{"id":288,"date":"2013-02-25T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T16:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2014-10-04T09:23:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T13:23:16","slug":"presidents-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/mission\/presidents-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/maria.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"64\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/mission\/board-bios\/maria\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/maria.jpg?fit=117%2C119&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"117,119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Maria Pia Marchelletta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/maria.jpg?fit=117%2C119&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/maria.jpg?resize=117%2C119\" alt=\"Maria Pia Marchelletta\" width=\"117\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>September 14, 2014<\/p>\n<p>September President\u2019s Message<br \/>\nI hope everyone enjoyed the summer and the good weather although it was not as warm as usual. On July 27th several WEN poets had the opportunity to read their work at the Eighth Annual International Poetry Reading of the Women\u2019s Federation for World Peace Canada. It was a real pleasure to be inspired by the spoken word. I would like to thank Zohra Zoberi and Lilly Tadin for the invite. Our next meeting is Saturday, September 20th and our speaker is Anita Sechesky, a best selling author and life coach. The topic will be \u201cAre you really living without limitations?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WEN Board Begins New Term<br \/>\nAs announced at the AGM, your new WEN Board begins their duties this month for the 2014-2015 year. I wish to thank those who volunteered to be on the Board. Here once again is the list of Board Executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 President: Maria Pia Marchelletta<br \/>\n\u2022 Vice President: Jasmine Jackman<br \/>\n\u2022 Secretary: Julie Tellier<br \/>\n\u2022 Treasurer: Maurus Cappa<br \/>\n\u2022 Breakfast Coordinator: Anna Stitski-Gemza<br \/>\n\u2022 Communications Coordinator: tba<br \/>\n\u2022 Membership Coordinator: Cynthia Robins<br \/>\n\u2022 Program Coordinator: Jasmine Jackman<br \/>\n\u2022 Newsletter Editor: tba<br \/>\n\u2022 Director at Large: Marianne Funny<br \/>\n\u2022 Director at Large: Braz Menezes<\/p>\n<p>Goals for 2014-2015<br \/>\nAs part of the first Board meeting, we will be discussing goals and initiatives for the upcoming year. Some thoughts I have are to implement a short story contest and to carry out a membership drive. We welcome any ideas from the membership. Feel free to talk to any one on the Board with your suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit our website at www.wenetwork.ca for the latest news and updates.<\/p>\n<p>Warmest regards,<br \/>\nMaria Pia Marchelletta<br \/>\nSeptember, 2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 14, 2014 September President\u2019s Message I hope everyone enjoyed the summer and the good weather although it was not as warm as usual. On July 27th several WEN poets had the opportunity to read their work at the Eighth Annual International Poetry Reading of the Women\u2019s Federation for World Peace Canada. 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