BCWI wants more urbanites

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Published: June 20, 2002

The top dog for the British Columbia Women’s Institute doesn’t even

live in the province.

Joan Holthe, who was elected president at the group’s June 7-9 annual

meeting in Cranbrook, B.C., lives on a cattle ranch in Alberta’s Peace

River district.

But her closest community and the WI branch she belongs to are in

Dawson Creek, B.C., so she was able to straddle the border question.

The major issues of the meeting were how to get more money and members.

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The provincial government has eliminated its yearly grant to the BCWI

“after 93 years of working hand in hand,” said Holthe. Last year the

group got $25,000.

Annual fees for the 1,000 BCWI members are $25, half of what WI members

pay in Saskatchewan and lower than the Alberta and Manitoba WIs.

Holthe said in her speech to the 122 delegates in Cranbrook that the

theme for her three-year term would be the 3Rs – roots, relevancy and

recognition.

“I’d like WI to be a choice for young women, not just rural but urban

as well. We focus on food and water safety and women’s concerns.”

She said most of the resolutions side of the meeting dealt with

constitutional changes, including approval to continue to hold an

annual meeting.

Until 1999, the BCWI held its meetings every three years, but Holthe

said the members agreed the three-year trial period of holding meetings

annually was a success. There was almost unanimous agreement on the

need to communicate more with each other.

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Diane Rogers

Saskatoon newsroom

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