BCWI 39th Triennial Convention Agenda
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
