theWI Adderbury & District WI – NFWI Resolutions Posting on Face Book – Thursday, 14th January 2016

Posted by on Jan 14, 2016 in Reflections

Dear Ladies,

Now here’s a really interesting Face Book post I thought you would all like to view here on our own WI website. I just wish I had prepared a question to put to the Resolutions question team.  Ah well, next year !

Thursday, 14th January – 4.15pm – the post came through about 2 hours ago.
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The WI Resolutions Q+A is now open! The NFWI Public Affairs staff are here to answer any questions you have on the resolutions process…

Ask on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag ‪#‎WIresolutions‬

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Hilary Forbes

Hilary Forbes #WIResolutions. Ever since attending my first AGM, it has seemed crazy to me to have the best speakers (at the AGM) **after** the WIs have all voted. Why don’t we vote after we’ve reported back. Also, with the advent of YouTube, the speakers could be shown to WIs at their June or July meeting prior to voting, leading to a better informed vote.

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Debbie Burnham

Debbie Burnham Very good points!

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The WI (National Federation of Women’s Institutes) The debate and vote on resolutions have been central to the Annual Meeting throughout the WI history. However, we do also want to make sure WIs have the right information to cast their votes in advance too. If we were to release videos of expert speakers prior to the AM, would your WIs watch these and find them helpful for voting?

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Hilary Forbes

Hilary Forbes Most definitely, yes.

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Hilary Forbes

Hilary Forbes Should say we found the PowerPoint slides very helpful for the process of selecting a res, thank you. (Next time, pls don’t do green on white for text as it’s quite hard to see, but that was a minor niggle!)

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Margaret Halstead

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Margaret Halstead
Margaret HalsteadPersonally speaking, more background info on resolutions would be a good thing x
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The WI (National Federation of Women’s Institutes) Hi Margaret, thanks very much for your feedback. We have produced a range of resources on the shortlist, including detailed briefing notes, PowerPoint presentations and interactive quizzes. These can all be downloaded from the NFWI website, or can be requested directly from the NFWI PA team (e-mail [email protected])

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The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes)

The WI (National Federation of Women’s Institutes) We also provide information on a number of organisations and sources which members can use to research deeper into the issues. Is there any particular background information that you think would be useful? For example, would videos of expert speakers talking for or against a resolution be valuable?

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Margaret Halstead

Margaret Halstead I think the interactive quizzes would be good for our group. I will look for them. The detailed briefing notes are very good, thank you . We are Adderbury & District WI x

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The WI (National Federation of Women’s Institutes) Hi Margaret, the quizzes are here: https://www.playbuzz.com/sophie40

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The WI (National Federation of Women’s Institutes) Please let us know if you have any further questions. We hope to develop many more of these ideas next year, with more interactive ways to help members engage with the resolutions. If you have any ideas about what type of materials might help your WI, please let us know!

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Margaret Halstead
Margaret HalsteadThank you. I will let you know how the quizzes go and thoughts for next year . 
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