ANNUAL REPORT OF ADVISORY BOARD 

 WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, B. C. 



Auguft, 1911, to August, 1912 



The first meeting of the Advisory Board was called by the Minister 

 and held at the Parliament Buildings, August 21st and 22nd, 1911. 

 Preliminary organization was effected and a programme of work laid 

 down. The minutes, abstract of the proceedings of this meeting, with the 

 recommendations made, was published in Women's Institutes Bulletin 

 No. 43. The minutes of the meeting were submitted and approved.. No 

 further account of these proceedings is therefore submitted in this report. 

 At this meeting a chairman, Mrs. Davies, was elected and a secretary, 

 Mrs. Watt, and their work and that of the other members of the Board 

 was assigned by the Superintendent. 



Generally speaking the work of all members of the Board is to 

 stimulate the interest in their respective localities in Women's Institute 

 work in what ever way seems advisable. The chairman in addition is 

 head of the Board and instructs the secretary in carrying out the wishes 

 of the Board. The secretary is the executive officer of the Board, carries 

 out the instructions of the chairman, does such special work as is referred 

 to her by the Department and conducts the correspondence. 



Immediately after the meeting, the minutes, as approved, were written 

 out in full and sent to the Department and the members. The recom- 

 mendations as made by the Board were all in the form of Resolutions 

 and required re-drafting. These recommendations 1 being the embodiment 

 of our first work were published in our Bulletin. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. 



The first important work undertaken by the Board was its organization 

 under the authority of the Minister. There is no precedent to guide in 

 the formation and organization of a Board, at once advisory to the Depart- 

 ment, executive in its capacity, and with functions such as acquiring and 

 disseminating information. The Act under which Women's Institutes 

 are organized has little to say on the subject. Rules and Regulations 

 of Women's Institutes authorize the appointment of such a Board with 

 stated membership, but there is not much to go upon. So that the interior 

 organization of the Board, the explicit defining of this relationship to 

 the Institute, its status with the Department and so forth had at once 

 to be considered. By-laws were drafted, approved and are now ready 

 to be incorporated with the rules and regulations as revised and approved. 



The secretary was instructed after the first recommendations were 

 approved to bring these into effect as soon as possible. This was done 



