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THE FEDERATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WRITERS NEWSLETTER Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2206,Main post Office, Vancouver, B.C., V6B 3Wz Office Address: Ste. 706, 402 West perder St., Vancouver, B.C., V6B lT6 Phone Number: 683-2057
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Collingwood Neighbourhood House. He is a skilled and personable administrator. Judy Villeneuve has also been hired as Executive Assisiant for one and
a. half days per week. She is currently workint similar hours as the pacific Co_orCinator for the Writers' Union of Canada and the link is already proving valuable for both organizations. We on the Executive feel most fortunate to have such good people on staff; what norrnally might have been a sticky transition has gone very well.
As anyone who has phoned the office lately is f are busy there from 9:30_ 4:00. It's wonderful to actuaily have humans answering the phone instead of a machine! The Literary Rites competition is meeting with an excellent response and stretching the capacity of our small office to its utmost. iet me put it this way: at times even the floor is utilized as a work aware, the Job Trac sta
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PRESIDENT'S REPORTS
In the Federation's sixth year of life, our core funding from Victoria has just inc.eased by six percent and we've seen more personnel changes,
with a new Executive Directo, a new Executive Assistant. Our capable Betsy Warland "od was forced to resign because of conflicts with her writing time__ the Federation ate it all--and Doug Third, after loyally helping out with all the unpoplul", joUs such as membership and the books, has trid to step down for health reasons. It's always t a.O to see people go whom you know and like but we wish them well with their writing. Thanks to both for increasing our professionalism and growth. Our new Executive Director is Bob Webster, who
The social held on October 3rd at the Unitarian
Church in Vancouver was very successful. About 50 writers came to the potluck anA enjoyed a reading
by George McWhirter. Overheara fiorn someone who came in late: "Who re that man? He was wonderful!" If you, as members, are going to be so appreciative, look for more activitles fike this. Sheena.Ashdown, take a bow for a great job of organizing! (please see Classifieds.) The B.C. Book Prizes acknowledged the Federation,s role in.establishing and supporting the prizes, both financially and otherwise,- by aski-ng me to make a speech this year. Armed with five minutes of Federation history, I took the evening_gowned and tuxedoed guests from our start in tdgl with zero funding, to this year, when we received $25.000