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Foundation for Rural Living Cindy Lindsay. Executive Director oi the Foundation ior Rural LivingI spoke to Board bout the role oi the Foundation. She stated at the key mandate oi the Foundation is to build sustainable healthy communities. To keep rural communities healthy and 9 v o a a P rowing. the Foundation continues to de- elop: proiitabte larms and rural businesses; managers and employees with business skills and entrepreneurial vision; me leadership and helping skills oi com- munity service providers; and. an improved understanding oi agri-iood production by people not directly con- nected to agriculture. The Foundation educates the public bout the value oi rural Ontario and the gricultural industry to the well-being oi the rovince. and they support projects and research thatwillstrengthen agriculture and rural communities. Because the Foundation wanted to build links in rural Ontario and strengthen the rural voice they were instrumental in the C reation oi The Ontario Rural Council (TORC). P The Foundation is dedicated to matching eople with vision, energy and commitment to rural Ontario with the resources they it a eed to act on those ideas. It is recognized s a venue to tunnel research dollars tor rural issues. For more intori'nation about the Founda n Ior Rural Living contact Cindy Lindsay t $50 Geddes St, Elora ON NOB 130, Phone: (519)843-7759, Fax: (519)843- 7773. Please note that the Foundation will b 9 moving to the Ontario Ministry oi Agricul- ture. Food and Rural Attairs building at 1 Stone Rd in Guelph. T WI Week he idea of a provincial proclamation oi WI Week by the Premier of Ontario Will be P ursued again in the legislature. RAWF Booth For several years there has been much discussion at Board about the WI booth at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. The RAWF Booth Committee will be investigat- ing the suggestion to have a prolessional designer set up the booth. Any memberwho has window display experience and is inter- ested in helping out with the RAWF booth, please write to the Provincial Otiice. The Farm Museum The Guelph Area Women's Institute has agreed to operate and maintain the Women's Institute Hallat the Farm Museum in Milton. As in prevtous years. Women's Institute volunteers are needed to stall the building during the general public week- ends in June. July and August. and on other special event days. Any member Interested in volunteering at the FarmMuseum. please write to the FWIO Provincial Oiiice. For more iniomiation on the special events, call the Farm Museum at 905878-8151. Charitable Status Regulations Remember, the December id, 1998. letter sent item the FWIO Finance Coordinator Lynn Ruigrok about charitable status regu- lations, The letter explained one option available to Brancheslolund raise aridoi'ler donors a charitable receipt. The response from Branches indicated no interest in fund raisrng where otticial charitable receipts could be provided through the FWIO Office. Motions - That the ACWW Conierence 2001 Re- port on page 6 oi the February 1999 Teleconierence Minutes, listing the members or the Canadian Coordinating Committee and the Coordinator as Bar- bara Eastman-Lawn be accepted. - That the Erland Lee (Museum) Home Committee be named a Committee oi the Federated Women's Institutes oI Ontario Board. All Signed Up! That FWtO send a letter to Pat Morgan 01 the Rural Child Care Coalition. and copy it to Corinne Croxall, asking that FWIO be contacted should Iuture input from WI be required on the issue. That FWIO eliminate the Board Director Alternate in their structure and that the Board appoint an interim Board Director for the vacant position eiiective until the next annual meeting. That FWIO obtain a copy ol the consti- tution ol the Federated Women's Institutes oi Canada. That FWtO continue their membership at the cost oi 3250 in the Foundation ior Rural Living. That the Royal Agricultural Winter Farr Booth Committee investigate and cost having a prolessional design and set up the FWIO booth at the RAWF. That Branches. Districts and Areas cele- brating 100 years be honoured with a certificate and have theirname inscribed on a plaque to hang rn the Provincial Oitice. That the FWIO 4-H Scholarship amount remain at 5350 and that the $800 admin- istrative lee be dropped. That 514,000 be translerred Irom the International Scholarship Fund to the Helen M. McKercher Scholarship Fund so that me $1200 award can be main- tained and that the McKercher Scholarship admrnistraiive lee ol 8400 be dropped That the International Scholarship ad- ministrative lee of $300 be dropped, That Janine Reelens-Granl research and report back to Board the back ground behind the establishment ot the 90th Anniversary Scholarship, and that the 90th Anniversary Scholarship ad- ministrative lee at $200 be dropped. That the FWIO President and President Elect receive an increase in mileage to 35 cents per kilometre. That the Home ti Country Editorial Policy be approved with changes as out- lined. That each requesl to issue an otttcral charitable receipt item the FWIO Provincial Olfice be consrdered on an Individual pass, This computer designed sign made of weatherproof mate- rial was produced by Ruth and Ray Grose of Alma. Ruth is President of the Alma Branch in Wellington Centre District. The sign was donated to the Provincial Office by the Alma Branch. FWIO has also had fingersigns installed on Welling- ton County Road 30 to dired people to the FWIO Office as they approach from either direction. .._, en He‘ . . . . . . . , . . . . . . l . Sept. 29 ’ North Central . . . . . on. 1»Z Greyâ€"Bruce . t . . r . , . . Oct. 5 Simcoe . . . Guelph . . r . . . . . Oct. 1344 central . . , . . . . . Oct. 15-16 Eastern . . V . . A . . , . . Oct. 16 Kingston . . . . . , . . r . Oct, 19 ~t’jrent. _ i . . s . . . , , . . Oct. 21 ' 'i‘tilnnhem... i I . . . Oct. 23 That FWIO support the resolution pre- sented by the Middlesex Women In Support oi Agriculture at the Ontario Farm Women’s Network annual meet- ing in March. The resolution requests that a stay-at-home parentbe allowed to claim as an expense a comparable ratio oi child care as a working parent who receives a receipt ior this service. That FWIO allot $10,000 Canadian dol- tars to the ACWW Conierence in 2001 and ask Branches. Districts and Areas n they would participate in lund raising. That FWIO support the Guelph Area Women's Institute in the operation and maintenance oi the Women's Institute Hall at the Farm Museum in Milton; Guelph Area to submit plans and a budget sheet. That The anum Akone Women's Farming Association in the Republic oi Cameroon be notiiied to contact na- tional and intemational organizations to assist them in their etiorts to iurther HIV/AIDS awareness, That FWIO order suflicienl promotional material Irom ACWW. about the upcom- ing ACWW Triennial Conterence in 2001 in Harnilton. Ontario, to send to all FWIO Branches. Provmcrat Advrsow Councillors and Board Directors. That the FWIO Tartan be used by the Reception Committee at the upcoming ACWW Conference In 200i. and that FWIO encourage its use at he Confer ence That FWIO hold a provrncral conierence in the year 2000 during the good weather months in the Northern Region. That FWIO Coordinator‘s term oi ol'ltce be no more than three years That the FWIO Handbook be accepted as revised, April, 1999 FWIO Area Convention Dates, 1 999 Northwestern . , . Sept. 2041 CochraneeTemiskaming Hamilton . . Home In Country, Summer 1999 5