Committees

The Executive Committee - is elected biennially, consists of 12 elected members and up to 4 co-opted members and meets on either the 3rd or 4th Thursday of each month except in August. Any WI member may be nominated by an institute and members should be encouraged to stand.

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

Chris Klempau
Gill Bowden
Christine Denyer
Molly Dolan
Jenny Edmed
Jean Gibbins
Helen Hartwell
Sue Hollings
Janet Jones
Mavis Kirby
Sheila Miles
Angie Ward

Chairman:
Chris Klempau

Federation Sub-committees - are appointed by the Executive Committee, organise classes, conferences and other events in their special subjects. Approximately 80 members serve on subcommittees, the list being published every year in West Kent News. New blood is continually required if each activity is to flourish and WIs are asked to put forward to the Executive Committee the names of any members willing to become involved in Federation work.
Click on the link on the right to find out about the work of the sub-committees

SUB-COMMITTEES

Chairman
Art & Craft Christine Denyer 
Home Economics Sue Hollings

WI Advisers  (Membership - Communication & Support

Maggie Vidgen
Performing Arts Janet Jones

Public Affairs & International


Jean Gibbins
Publications
Sports & Leisure
 
Jenny Edmed
Gill Bowden

WI Advisers - a WI adviser is a WI member who has been trained and appointed by the National Federation to work in her own federation. She is a link between the National Federation and the WIs as well as between the Federation and the WI.

WI ADVISERS
Mary Clarke   -    Denman Representative 
Cynthia Crowley
Liz McDermott
Sue McRae
Jennifer Papadopulos
Elizabeth Patterson
Rosemary Pearson
Maggie Vidgen

West Kent Country Market Society - the society organises 16 markets which offer fresh, home-baked and home-produced goods to the general public
West Kent Country Market Advisers
Anne Ironside
Jackie Serra
Click here for WI Markets
 

West Kent News
All items for publication to be sent to the Federation Office by 15th of the month.  Please allow six weeks for inclusion.  Institute and District reports should only be sent in when requested.
Additional orders to be received at the Federation Office by 12th of each month.

A.C.W.W. 26th Triennial Conference held in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Kay East
01622 829328
Click here to see her report on the conference
  West Kent News
Co-Ordinators -Sue Hollings & Linda Wills

 

AN INVITATION ……

Would you like to see how the Federation sub-committees arrange the various events that you enjoy as members of the WI in West Kent? If so the Committees Chairmen  would like to invite you to come along to any of the meetings listed below. Please contact the Federation Office (or see WKN) for information.  All the sub committees will be pleased to see you.  Most meetings start at 10am. 
                      Please apply to the Federation Office for more details of meeting dates and times.

 

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