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HOT NEWS Don’t miss the Annual General Meeting! Thursday, January 5, 2012 â€" Kempenfelt Centre in Barrie $40 includes an agenda, Annual Report, muffins and pastries upon arrival, unlimited use of beverage station and a buffet lunch. Additional pricing options are available for Members who wish to join the Provincial Officers for dinner orthose who will not be eating on site. Please contact the FWIO Provincial Office for full details. Workshops will be held in the same location on Friday, January 6, 2012. Please note: PAID registrations must be received at the FWIO Provincial Office by Thursday, December 15,2011 in order to meet Kempenfelt Centre’s due date forfinal numbers. If we have not received your payment before this date, you are not registered. NO EXCEPTIONS will be made. The AGM registration form can be downloaded from the FWIO website at www.fwio.on.ca. It can also be obtained by contacting the FWIO Provincial Office at 519â€"836â€"3078. Reminder: The following Provincial Positions will be open at the next AGM and, in accordance with Area byâ€"laws, nominations can be made at Area Conventions this fall. o President-Elect o Executive Officer to FWIC o Provincial Secretary o Northern Regional Board Director o Western Regional Board Director o Southern Regional Board Director My thanks to the Branches who have sent their "Walk Across Canada” challenge totals. At the end ofJune, 70 Members from 11 Branches had walked 24,291,521 steps or 18,402.667 km â€" WOW! The Canadian Member who walks the most kilometers by December 31, 2011 will receive a paid registration to the 2012 National Convention to be held in the Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, British Columbia from June 12th to 16th. Please send me yourtotals by the end of December, along with the names ofthe walkers and the number of steps taken. If you have photos, writeâ€"ups, press clippings etc., on your walking activities and the "Women’s Heart Health” triennial project, please send me a copy. FWIC is developing a Power Point presentation to be shown at the Red Dress Gala on the closing evening ofthe Convention. Do you like to write? There are 2 essays in the National Competitions. The Senator Cairine Wilson Competition is a 750 word essay on "Why Should Note?” The Tweedsmuir Competition is a 2000 word essay on the "History development ofa WI Program to entice current and potential Members. Forfull competition details, please refer of WI in Your Province”. The other Tweedsmuir Competitions are a crib quilt approximately 32”x37" and the * to the November 2010 Board Highlights. When sending me emails, please be sure to enter a titleathe subject line. As a safety precaution, I do not emails I can’t identify. Information n FWIC activitie ‘ 7v FWIO n my 5i A ' . ,. ' 3:"? mu» 1 1