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The Leadership Development Committee of Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) are pleased to announce a conference to be held May 13 to 15. 1988 at Queen's University, Kingston. The committee suggests one delegate from each branch, district and area attend the conference, in particular the program coordinator OR the public relations officer. continued from page 5 president Charlotte Johnson. This gives her time to check it and possibly gather more supportive material or check if the resolution has been presented previously. When the sustained resolution reaches the provincial board, it is reviewed by the resolutions committee and the supportive material checked. It is then discussed by the board as a whole. It is your responsibility to make sure that your board director(s) are will-informed on the resolution. It is the board director’s responâ€" sibility to take note of the discus- sions, so that she can speak to the resolution at the board meeting. The provincial convener then sends on the sustained resolution to the correct places accompanied by a letter which incorporates the supportive material which you pro- vided. That is why the material must be current and correct. The resolu- tions which are not sustained are eturned with an explanation. It seems like a slow process but 5 we have no provincial convention t which resolutions can be discussed, t is a democratic process in which few people. The amount and diversity of the olutions indicate the awareness of e members of problems facing The conference has several goals. 1. To stimulate interest in identifying local community projects. 2. To motivate and develop leaderâ€" ship in the areas of program plan- ning and promotional activities. 3. To provide direction in program planning. 4. To educate the members re: the issue of waste management/ recycling. society. If we don't let it be known that we disagree with something, we will have no chance to change it. Politicians are sensitive to the needs and wishes of their constituents â€" if not, they should be Our organiza- tion alone has almost 24,000 voting members. The explanations above were prompted by questions asked me at the area conventions. At this time I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for the warm recep» tions accorded me at these conven- tions. It was truly a wonderful and educating experience to attend them for my first time. Just to remind you that this winter each branch was sent two mailings â€" one in December ’87 and one in January ’88. Make sure each officer who was sent informa- tion receives it. If the wrong person gets it, then the new names and addresses have not been forwarded to the office. There are a number of ways in which we get news to the branch: Icadership Development Conference 5. To initiate 100 rural recycling projects across Ontario by January l990. Accommodation. meeting rooms, meals are located close together. For more information. contact your FWlO Board Director or con- sult the written information which was sent to branch secretaries in January. Resolutions are for everyone a) direct mail b) your district director brings back a report to the branch of the district meeting at which a report is given of the subdivision meeting c) the district annual d) area conventions e) Home 8L Country which prints reports after both the annual and semiâ€"annual meetings of the board. Every member in every branch receives a copy of Home & Country. Make sure that you fill in the form sent to you in December to update the name and address of the person who is to receive the bundle of magazines. We realize the importance of the branches being informed. The above are some of the avenues of communication open to us. the rest is up to you. Margaret Munro is the President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. WSA has partnership guide The Women for the Survival of Agriculture have put together a new booklet called Cover Your Assets â€" A Guide to Farm Partnerships. The publication is free and may be obtained by writing to Dianne Harkin. RR. #1, Winchester, KOC 2K0. H 5; C February, March 1988 IS