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The Norfolk Federation's website will soon be looking very much different !
The only thing to remain the same will be the address www.norfolkwi.org.uk
So keep checking it out over Halloween weekend - you'll see it spookily change from the old to the new !
Cator Cup Winners 2009 and 2010 AGM 2009 Norfolk Federation Garden Party 2009: Royal Norfolk Show 2009: Stradsett Garden Event 2009
Federation Annual Meeting - March 2009 Sporting achievements 2009-10 Federation Promotional Exhibition at Norwich Forum - September 2009
NORWICH SOUND & VISION
Norwich Sound & Vision is an annual music & multi-media convention taking place for the first time between 16th and 18th September 2010 in Norwich, East of England, UK. The event will comprise a 3 day festival and one-day conference featuring expert speakers from the music, film, TV and games industries and a series of gigs, film screenings, and other interactive performances.
The East Of England houses many world class multi-media facilities and is currently an extremely fertile breeding ground for new, innovative start-up companies in the Creative Industries
Norwich Sound & Vision will be a place for companies, individuals, bands/musicians, record labels, filmmakers, writers and anyone with an interest in the music, film and multi media industries to network, reach new markets, forge new partnerships, learn, be inspired and have a fantastic time in one of England's most charming cities.
If you'd like to be kept informed of the latest news and updates about the event then please sign up to the mailing list and Twitter Feed or email at norwichsoundandvision@cme.org.uk.
To book tickets and for festival programme see http://www.norwichsoundandvision.co.uk/
Norfolk Federation Annual Garden Party, May 2010.
The Bishop's Garden, Norwich Cathedral.
Norfolk Federation Annual Meeting 2010
The speakers at our Annual Meeting this year were
Ruth Bond - National WI chair
Speaking in St.Andrews Hall, Norwich, 23rd. March, 2010, at the Norfolk Federation of Women's Institutes.
Ruth has been an NFWI Trustee since 2003 and was elected as Chair in June 2009.
As such she sits on all the NFWI committees and is particularly concerned with green issues.
You can follow Ruth's blog to find out more about what she does as Chair of the NFWI.
www.thewichair.blogspot.com
With funny stories from his work as a television weatherman.
Jim Bacon joined the Met Office in 1968 and started work on East Anglian RAF stations.
From 1971 to 1974 he was a computer programmer based at Bracknell
and then started a BSc course in meteorology at Reading University.
He was once honoured with a Noel Edmonds' Golden Egg Award
for meteorological optimism for putting sunshine symbols on a night-time weather chart!
His interests include organic gardening, cycling and amateur radio.
Rick Wakeman
keyboard player, composer, and songwriter known as the keyboardist for progressive rock group Yes.
Entertained us with stories of his childhood and his experiences in the music industry.
He is considered by many to be one of the best rock keyboardists of all time.
The BBC Good Food Magazine is running the following competition-is it your scene?
"Do you love home baking and fancy putting your skills to the test?
BBC Two is looking for amateur bakers across the country to take part
in a new primetime series THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF."
If you're interested and would like to find out more
email: baking@loveproductions.co.uk or call . . . 020 7067 4855.
Cator Cup Winners 2009 and 2010 AGM 2009 Norfolk Federation Garden Party 2009: Royal Norfolk Show 2009: Stradsett Garden Event 2009
Federation Annual Meeting - March 2009 Sporting achievements 2009-10 Federation Promotional Exhibition at Norwich Forum - September 2009
Christmas craft fair 2009 
St. Andrew's Hall, November, 2009.
National News
WI AGM 2010 at Cardiff International Arena. http://www.livenation.co.uk/cardiff
This year's AGM speakers at Cardiff are: Gwen Parry-Jones - the 'Heysham 1' power station director.
Lee Durrell - naturalist, author, zookeeper & television presenter.
Tim Smit - Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project and
Rt.Hon. John Bercow MP - Speaker of the House of Commons.
A great performance from Only Men Aloud - their Tom Jones medley was a huge hit with members!
See National's blog on Twitter http://twitter.com/WomensInstitute
Only Men Aloud is a male voice choir from Wales. They came to national prominence in the UK when they won the 'Last Choir Standing' competition run by BBC Television during 2008.
The choir was formed by Tim Rhys-Evans, a classically trained singer and former musical director of Welsh National Youth Opera.
It has 19 members and is based in Cardiff.
"Great performance from Only Men Aloud - the Tom Jones medley was a huge hit with members! " NFWI
"Arena full of WI ladies, most of a certain age, belting out Delilah, you just had to be there! " Somerset member
CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL ARENA www.livenation.co.uk/cardiff
It's easier than ever to keep right up to date with our latest news and events by following the NFWI across a variety of new media online outlets. There's now an NFWI presence on social networking sites TWITTER and FACEBOOK and NFWI Chair Ruth Bond has started her own blog chronicling her many duties undertaken on behalf of the WI and related areas of interest to members.
The WI website continues to be very popular and the WI intranet - the WI Moodle - has really taken off, so it shows our members are embracing technology. We won't be abandoning traditional ways of communicating - we'll just be adding to them.
Ruth Bond agrees that "Being able to update members instantly on the events I'm attending in their name, or on the latest campaign developments, is so important. I hope members will embrace technology and follow our progress in every way they can".
After debate and discussion the new WI logo is being launched and becomes active at NFWI level on 1st.January,2010.
RUTH BOND's Blog www.thewichair.blogspot.com
RUTH BOND at No.10 in Country Life’s top 100 most powerful people in the countryside.
The people who are making the decisions that affect your life.
WI Chair RUTH BOND discusses the importance of women's role in climate change in The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/aug/23/climate-change-women-global-warming
Ruth Bond joins others at the 10.10 Campaign launch at the Tate Modern
National Federation Campaign - SOS for Honeybees http://www.thewi.org.uk/section.aspx?id=8
WI Moodle WI Moodle is the NFWI's own learning platform which provides online information, resources and training courses for WI members.
Baking and knitting draws students to WI www.sidewaysnews.com/your-life/baking-and-knitting-draws-students-wi
National Federation on Twitter
Check out the latest news from National Federation on their TWITTER page www.twitter.com/WomensInstitute
National Federation on Facebook The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes) | Facebook
Check out the latest pictures from National Federation on Flickr.com site www.flickr.com/photos/denman_coll
The resolution shortlist for next year's NFWI AGM has been announced and you can read all about them on page 9 of WI LIFE November/December 2009.
LIVERPOOL WI - first ever WI in Liverpool in WI history.
Liverpool WI's new website www.wiliverpool.co.uk