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0/142 W n------------------------ Provincial Calendar of Events June 22 â€" Board Teleconference June 23-24 â€" June Luncheon and Antique Appraisal at the Lee (only items small enough to carry; no furniture please) July 1 â€" Dominion Day at the Lee July 15 â€" Meet the Hunter Family at the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead Aug. 19 â€" Unveiling of History of Stoney Creek Exhibit at the Lee Aug. 21-22 - On Site Board Meeting Sept. 14â€" Board Teleconference Sept. 17 â€" Harvest Day at the Hoodless Homestead Sept. 19-20 â€" Harvest Luncheon at the Lee Oct. 1-31 â€" Art Show and Sale at the Lee Nov. 20-21 - On Site Board Meeting Dec. 3 â€" Christmas Open House at the Hoodless Homestead Jan. 15 & 17, 2001 - Off Site Board Meeting Jan. 16, 2001 ~ FWlO Annual Meeting â€" Open Day Feb. 27, 2001 â€" Annual Birthday Tea at the Hoodless Homestead For more information on the Erland Lee (Museum) Home events call 905-662-2691. Call the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead at 519-443-1130. Area Convention Drites Grey-Bruce - Oct. 3 Northwestern ~ Oct. 6‘? Cochrane-Temiskaming - Oct. 11 North Central ‘ Oct. 13-14 Eastern ~ Oct. 16 Trent Valley - Oct, 18 Kingston - Oct. 19 Central ‘ Oct. 20-21 Simcoe - Oct. 23 London - Oct. 24 Guelph - Oct, 25-26 Northern - Oct. 28 Hamilton - Oct. 30 Southwestern - Oct. 31 Home 8 Country Index A1999 Home & Country Index was distributed to each District in early February. Ask about it, 16 Home E. Country, Summer 2000 Provincial Positions At the Provincial Annual Meeting all Provincial Offices are declared vacant. Anyone (other than the person completing their term) wishing to run for a vacant office would be required to follow normal protocol: a by application for Board Directors. Coordir nators and Committees of the Board (due date September 30). - by election at Area Conventions for Provin- cial Advisory Councillors, and o by nomination at Area Conventions for President-Elect. Nominations from the floor are not accepted for any of these ProvinCIal positions. Provincial Officers whose terms of office are complete at the 2000 Annual Meeting are as follows: - Regional Board Director, Western Area (1) a Regional Board Director, Southern Area (1) - Provincial Advisory Councillors for Subdivi- sion 1. Z. 3. 5,11,14,17,20,23,25&26 n Tweedsmuir Coordinator Note: For information or an application of the above positions. contact the Provincial Office. Wanted â€" New Hospitality Homes While revising the Hospitality Homes List, it became apparent that there are several Subdi- visions with either no or few names listed Hospitality Homes from all Subdivisions are welr come. Anyone interested in being on this List, contact Hospitality Homes Coordinator Gillian Catto at Box 16, Site 14, RR 1, Whitefish ON POM 3E0, Phone‘ 705-866-0253. Remember, Hospitality Homes in Ontario are open to all Women‘s Institute members and their travelling companions for $10 per night per person. To obtain a list, send three 46 cent stamps to Gillian. Placement of the FWIO Badge The FWlO Badge shall be worn in the following manner - on the left hand side over your heart with no other pin above it c at all national WI meetings, it is worn below the Fch badge 0 at all international meetings. it is worn be- low the ACWW badge Once a year. starting atthe annual Editorial Meeting in the Spring of 2001 , the Editorial Committee will select one photo as the “Picture of the Year.‘ The photo must ad- here to the following criteria: be clear and sharp be focused on a WI topic or activity be current must “tell” a story on its own include a clear and concise caption must be taken by a Wi member must have been printed in one of the previous four issues of the newsletter Public Relations Officers - grab hold of this opportunity to promote your Branch. Get out your cameras and start shootingl "Picture of the Year' Certificates will be awarded, along with other (yet to be do terrnined) acknowledgements. FWlC Website Tlie FWIC Website is now accessible at http //www nald can‘wrchi‘m The site includes the Federated News, a Fact Sheet outlining ciiii'ent organizational items and Information about the Board of Directors and the upcoming Triennial Convention The Slle is courtesy of the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD), Canada's national adult literacy information network found at: http f/www naldca School Daze Nothing makes a woman feel older than meet- ing a bald»headed man who was two grades behind her in school. Croll M Penll Canada Post Publications Mail Reg No 1685341 Return undeliverable copies to FWiO 7382 Wellington Rd 30 RR 5