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The General Purposes Committee of A C W MRS. EDGAR ANSTEY â€"â€" Chairman General Pure poses Committee Associated Country Women of the World A Canadian who grew up in both Eastern and Western Canada. and attended the Universtty of Western Ontario in London. Mrs. Anstey thinks of herself as a Canadian cosmopolite. _ During the war she worked with the National Film Board as a documentary film editor. After two years as a free lance film editor in New York she met and mar- ried an Englishman and has lived in London, England ever since. Her husband is a documentary film pro- ducer and critic. I Dr. Irene Spry introduced her to ACWW and in 1964 she became the Council member for the Women of Unifariii (at that time The Farm Women of A1â€" berta) and has represented them ever since at Council and the Dublin and Oslo Conferences. During her years with ACWW she has been Chairr man of the Countrywoman Committee. the Publicity and Publication Committee including the Country- woman sub Committee and Vice Chairman of the General Purposes Committee. Mrs. Anstey gave up these positions to take over as Chairman of the Genâ€" eral Purposes Committee in April I973. THE GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE un- der its Chairman. and with its Standing Committees, works closely with the General Secretary and her dedi- cated Staff at the Central Office. and is responsible for the clay to day business of ACWW between the Coun- cil meetings. As our World President. Mrs. Farquharson. said when she was Chairman ol‘ the General Purposes Committee. “When the ACWW Triennial Conference comes to an end and the last goodbyes are exchanged by the delegates returning to all parts of the world. there is one small band for whom the coming Trien- nium means added responsibility. although it accepts its new duties with great pride." Who is this band? It consists of all Ofiicers of ACWW. not less than 14 members of Council who are elected by it from among the representatives of Con- stituent Societies, and the Chairman of the Standing Committees. It meets not less than three times a vear to consider matters as varied as office premises. Ihe apâ€" plication ofa new Member Society. or perhaps details of a regional seminar. and to hear and adopt the re- ports of the Chairmen of the Standing Committees. The Officers of ACWW are. the World President. two Deputy Presidents who usually come from oppo- site areas of the world. this Triennium from Canada and Malaysia. the Honorary Treasurer. the Honorary Secretary. and seven Area Vice-Presidents represent- ing Europe. Asia. East West and Central Africa. S. Africa. U.S.A.. Canada, and the S. Pacific. The STANDING COMMITTEES meet four times a year and report to the General Purposes Committee. The work of these small expert Committees is most important and it is felt that only those members should stand for election who can normallv give time to attend meetings. ' ' 22 The FINANCE COMMITTEE under the able chairmanship of the Honorary Treasurer steers u, wisely through the financial problems which increase every year. ACWW Member Societies pay “my dues. at a low rate. and individuals belong as l in m Contributing Members. Both these are important BU. the staggering fact remains that three quarter time cost of running ACWW comes from PennH 1‘." Friendship to which all ACWW members con "hm Today the contributions we hope are larger cm i um pennies but we all love the name which wn- mm many years ago when pennies really meant sou ihmg .. . because ofa dream. Mrs. Godfrey Drage \\ a “ti worrying about the finances of ACWW. as is lit mi 01 all Finance Chairmen. dreamt she saw piles oft tuna falling from everywhere. She awoke with the in um ifevery individual member contributed a pennj ya.” this. in addition to the dues paid by SOCiEliCs mum be the answer to her problems. And so it remains the answer today. It is i mm. for Friendship which make the work of all th. Hm. mittees possible. Contributions from every Ml. member. A willing payment towards building . .llct world. a practical way of taking a personal ‘ ‘i in working for peace and happiness of people .1}. where â€" a need which grows greater every d. So there is the work oftlie General Purpose um- mittee of ACWW. a part ofthe 8 million-strum .dll't of Homemakers. a chain of goodwill and felt hip stretching around the world. The TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE COMM iEE under the Chairmanship of the Honorary Beer: in responsible for planning the Conference. and aim Turnbull and her Committee have plans forth ‘474 Conference in Perth well in hand. Travel. .i m- modation. study groups. films. plenary sessions. cu] activities. all these are carefully considered I this Committee. The AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE 5: Di OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY arose from olution at the Oslo Conference. This Committee .tr- ried on by post and reports directly to the 14th C =.-r- ence in Perth. Mrs. Aroti Dutt is the Chilil'mll mi Mrs. Ulla Wickbaum the secretary. The Com 66 works in partnership with the Royal Common- Iii Society for the Blind. A project has been set up .2 li- durai in Southern India and plans are under an} id second project in Mirpur outside Calcutta. To .i|~ i itate the day to day administration. a London 1' -cd i _ ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON 5 \‘E‘ SIGHT was set up in January I973 and at the [li‘ wit the 1973 Council the "Save Sight” project hm ie E ' ceived 534.210.00 and many donations have Sin“ "r' rived. (Ontario‘s donation last year reported b.‘ ii“ Branches was approximately $2,400.00). A TEPO‘” in, titled “Tomorrow is Too Late" setting out in dEllllt ‘hr present position of this campaign. which has alr. id} in the last year saved the sight of 200 children (m “" able from Loan Library). There are a number of smaller projects which tl~ ii't ‘ always fall into the category ofziny special commitme- such items as vehicles. sewing machines and sewn?