands still. it goes lore ward or back.” Charlotte Johnson represents lhc FWIO on lhe ACW“ Council. Many challenges await F W1C in ’86 Though it is early in December as 1 write this, by the time it appears in Home and Country, the new year will be well on its way. Nonetheless I wish you all good health, the joy of friendâ€" ships and success in every adventure throughout 1936. We are all concerned over many of the issues that Will carry over into 1986 â€" crime, unemployment, wars and rumors of wars, poverty, famine, destruction of'the environment, social injustices, family violence, child abuse and in our own private lives perhaps the health of our loved ones. While these are very deep concerns, trying to dowhatever little we can in our own small corner to eliminate or cope With them can become real chal- lenges and excite us to action. ltis so easy to become apathetical by cementing ourselves that there is , nothing we canrd'o as individuals. The Challenge cemes in searching for that "something" to do and in taking action,” Remember. the potential is wrt-h’mtl's and as a large organization 5, FWIC Report Bernice Nohlitt of Women’s Institutes we can indi- vidually and together do a great deal to help solve the major problems which confront us. When the FWIC Board met in Oc- tober, it accepted an ACWW project to do research on “Women and Small Business DEVelopments“ for the women in the Windward Islands. However, when we let ACWW know that we would assist in this project, we learned Holland had already ac- cepted it. There will be other oppor- tunities for us to help overseas. but we may have to wait until the June [986 FWIC Board meeting to choose another project. At the post Convention Board meeting, Beatrice Reeves, our FWIC President, appointed me to be chain person for the Adelaide Headless Homestead committee. Charlotte Johnson. our FWIO President. and Mrs. Gadd from Saskatchcu an null act with me. We were indeed sorry to lose Helen Randall as the local Hoodless Com, mittee secretary due to illness [an tall. Mrs. Charlton is kindly taking her place for the time being. but no must not expect hcr to continue domg so as she has already scrtcd mart) jenrs on the Hoodless committee and ref signed two years ago. One til the members of the present commlltcc will act as secretary, but we rctlutrc a chairperson. llyou live in the area of the Home- stead, would you kindly ol‘ler tour services for this very rcuarding pmi~ lion? We will be setting out ncu guidelines and making new arrange- ments for the operation of the Hood less in the near Future. Bernice Nohlitt is past president at“ the Federated Women‘s Institute of Canada.