1930 - Annual Convention Report

              IS A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
things in order and since our last Convention have written 1809 letters and
have sent out many parcels. Circulars dealing with Constituency Confer­ences,
Outlines of Standing Committees, Dental Campaign, Y e a r l y Report
forms and Convention letter and resolutions have also been sent to all the
Institutes. There were six circulars sent to the Girls' Clubs.
F r om my register I find that there are now 259 active Institutes in the
province and also there are 53 Institutes which have not returned their yearly
report forms, so I must presume that they are either dead or sleeping. I
have sent registered letters to several of these branches but so far have only
received one reply. I hope to get some definite word from them at a later
date.
I am sorry to report that 19 Institutes have notified us of disbanding this
year but it is gratifying to know that 14 Institutes have been organized at
Boyle, Clarendon at Innisfail, Enterprize at Coronation, Enilda, Eckville,
Falun, Grassy Lake at Penhold, Maple Leaf at Chin, M i l l a r s t o n at Dimsdale,
Peers, Streamstown, Wooddale at Rimby, Willowdale at Penhold and W h i t e -
law.
Yearl3r report forms were returned by 227• Institutes and show a financial
return of $ 68,074.96, giving an average of $ 299.89 per branch. The returns
from a few Institutes were remarkable, several averaging well over $ 1,000.00.
One new branch, organized less than one year, has a financial return of
$ 1300.00 and I think they deserve great praise.
To date 227 Institutes have paid their dues for 1929- 30. This is approxi­mately
87 per cent of the active branches and is an increase over last year,
but it is not yet 100 per cent; let us t r y harder next year.
There were 37 Constituency Conferences held during the summer and
fall of 1929, with a total attendance of 2200.
Three of the District Conferences have been held with a splendid
attendance at each and I understand that District No. 1 is to hold their
Conference later, in the fall.
Monthly report forms and envelopes will be supplied, free of charge,
upon application to my office. Minute and Cash Books are $ 2.00 per set.
Constitutions and Acts are sold at five cents per copy or forty cents per
dozen. Alberta Women's Institute Pins are 35 cents each and Federated
Women's Institute Pins are 75 cents each. I am indeed pleased with the
wonderful sale of pins for last year, the sales amounting to $ 124.00. A com­plimentary
copy of the new Handbook, which has just been completed by
Mrs. Rogers, w i l l be sent to each Institute immedately after the Convention,
and additional copies can be procured at a cost of 25 cents each.
May I urge each delegate to impress upon the Treasurer of her Institute
the necessity of adding exchange to cheques when forwarding money to me.
As the rate of exchange varies in different towns it would simplify matters
if. after the amount of the cheque, the words " plus exchange" were added.
Your Institute would then receive credit for the full amount of your dues,
whereas now I have to deduct the exchange. Please also see that correct
signatures appear on all cheques.
When your Secretary is forced to resign from office, as soon as a new
officer is appointed in her place, please notify me at once so that your mail
will not go astray. May I point out that it is your Branch that suffers
wfien you do not notify me as you do not receive any correspondence and
are therefore out of touch with the work.
We have, this year, started a new venture and have invested money for
a rainy day. Two bonds have been purchased, one with the Canadian