1924 - Annual Convention Report

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and i t was considered fair that those who are getting the benefit should pay a part
uf the necessary expense. Lost.
Resolutions were also submitted by Badger Flats Women's Institute and Hand
Hills Constituency but were withdrawn.
7.; " Reserved thai an honorarium be- granted the Secretary- Treasurer out of
any balance that might remain after paying all current expenses, this honorarium
to be p a id at the discretion of the Advisory Board." Sedgowick Constituency Con­ference.
Carried.
Mrs. Bates of Argyle Institute, Alliance, extended an invitation to any Institute
who knew of an overworked or convalescent mother needing quiet and rest, to send
this mother to t h e Argyle Institute. Some of the members have offered to provide
a quite home for such for week or ten days. Any Institute wishing to take advant­age
of this very kind offer should communicate with Mrs. Bates tn plenty of time
so that the visitor could be met at the station.
C O N S T I T U T I O N A N D B Y - L A W S O F T H E A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S
I N S T I T U T E S .
A R T I C L E I .— N A M E.
This organisation shall be railed the Provincial Organization of the Alberta
Women's Institutes.
A R T I C L E I I . — M O T T O.
The motto of the Provincial Organisation of the Alberta Women's Institutes
shall be " F o r Home and Country."
A R T I C L E I I I .— P O L I C Y.
( a) The Alberta Women's Institutes shall be the central Provincial organisation
of all Branch Institutes, which havo been or may hereafter be formed under the
Women's Institute Art.
( 6) The organisation shall be strictly non- partisan and non- sectarian in every
phase of tbe work, and no Institute shall be operated in the interest of any party,
sect or society, but for the equal good of all citizens.
0) No society or organisation for a special purpose shall bring its discussions
or its subjects into any meeting of the Alberta Women's Institutes, except by the
unanimous consent of the delegates present.
A R T I C L E I V . — O B J E C T.
( a) The object shall be to unite the influence and enterprise of Alberta women,
and to co- ordinate the efforts and further the plans of all Branches for home improve­ment
and community betterment.
to) T o promote Educational, Moral, Social and Civic measures, and to com­pare
methods of study and work.
( cj T o develop Agriculture, and co- operate with the Alberta Department
of Agriculture.
(< f) T o voice the sentiment of the Branches on all matters of importance within
the scope of Women's Institute work.
A R T I C L E V . — M E M B E R S H I P.
Members of a Branch Institute which has a membership of at least eight,
and has held at least four meetings during the preceding year, shall be considered
members o f the Provincial Organization.
A R T I C L E V I .— O F F I C E R S.
( a) T h e officers of the Provincial Organization shall be a President, Vice-
President, one Director from each District, ( who by virtue of office shall be a Vice-
President o f the Provincial Organization), a Secretary- Treasurer.