The former vice-president of the British Columbia Women’s Institute is still in shock.
Due to illness, the BCWI president had to resign before the annual meeting April 29, and Wanda Richter of Clearwater, B.C., had a sudden advancement. Richter will now serve as BCWI president
until 2008.
The group had a break-even budget this past year but hopes to do better next year with the approval of a constitutional change, Richter said. The motion that passed at the annual meeting was required under provincial rules to allow BCWI and its branches to operate raffles and other gaming events to help raise funds.
Other motions presented and passed by the BCWI delegates include: asking the province to prevent any discharge of sewage, whether treated or not, into lakes or rivers; researching the origin of BSE; and requiring BSE tests on all cattle slaughtered in Canada in order to capture export meat markets.
