June 15th – 17th, 2023

Agenda

“Women Moving Forward in Friendship & Action”

Thursday, June 15th, 2023

5:30-6:30pm   Registration

7:00pm            Meet & Greet                  

                         Welcome from Overlander WI                    

                        Coffee, Tea, Snacks supplied by Overlander WI

Friday, June 16th, 2023

7:30am            Breakfast

Chair – Brenda Devauld

9:00                 CALL TO ORDER

                        Mary Stewart Collect

                     WELCOME

Members & Guests

·       Margaret Byl, FWIC/WI Canada President

·       Marie Kenny, ACWW Canada Area President

·      Tracy Scott, RN, BScN, MN Clinical Nurse Specialist for Child Maltreatment and Sexual Violence                with Interior Health – Speaking on Forensic Nurse Examiners

 ·     Tara Ettinger, Executive Director, Big Bear Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Kamloops – Speaking        on Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYAC)

·     Jacquie Brand, General Manager, Violence Against Women Intervention & Support Services, YMCA        BC – Kamloops Region – Speaking on the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter 

                        Introduction of Board

                        Introduction of Branches

                        Introduction of Districts

                        ADOPTION OF AGENDA

  DETERMINATION OF QUORUM

# Branches Represented – quorum must be ½ of the 32 branches = should be 16

# Districts Represented – quorum must be ½ of the 5 districts = should be 3

 MINUTES

Minutes from the AGM 2022, via Zoom Video Conferencing, May 28th, 2022

 Financial Report, Budget, BC Children’s Hospital, Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island 

REPORTS

President

Vice President

Victoria Salliss Creative Arts Legacy

Forensic Nursing Bursary

Provincial Historian

WI Canada/FWIC Representative

Branch President/District President

Convener

 (All reports are included in the Triennial Package; due to time restraints these reports will not be read)

9:30                 Chair: Shelly Simrose

  Nominations for President

                         Scrutineers

  Discussion of the following:

       Forensic Nursing Bursary

Women’s Health Care Crisis

10:45               Coffee Break

                         Chair: Kimberly Rorstrom-Wittig

                        Guest Speakers:

Tracy Scott, RN, BScN, MN Clinical Nurse Specialist for Child Maltreatment and Sexual Violence with Interior Health – Speaking on Forensic Nurse Examiners

Tara Ettinger – Executive Director – Big Bear Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Kamloops – Speaking on Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYAC)

                         WI Grace

 12:00              Lunch

 Chair: Fay Van Horn

Nominations for Vice President

  Nominations for Director’s

                         Memorial

 2:15                Coffee Break

Chair: Lorraine Doiron

                        Marie Kenny, ACWW Canada Area President

                         Results from voting for Directors

                         Craft – Metallic & Embroidery cards – All Welcome

                         Adjourn

                         Supper on your own

Saturday, June 17th, 2023

7:30am           Breakfast

 Chair: Brenda Devauld

                         Welcome

                         Opening Ode

                         Aquamation Update

                         Land Sharing, Site C & Transparency Act

 10:45              Coffee Break

                         Chair: Kimberly Rorstrom-Wittig

                         Guest Speaker:

 Jacquie Brand – General Manager, Violence Against Women Intervention & Support Services, YMCA BC,  Kamloops Region – Speaking on the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter

                         WI Grace

 12:00              Lunch

 1:00                Chair: Vicki Hess

  Competition Results

Silent Auction

Trivia Game

2:30                 Coffee Break 

                         Chair: Brenda Devauld

Debate

Inclusiveness

Where WI is going

Technology, Zoom, Facebook

Network News, feedback, receiving, reading, change or add anything

How to encourage members to meet in person after long period of zoom

How do we get younger members

                        Adjourn

 6:00               Banquet

                        Installation of New Board

                        Raffle Draw

Draw for Registration

                        Quilt Draw