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Please make Changes in your Handbook BY-LAWSâ€"BRANCH WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Conveners of Standing Committees is amended as fol- lows: P B T age 12 g Item ll (liEach Branch shall elect a Convener of each Standing Committee. (2) The Standing Committee Conveners .shall act as members of the Programme Committee. to- gether with the Branch Executive and Branch D1â€" rectors. to decide the extent to which each Stande ing Committee shall be featured in the programme in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws; and they shall have a vote. Y-LAWSâ€"JUNIOR WOMEN‘S INSTITUTE he Bylaws of the Junior Women's Institute are amended by inserting the following: H ow to Organize a Junior Women’s Institute Page 23 â€" Item 12 H I). :6 (HA Branch may be organized in any locality where a sufficient number of women will hold monthly meetings. (2)The group wishing to organize a Branch shall get in touch with the Home Economist. who in turn will notify the District President. District Secre- tury-Treiisurer and the Federation Representative of the District in which the Branch will be situated. tit least two of whom shull be in attendance at the organimiion meeting and one of whom shall pre- side at the election of officers. (3) The Home Economist shall also notify the Presâ€" ILICI'II or Secretary ofthe Junior Women's Institutes oI’Unturio and the President or her representative shall attend. (41 The necessary forms will be provided by the of- Iicc of the Federated Women‘s Institutes of On» turio upon request. (5) A ten days' notice of the organization meeting .\II£III be given in the community. (it) Such a meeting shrill be attended by at least six persons eligible to become members or vouched for its members. (7JThc complclcd chort or Organization Form shall he sent to the office of the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario. and the duplicate form to thc Home Economics Branch. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture ill‘lLI Food. accompanied by .1 ccrttlicd list of at leust six paid members. ow to LIIHI'HIHLI a Junior Women‘s Institute igc Z3 7 Ilcm I3 (I) Any Branch considering disbanding shall get in touch with the Home Economist who in turn will notify the District President. District Secretary- Treusurcr. Ii'cdcration Representative of the Dis- trict in which the Branch is situated. and the Presi- dent of the Junior Women‘s Institutes of Ontario. and lhcsc olficcrs shall attend the next regular meeting of the Branch to discuss the matter. (2) Should the Branch still wish to dishand. a Noâ€" ttcc or Motion shall be given at a regular montth meeting that . . . . . . . . . . Junior Women's Institute dlsbund. (3) A copy ol‘thc Noticc of Motion to disband shall he sent to cvcry member of the Branch. and shall be voted upon at the next regular meeting. (4) An affirmative vote of twoâ€"thirds of ihé mem bers present shall be required to carry the mom)“ _ (5) Upon disbanding, all funds and oflicial record) of the Branch (including Tweedsmuir Histom shall be forwarded to the District Secretary.Tm’S_ urer in which the Branch was situated andâ€"shalt t;E held in trust by the District for a period or [hm years. (6) Should the Branch not reorganize within threc years, the assets become the property of it; DR met. (7) When a Branch is disbanded, the Branch were. wry-Treasurer shall notify the Home Ecru-.mmm. who in turn shall notify the District Set on; Treasurer who then shall notify the Area ark-{EV taryâ€"Treasurer. the Provincial Board DII‘EL [Hr that Subdivision. the Provincial President [ht Junior Women’s Institutes of Ontario and . U). fice of the Federated Women’s Institutes in. tario. (8) No Branch. having disbanded. shall TECH W within one year. BY-LAWSâ€"DISTRICT WOMEN’S INSTITL The By-Laws of the District Women’s Institui amended by inserting the following: Election District Delegates Page 30 â€" Item 7 I! Each District shall: (a) have two voting delegates to the Area 0 r.‘ tion. namely the Federation Representativ it the District President. who shall be elected I! District Annual; and (b) have Alternates for both offices: namely II. )- ternate Federation Representative for the I' : ation Representative: and for the District Pre» II one other member. both of whom shall be cl II at the District Annual. Page 3] u Item ID The District Delegate (District President) sha Page 31 g Item to Margin shall read “Duties of District Delegzi Page 33 7 Item 16 ~ Life Membership (I) (a) Life Membership may be granted by a trict to a Branch Life Member. honouring hr her contribution to the organization. providcu is an active member in good standing; (I) (b) District Life Membership may only be ferred on a Life Member of a Branch within District. (NB. See page 16. Item 22) Page 35 â€" Item 22 â€" To disband, Reorganili Transfer (I)When a District wishes to disband. reorgzlt or transfer. a Notice of Motion must have b presented. and the motion considered at the I trict Annual. (2)Copies of Notice of Motion shall be sent. least one month in advance to all Branch SL‘L tarryâ€"Treasurers. District Presidents. District Sac wry-Treasurers. Area Presidents and Area Sec! wryâ€"Treasurers of the Districts and Arc concerned and to the office of the FederalL Women’s Institutes of Ontario;