CFUW HAMILTON

GWI and another vote this year
Ballot and information sheets have been prepared for every member of our club and they will be available for pick up at the meeting on April 18. After that any remaining ballots will be mailed. All ballots must be received by our President or any other member of the executive by May 16.

Annual General Meeting and Dinner

Tuesday May 16, 2017, Social time at 5:30 and dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Hamilton’s Beautiful Waterfront Centre, 555 Bay St. N. Hamilton

Discover the Power of Food
Janet Jacks, the founder of Goodness Me Natural Food Markets.

Janet Jacks is well known in the Hamilton area as the founder of Goodness Me Natural Food Markets, an author, a radio show host, a health and wellness educator and motivator. As her talk will amply demonstrate, health is her passion. Janet will share the latest research about the healing power of food, making healthy choices and deciphering nutrition myths and deceptions.

Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at the general meeting on April 18. Remember you can bring a friend ( or spouse) to the dinner so don’t forget to buy an extra ticket!

For your review, you will find below, the “Way Forward” report and club responses to that report.

Task Force on CFUW’s Way Forward

Responses from Clubs and Individuals

 

From our club’s national  website
“CFUW National Priorities are dictated by our membership, women who are highly engaged in their communities and concerned about issues nationally and worldwide. Our priorities always centre on equality, education, health and well-being of women, at home and abroad.

The complete 2017 resolution package  is now available for your review .

 

Scholarship Notice of Motion

This motion, which was approved at the March executive meeting, will be presented to the membership before the meeting on March 21st

Myrtle proposed two motions from the Scholarship Committee regarding the 100th anniversary of CFUW in 2019 and the Florence Martin bequest:

1. That CFUW Hamilton pledge a total of $5000 to be awarded in 2019 as a one-time award, $2500 locally and $2500 to the Charitable Trust.

2. That the CFUW Hamilton award $5,000 per year for two years beginning in 2017 to the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind Live Lab Fund to support a Florence Martin Graduate Student Research Grant.

Membership

“Membership Convenor” motion was passed by the March executive meeting.

Moved that the title of “Membership Convenor”, Section B: Officers of the CFUW Hamilton Constitution, be changed to “Membership Development Convenor”.

Background:
Over the past two years, for simplicity and efficiency, the recording duties of Membership Convenor (numbering, flagging of new members, issuing of member cards) have moved into the Treasure’s portfolio. Duties such as member follow-up and new member support have become the main focus of the membership position. A change in title would reflect this, and allow the Executive to amend the Duties for this position accordingly.

Tuesday March 21, 2017

Sackville Hill Seniors Recreation Centre
780 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton, ON L9A 4V5
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

CFUW 2016 2017 Proposed Resolutions for Presentation and Discussion

Resolution 1
The Right to Safe, Clean, Accessible and Affordable Drinking Water
and Sanitation on First Nations Reserves in Canada
Proposed by University Women’s Club of Winnipeg

Resolution 2
Universal Pharmacare
Proposed by University Women’s Club of North York

You can click on the link below to view the SNAPd report and pictures from David Galbraith’s recent talk about the women who were important to the development of Hamilton’s Royal Botanical Gardens.

David Galbraith phD, Head of Science at RBG

Advocacy would like to remind everyone that we are collecting items for  Inasmuch House   at the February meeting. It is a wonderful agency which does a terrific job. There is a constant need for women’s and children’s personal care items and clothing. The agency and the recipients are very grateful, for our help.