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HONORARY PRESIDENT Miss Molly McGhee, Director. Home Economics Branch OMAF was presented with an Honorary Presi- dent‘s Badge by Mrs. Maluske. DIRECTOR’S REPORT Miss Molly McGhee of the Home Economics ‘ ranch spoke about the position of the Branch. know- _e there will be some stafi" and budget cuts but at the inc time maintaining the high quality of programs liile increasing clientele and offering more consumer tormation to the public at large. Requests for con- iner information has increased in all areasâ€"Foods til Nutrition have increased 300% over last year. By next Fall we hope to have developed package grams prepared for the Home Economists to use at t and other community group meetings. Also, new -.grams will be available next Fall at both the senior at 4H training schools. As your Honorary President, I feel I would be re \N if I did not speak frankly about matters that [her me. 1 know many of your members are elderly and are vvtng into senior citizens homes. while many more linger women are working and that the woman unâ€" r 25 doesn‘t seem interested in .lWlO although she it» have been an enthusiast 4H’er. Are we content to back and see the membership drop or are we going take a very critical look at FWlO and plan an active gruitment drive? I have told you how impressed 1 am with the tre- t-ndous contribution to the 4H movement and your Imlarship program. In the past you were the voice of tral women. is it so to-day'? lfso. does anyone listen? Eight or ten years ago WI‘s seemed to receive good tverage in the large daily papers. why not to-day? -re your objectives. constitution. procedure. resolu- .ons, outdated? Perhaps we have become too comfort- .hle and complacent about FWIO and haven’t given much thought or effort into the direction in which we hould be heading. It should be a priority that we constantly remind ll potential members that we do exist. This means at .trancb and Provincial level a recruitment campaign Us to be mounted periodically. What about aiming for at least one .lunior WI in ‘Jt'ury subdivision? Why is it so difficult for the nomi- nating committee to raise a slate of officers? At Area Conventions there is a tremendous .mount of time and effort and a mountain of paper work given to reports. Yet what does reporting really accomplish? Are the reports useful and meaningful to the membership? Can you really justify this somewhat extravagant way of reporting? Eighteen months is a long time to sustain a resolu- tion. ls this work as efiective as it should be? Maybe it is time to consider a complete reorganization. These are a few of my concerns. I hope you will not feel I am being overly critical when I tell you I think it important they receive attention. The Ministry and especially the Home Economics Branch will do all that it can to help you strengthen Your organization so that Once more you can become the leaders in rural Ontario. FWIC Mrs. Herb Maluske All provinces were asked to contribute to a sur- vey on the Role of Women for the Canadian Coun- cil on Rural Development. Provincial Co-ordinator. Mrs. Maluske thanked the 10 members who inter- viewed 10 other women, completing one tenth of the national survey. We are reminded of the FWIC competitions (reâ€" fer H & C Winter/77) preliminary contests are to be held at the 1978 District Annuals and at Area Conventions in I978. The winning entry from each competition is to be sent to FWIO olfice by Novem- ber 24. 1978. The new FWIC brochures compiled by Mrs. Diamond are now available from the FWlC ofi‘ice. Mrs. John Charlton. Life member of FWlC and secretary of the Hoodless Homestead was given permission to have the Hoodless History Book mi- crofilmed. At a Homestead meeting attended by Mrs. Maluske she reports plans are progressing for the addition to the house. While attending ACWW. Mrs. Bielish on behalf of FWIC pledged a new landrover as a gift to Les- otho. The original one is worn out and the women asked for further aid. Before the Kenya Conference FWIC sent a contribution of $500.00 to ACWW to help with the Pre‘Conference Workshop for Afri- can Women. A donation of $1000.00 for Pennies For Friendship was also made. Subscriptions for Federated News due Decem- ber I each year. $1.00 for an individual subscription or 50¢ each per year in bundles of 10 sent to one address. INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP REPORT Mrs. Earl Morden Some of the interest from the $50.000.00 in the ln- ternational Scholarship Fund will be used for assistâ€" ance in developing countries. I, A donation of$l000.00 will be sent to FWIC toward the purchase of a landrover for women in Lesotho. 2, Piped water supplyâ€"$500.00. and sewing machines and ITttlIthlttlS*$500.00. both for Zambia through the UNESCO Coâ€"operative Action Program (Co- Action) Project #569. .Del‘erment on a request until further investigation from the Cameroon National Union. Decision to be made at Semi Annual meeting. an Vice Presidents of FWIO. Mrs. Gerald Brown represent- ing the Northern Area: Mrs. Gordon Sherwin, Eastern Area: Mrs. Geo. Barr, Southern Area; the Western Area is represented by the President. Mrs. Diamond.